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MSI Launches X99A Tomahawk Motherboard
MSI is proud to announce its latest addition to its X99 GAMING family, the X99A TOMAHAWK. Besides a gorgeous design and appearance, the new X99A TOMAHAWK also comes with a fully loaded spec sheet with outstanding features. The X99A TOMAHAWK is ready to enter the battlefield.
The X99A TOMAHAWK has been designed from the ground up as completely new X99 GAMING model. It comes packed with several new and unique MSI features and a fully armored IO and audio cover, harnessing optimized gaming audio and industries’ highest quality components, providing gamers with best-in-class features and protection. Besides its stunning looks, the cover labeled with TOMAHAWK also protects against Electro Magnetic Interference and ensures pure performance and the best audio signal for your gaming rig. Heavy plated heatsinks with MSI’s unique styling, make sure your system can handle anything when and runs cool when racking up frags and climbing the leaderboards when gaming for longer periods of time.
Enjoy the best and purest sound through Audio Boost 3. Audio Boost 3 comes with a selection of best audio components to deliver a studio-grade sound experience, onboard! This high-end dedicated onboard sound card delivers game changing sound quality. Audio Boost 3 makes sure you dominate the battlefield through crystal clear sound and pin-point precision.
Designed with gaming DNA, TWIN GAMING LAN, powered by Intel, is optimized to give the best online gaming experience. Featuring 2 of Intel’s best dedicated gaming network controllers, combined with MSI GAMING LAN manager, you get to experience the best in speed and networking performance for games. The intelligent GAMING LAN manager automatically prioritize games above other applications, to minimize latency and reduce lag. As a bonus, both LAN connectors come with LAN Protect, a 15KV anti-surge protection for the stability and safety.
o give gamers the best SSD performance and gaming experience, onboard Turbo U.2 is present to support the latest and greatest NVMe SSDs available in the market. Allowing transfer speeds up to 2400 MB/s using a single drive, Turbo M.2 is now protected by unique M.2 Steel Armor to offer better EMI-shieldin, it now also supports NVMe based SSD types up to 22110 providing PCI-E Gen3 x4 32Gb/s bandwidth.
Transfer your favorite games, audio and movies over USB 3.1 Gen2 enables lightning-fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s! A USB Type-C option allows for all the performance benefits from USB 3.1 Gen2 combined with the convenience of the USB Type-C connector. This reversible connector allows for effortless connecting of USB devices. Perfect for the latest smartphones and great for next generation SSDs and other mobile storage devices. These devices require only the USB Type-C cable for both power and data transfer. Offering a more convenient use for these next generation consumer products.
MSI Launches the Aegis Ti Gaming Desktop - 07/29/2016 08:17 AM
MSI is excited to launch a new addition to the Aegis Series, MSI Aegis Ti. This is the ultimate gaming power supreme for gamers who want max performance and power. The Aegis Ti, uses a powerful unlock...
MSI launches Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 4G and 8G - 07/25/2016 04:19 PM
First things first, a sample is already here and Unwinder is working on a beta for overclock support ;) Right that said, MSI is launching the Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G and 4G cards. Both are fitted wi...
MSI Launches budget B150M & H110M Grenade Motherboards - 07/25/2016 08:49 AM
MSI announces two new additions to its line of budget friendly mATX GAMING motherboards, the B150M GRENADE & H110M GRENADE. With Audio Boost, GAMING LAN, Turbo M.2 (up to 32 Gb/s Gen3 x4 on B150) ...
MSI Launches custom GeForce GTX 1060 - 07/19/2016 04:31 PM
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MSI launches new X99 and Z170 TITANIUM motherboards - 05/23/2016 10:16 AM
MSI announces the latest silver edition X99 and Z170 Enthusiast GAMING motherboards, the X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM and Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM. These motherboards are designed to deliver a grea...
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#5314559 Posted on: 08/01/2016 11:25 AM
even that its an improvement, still just realtek 1150.
after switching to dedicated card (again), i will never use onboard.
do have sennheiser cans, and sub 100$ speakers/cans might not really show the difference..
even that its an improvement, still just realtek 1150.
after switching to dedicated card (again), i will never use onboard.
do have sennheiser cans, and sub 100$ speakers/cans might not really show the difference..
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#5314591 Posted on: 08/01/2016 01:40 PM
even that its an improvement, still just realtek 1150.
after switching to dedicated card (again), i will never use onboard.
do have sennheiser cans, and sub 100$ speakers/cans might not really show the difference..
Asus said the same thing for the x99 deluxe, they made a huge fuss about the quality of the onboard audio. But I tried using my old SB X-FI titanium , it was like I just removed ear muffs from my ears. The quality is so much higher on a dedicated audio card which is disappointing as asus actually makes some very good dedicated audio cards, I guess they dont want to render them obsolete.
Btw, I also have Sennheiser headsets, the HD 598.
even that its an improvement, still just realtek 1150.
after switching to dedicated card (again), i will never use onboard.
do have sennheiser cans, and sub 100$ speakers/cans might not really show the difference..
Asus said the same thing for the x99 deluxe, they made a huge fuss about the quality of the onboard audio. But I tried using my old SB X-FI titanium , it was like I just removed ear muffs from my ears. The quality is so much higher on a dedicated audio card which is disappointing as asus actually makes some very good dedicated audio cards, I guess they dont want to render them obsolete.
Btw, I also have Sennheiser headsets, the HD 598.
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#5314639 Posted on: 08/01/2016 03:12 PM
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#5314688 Posted on: 08/01/2016 05:21 PM
even that its an improvement, still just realtek 1150.
after switching to dedicated card (again), i will never use onboard.
do have sennheiser cans, and sub 100$ speakers/cans might not really show the difference..
Nuff said haha xD
even that its an improvement, still just realtek 1150.
after switching to dedicated card (again), i will never use onboard.
do have sennheiser cans, and sub 100$ speakers/cans might not really show the difference..
Nuff said haha xD
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