MSI X99a - The Godlike bling board

[jos]

 Featuring Killer DoubleShot-X3 Pro, Turbo M.2 connectivity, 2X Faster USB 3.1 Type-A and Type-C and a whole new gaming oriented LED feature, MYSTIC LIGHT

 

Msi have redifined the bling factor on the motherboard... Looks like LED on LSD... may be custom color may come in handy... what do you guys think. It is a new board called MSI X99a godlike gamming board... 

 

 

 

MSI says world’s first RGB LED motherboard, supporting more than 2,000 colors and different illumination effects. 

 

the new board uses the latest Audio Boost 3 Pro technology that MSI claims will deliver clearer sound and enable lossless audio compression. It also supports many of the latest storage connectors with Turbo M.2 (these use the full PCIe 3.0 x4 bandwidth), SATA Express and USB 3.1 ports.

 

Networking is handled by Killer DoubleShot-X3 Pro software, which allows smart teaming with two Killer Ethernet chips and a Killer 1535 Wi-Fi module. 

source: http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/tech-news-msi-announces-ultra-high-end-x99a-godlike-gaming-motherboard

[SurvivorNVL]

...I know LED's are cool and all, and like--low power.. but.. can we not?

[BoredErica]

I'm sick of leds.

[SirBobson]

Firstly is this a mod? Secondly, wuuuuuuuuuuuut!

[QueenDemetria]

I see red heatsinks, don't like that at all. They need to do LED's in a classy way, then I'll be impressed.

[LegacyStijncat]

Drool drool

[Oshino Shinobu]

Ewww. It reminds me of what a lot of people (including me) would want in their first gaming PC, as many LEDs as possible. 

 

Seriously, someone needs to create a board that is entirely black, with plastic accents that snap on, so people can change the colour of the accents at will. 

[Sam Z Man]

That should boost fps by at least 25%.

[Virtual01]

It looks... really tacky and lame

[Fetzie]

My god, how vulgar.

[xeromynd]

Why the HELL would you make the heatsinks and component 'shields' on the board red if you're going to be able to adjust the RGB LEDs to any color. Stupid stupid stupid.

 

At least make all the physical colors black before the RGB LEDs.

 

Also the name is terrible

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Seriously man. Every single thing you've flooded this forum with in the last few days hasn't met anything. I appreciate the enthusiasm for posting, but follow them rules. 

[Shakaza]

I like LEDs just as much as the next guy, but is there seriously enough demand for a board like this to make this venture worth it? Only a couple people in this thread so far actually seem to like it at all, so not a great start...

 

Personally, I think this is just incredibly silly and funny, but unnecessarily showy, and only entertaining for a few seconds before you realize how tacky it is. If you like this sort of thing, more power to you, but for me, no. Just...no. And I agree with the assertions that the heatsinks should be black so as not to clash with the colors of the LEDs...

[SleathX1]

I can't decide which is more obtrusive.... the music or the LEDs.

[juretrn]

Like Ripley would say:

 

 

AUGHH MY EYESSSSS

Nuke it from orbit, kill it with fire!

 

Too much LED is seriously too much LED.

[spartaman64]

why did they make it red? so you have RGB lights but the only lighting you can use that will look good is red

[SleathX1]

Oh, also...

 

G-G-G GODLIKE

[ImBleu]

12 year olds with rich parents hype?

[Vrbas]

This reminds me of seeing neons under people's car. Lame.

[dragosudeki]

I think this is done wrong. I'd much rather if them attached to sockets (PCI/RAM/SATA/Power/etc) that blinks when in use sorta like a HDD LED. Then it would be easier to see if something is not plugged in and stuff. And then imagine that if there's something in the socket, but it doesn't work, the LED for it will be red. That would be some sick debugging LED.

[Accursed Entity]

Why are people taking this so seriously? The answer to why do this is simple, why not? 

 

It appears that a few says it's disgusting then the rest follow like cattle.

 

[asim1999]

I would like RGB LEDs with a black board

Rampage V Black Edition anyone?

[Trik'Stari]

This is awesome.

 

Why so many of you like boring ass components?! WHY YOU WANT TO BE SO PLAIN?!

 

Why are people taking this so seriously? The answer to why do this is simple, why not? 

 

It appears that a few says it's disgusting then the rest follow like cattle.

 

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

 

Some people like to spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on something custom, and have it look completely ordinary. WHY, I don't know, maybe it's some kind of mental disorder

[MrDynamicMan]

If you absolutely have to have what looks like tacky led strips pasted onto a board, at least make the board black so that they look ugly as Hell if you have any color besides red or white chosen.

[MrDynamicMan]

Aside from less I like the heatsinks design though.