MSI Z170A XPOWER Gaming Titanium review - Product Showcase

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8x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
• 2x M.2 ports
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card**

• 2x SATAe ports (PCIe 3.0 x2)***
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

* M.2, SATA and SATAe ports maximum support 1x M.2 SSDs + 6x SATAs or 2xM.2 SSDs + 1xSATAe HDD + 2xSATA HDDs.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
 

The EMI shielded audio solution is based on the Realtek ALC1150 Codec with 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio and support for S/PDIF output combined with Audio Boost 3 and a Nahimic Audio Enhancer. 
 

Check that chipset heatsink, pretty cool design. Next to it to the left you can spot two M.2. slots and also take not of the metal cover on the two primary x16 PCI-Express slots. It provides a more sturdy and stronger slot, handy for very heavy graphics cards.
 

As mentioned you can use just the one 8-pin connector to power that processor of yours, but for a little extra boom-boom-pow in the voltage circuitry, you can add the 4-pin connector as well.