MSI X299 XPower Gaming AC Motherboard Review

[Crashman]

MSI’s latest oversized XPower Gaming motherboard brings added features to the X299 market. How does it compare to other premium models?

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[Scott_123]

With z370 due out in 3 days and cool new processors who will buy a x299 or z270 at this point in time? Add in the fact you can't boot ssd raid and have to buy the most expensive processor to get the most pcie lanes and this board makes no sense at all.

 

[daglesj]

HEDT now sold as a gaming platform...crazy and pointless.

 

[karma77police]

There is one problem with this board, for that money there should be 2x8 pin connectors. Only Gigabyte got it right with their 9 series.

 

[ckhannarong]

my 7 year old MB can still run most games above 100 fps@1440p with gtx980 ti.

 

[Malik 722]

is it dangerous for motherboard to flex can it cause some serious damage.

 

[Kenneth_72]

I've seen many examples in the last several months where benchmarks, Firestrike etc, showed lower numbers but in actual games the hardware performed better.

Opinion of the validity of these existing benchmarks to actual game performance.

 

[Crashman]

With z370 due out in 3 days and cool new processors who will buy a x299 or z270 at this point in time? Add in the fact you can't boot ssd raid and have to buy the most expensive processor to get the most pcie lanes and this board makes no sense at all.

LOL, Z370 is Z270 rehashed. It makes no sense to scale back to dual channel and 16 CPU lanes if you really need 28 or 44 lanes or quad-channel.

The only people your analysis SHOULD make sense to are Kaby Lake X buyers, but we've already established that most of that market wasn't making sense anyway

 

[Scott_123]

???

 

[Crashman]

???

X299 is paired with LGA 2011, an interface that supports 44 CPU PCIe lanes and four memory channels. Z370 is paired with LGA 1151, which has only 16 CPU PCIe lanes and two memory channels.

So who would buy X299 after Z370 is out? Someone who needs more than 16 CPU lanes or more than two memory channels.

Kaby Lake X is a 16-lane processor that, when placed on an X299 platform, cripples half its features. It was always a bad idea for most users, but there are a few elite overclockers who love it just for overclocking.