MSI Unveils 970A SLI Krait Edition Motherboard Featuring USB 3.1

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The new motherboard will feature two USB 3.1 ports and support Crossfire and SLI configurations.

MSI Unveils 970A SLI Krait Edition Motherboard Featuring USB 3.1 : Read more

 

[Jeremy Kincaid]

Who'd have thought we'd see new standards implemented on a 970 chipset mb in 2015.

 

[rolli59]

Why the sudden interest of reviving the 970 chipset?

 

[MasterDell]

Why the sudden interest of reviewing the 970 chipset?

Because history is important

 

[Beastshaw]

Why the sudden interest of reviving the 970 chipset?

It is because they have found a nice niche in the market. Before they released their 970 Gaming Motherboard there were no performance options for the 970 chipset. Shortly after seeing MSI's success, ASRock also decided to jump in and recently released a premium 970 board that even included M.2. These boards have been outselling nearly all other 970 boards combined on Newegg recently.

Links:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130790&cm_re=msi_970_gaming-_-13-130-790-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157577&cm_re=970_performance-_-13-157-577-_-Product

 

[rolli59]

Why the sudden interest of reviving the 970 chipset?

It is because they have found a nice niche in the market. Before they released their 970 Gaming Motherboard there were no performance options for the 970 chipset. Shortly after seeing MSI's success, ASRock also decided to jump in and recently released a premium 970 board that even included M.2. These boards have been outselling nearly all other 970 boards combined on Newegg recently.

Links:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130790&cm_re=msi_970_gaming-_-13-130-790-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157577&cm_re=970_performance-_-13-157-577-_-Product

Gigabyte 970UD3 and UD3P have been on the market for a long time and why not do it with the 990FX chipset instead.

 

[Narcissistic_Martyr]

If it has 8+2 phase power (which it appears to) and is around the price of the UD3/UD3P I guess it'll get my recommendation for people whose AM3 motherboard broke or who are dead set on an AMD build.