MSI X99A Tomahawk

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Brand new board from MSI

 

 

• Socket 2011-3 for Intel Haswell-E and Broadwell-E CPUs
• 8 DIMM slots. DDR4, up to 128GB max at 3,333MHz (oc)
• 8 pin CPU on right edge and 2x 4 pin fan connectors at the bottom corner. One says "PUMP Fan"
• Bottom edge, a 24 pin power, up facing USB 3.0 header, U.2, right angle USB 3.0 header. and 6 right angle SATA ports
• Left corner, 2 up facing SATA ports, 1x up facing SATA Express, with 2 additional SATA ports
• Left edge, USB 2 headers, onboard power and reset buttons, debug led, and MSI Mystic Lights RGB extension header
• 3 physical steel plated x16 slots. Can run 2-way and 3-way SLI or CrossFire X
• 2 physical x1 slots and a M.2
• Top, plastic shroud, covering the I/O ports and a red LED audio path

 

 

• PS/2 Combo port
• 4x USB 2.0
• 4x USB 3.1 Gen 1
• 2x USB 3.1 Gen 2, Type A and Type C
• Clear CMOS Button
• Dual Intel gigabit lan
• Gold Plated Audio Jacks
• Optical Out

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X99A-TOMAHAWK.html#hero-overview

[Goodman2265]

i dont understand why all these x99 boards gotta be so flashy like holy shit

[OddsCrazyStuff]

3 minutes ago, Goodman2265 said:

i dont understand why all these x99 boards gotta be so flashy like holy shit

They are quickly $100+ more per board then other sockets, so we got to get something back for that.

Besides, that is one of the least flashy once.

[Idefinitelyknowstuff---]

Damn that mobo is nice looking. Now if only i had money...

[Exotath]

I am so tired of red coloring on PC components. 

[SliceT]

Still prefer that X99 Taichi.

[mr.squishy]

Excellent. Now give me more matx boards.

[corsairian]

This board looks good. I like it. I am looking for a replacement x99 board, and without looking at the price id say I would buy this board

[ApolloFury]

5 hours ago, Goodman2265 said:

i dont understand why all these x99 boards gotta be so flashy like holy shit

They are considered enthusiast boards for a reason.

[Curufinwe_wins]

So just an updated SLI plus then. Ehh whatever

[Kevo05s]

On 2016-08-03 at 2:47 AM, Curufinwe_wins said:

So just an updated SLI plus then. Ehh whatever

Not really, I HAD the SLI plus and this one is way more feature packed... I was about to leave MSi since the SLI plus was a big disappointment on the feature/price ratio, but this one is very tempting for my next board... anyone knows where I could get reviews of it? I know its now available on newegg, but no reviews whatsoever

[ThinkWithPortals]

Ooh, sexy.

[Misanthrope]

It actually is very subdued and elegant looking. If I go with a 6800k instead of a 6700k I might consider this.

[TheRandomness]

On 03/08/2016 at 1:07 AM, mr.squishy said:

Excellent. Now give me more matx boards.

Give me more ITX boards.

[Curufinwe_wins]

6 hours ago, Kevo05s said:

Not really, I HAD the SLI plus and this one is way more feature packed... I was about to leave MSi since the SLI plus was a big disappointment on the feature/price ratio, but this one is very tempting for my next board... anyone knows where I could get reviews of it? I know its now available on newegg, but no reviews whatsoever

What features are "added..."

 

The SLI Plus has effectively the exact same feature set as the gaming 7, and I too had an SLI Plus.

[Kevo05s]

On 9/6/2016 at 8:37 PM, Curufinwe_wins said:

What features are "added..."

 

The SLI Plus has effectively the exact same feature set as the gaming 7, and I too had an SLI Plus.

Dual Gigabit nic

Better sound card

USB type C

Metal covered PCI-e

[goodtofufriday]

Too much to ask for another itx board?

[alexyy]

17 minutes ago, goodtofufriday said:

Too much to ask for another itx board?

Would love another option for a ITX board but I'm not sure if it would be worth while for them to make one, not sure how Asrock did with there one.

[Sintezza]

Msi is using the ISL6388 pwm on all their X99 boards.

So in this case it means that only 4 true phases of the pwm are being used,

and doubled to 8 pwm phases using ISL6617 phase doublers.

Not sure what the actual price of this particular board is right now?.

But its most likely not worth my time.

[Aytex]

I just want some nice mini itx z170's  

[Sintezza]

3 minutes ago, Aytex said:

I just want some nice mini itx z170's  

- Asrock Z170 Fatal1ty Gaming ITX/AC.

- Asus Maximus VIII Impact.

 

There you go, the best mini itx z170 boards.

[Aytex]

Just now, Sintezza said:

- Asrock Z170 Fatal1ty Gaming ITX/AC.

- Asus Maximus VIII Impact.

Disgusting

Overpriced

 

Bring them all, i've looked at each and every z170 mini itx board and all of them need modding for personal taste

[Sintezza]

Just now, Aytex said:

Disgusting

Overpriced

 

Bring them all, i've looked at each and every z170 mini itx board and all of them need modding for personal taste

Overpriced?

Well quality costs money....

[Aytex]

2 minutes ago, Sintezza said:

Overpriced?

Well quality costs money....

I'm not spending $200 on a motherboard where they can't even put the sata connectors on the edge

(all about them aesthetics)

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

8 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Disgusting

Overpriced

 

Bring them all, i've looked at each and every z170 mini itx board and all of them need modding for personal taste

 

Not sure about the asrock, but there's a reason why the impact probably costs so much...

 

Edit: Okay, ya Asrock Fatality also uses IR pwms and TI mosfets. You'd usually find those in higher end OC boards