MSI Announces X99 and Z170 Carbon Edition Motherboards
With 2 new CARBON special edition models, the Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON and the pinnacle of GAMING, X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON, we managed to make MSI GAMING with Mystic Light better than ever. The CARBON motherboards full black color scheme.
Packed with unique gaming features, the new CARBON Edition motherboards are sure to satisfy even the most demanding gamer.
The most powerful gaming solution in the world just got better. The X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON Edition motherboard features the improved Mystic Light RGB LED feature, supporting up to 16.8Million colors and 16 LED effects to style your rig in any way possible. With Audio Boost 3 Pro, Killer DoubleShot-X3 Pro, Turbo M.2 connectivity, 2X Faster USB 3.1 Type-A & Type-C, the X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON Edition is the most powerful motherboard to serve you in battle.
Besides gaming, the X99A GODLIKE GAMING motherboard already proved itself in the world's top overclocking ranks and carries a rich history of breaking world records inherited from MSI's legendary Overclocking motherboards. Featuring the patented Turbo Socket, the X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON Edition removes all limits by providing extra pins (2036 in total) for better overlocking of the Intel extreme processors. Dominate the world of gaming and overclocking while looking awesome with the new X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON Edition motherboard.
MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon Edition
Sporting the latest Intel Z170 chipset and the latest version of Mystic Light, the Z170A GAMING PRO Carbon Edition motherboard is sure to offer outstanding performance and customization of your system. Experience superfast online gaming with MSI GAMING LAN powered Intel. Enjoy crystal-clear immersive in game sounds from the premium quality components of Audio Boost 3.
Load your games in the blink of an eye with blazing fast Turbo M.2 data transfer speeds up to 32Gb/s. Steel Armor ensures the most heavyweight graphics card setups are solid and stable. Engineered to provide both a stunning gaming and visual experience, the Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON Edition gives you plenty of reasons to show off.
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Carbon & led "tuning" is the way to be sold?
More and more motherboards like cars of Need for Speed.
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You'd have to pay me a considerable amount of money to make me use an MSI motherboard again.
I remember when the first generation of i7's came out and i bought an MSI Eclipse motherboard to go with it. I ended up going through 3 of them (all faulty) before i decided to call it a day and exchange it for an EVGA Classified mobo. Since then i've only used Asus and EVGA motherboards and i've been far happier with the quality of those.
I feel the same about MSI motherboards. I had a board with ethernet and USB3 failing gradually. So much for "military class components".
I replaced the board with an Asrock Extreme 4 which has not given me a single second of grief. I was wary of Asrock at first, but an Asus board with similar specs was way over budget, so I went Asrock and I haven't looked back

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Depends which military the components came from

I'm eyeing an Asrock Extreme 4 (or gaming K4) Z170 for an upgrade myself.
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Agree. The facts support the feeling, too. MSI consistently maintains a 5-8% market share because most users that give them a try never do again.
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You'd have to pay me a considerable amount of money to make me use an MSI motherboard again.
I remember when the first generation of i7's came out and i bought an MSI Eclipse motherboard to go with it. I ended up going through 3 of them (all faulty) before i decided to call it a day and exchange it for an EVGA Classified mobo. Since then i've only used Asus and EVGA motherboards and i've been far happier with the quality of those.