The MSI Z270 Tomahawk has been teased a bit a few weeks ago. MSI just posted a set of final photos since the profuct won an iF Design Award, the socket LGA1151 based motherboard has a Z270 chipset for Kaby lake Processors.

Enjoy smooth, low latency online gaming with MSI GAMING LAN, while benefiting from enhanced, studio grade sound with Audio Boost. Featuring heavy plated heat sinks. These new motherboard support the latest storage standards. Twin Turbo M.2 (32 Gb/s, Gen3 x4) with Steel Armor allows you to connect ultra-fast storage devices, for blazing fast loading times ingame. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies. By being Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready, the TOMAHAWK motherboards are ready to deliver gamechanging performance to memory and storage devices. The TOMAHAWK models make setting up RAID easy using MSI exclusive M.2 GENIE.

Besides its unique look and multiple storage options, the new Z270 TOMAHAWK feature the latest and fastest USB specifications, making sure using multiple USB 3.1 devices has never been faster. The Lighting USB 3.1 Gen2 controller, powered by the new ASmedia 2142 chip, offers never before seen USB speeds when connecting multiple USB devices at the same time, up to 8 Gb/s simultaneously. Additionally, MSI’s X-Boost software is available to boost USB performance up to 20%, for any device.

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