#5160090

CalculuS

2015-09-17 18:15

Somebody get the keyboards fixed from Gigabyte, their caps lock seems stuck for a while now 😀.

#5160123

rl66

2015-09-17 19:19

as someone said: "Wow, What an ELF!!!"

#5160300

James Frazer

2015-09-18 02:03

Absolutely stupid design to have the network card so visible without so much as a plate to cover it.

#5160308

Undying

2015-09-18 02:24

Omg that MSI gaming gear names...they should really stop doing that crap. What's next, "Holy Sh1t" edition?

#5160418

go4brendon

2015-09-18 10:32

Absolutely stupid design to have the network card so visible without so much as a plate to cover it.

Didn't realize itx cases came with glass panels to show off the board.

#5160467

rl66

2015-09-18 12:21

Absolutely stupid design to have the network card so visible without so much as a plate to cover it.

what make me more dubitative it is the sata on the "wrong" side for ITX... in most build the mobo will be covered by wire... but ok as ITX board in mATX box it will be on the right side 🙂. :3eyes: do you put plate to cover your PCIe board?

#5160479

CalculuS

2015-09-18 13:05

Absolutely stupid design to have the network card so visible without so much as a plate to cover it.

It sticks out like a sore thumb.

#5161702

James Frazer

2015-09-21 04:16

Didn't realize itx cases came with glass panels to show off the board.

Some of the most popular ITX cases: BitFenix Prodigy, EVGA Hadron and the Corsair 250D all have windows. Although with the Prodigy, that chip would usually be hidden behind a GPU, I have seen mods with windows on both sides which would make it visible as all three cases have the motherboard in a horizontal orientation.

#5161703

James Frazer

2015-09-21 04:23

what make me more dubitative it is the sata on the "wrong" side for ITX... in most build the mobo will be covered by wire... but ok as ITX board in mATX box it will be on the right side 🙂. :3eyes: do you put plate to cover your PCIe board?

Not sure what your point is regarding the SATA, they are on the usual side for an ITX board, as in the opposite side to the back plate. So why would wires be crossing the motherboard? I also don't understand about the PCIe. If you mean the GPU that you would install in the PCIe socket then yes, if it was me I would have a back plate on my GPU. A lot of mid range and high end GPUs come with back plates already attached. Have a look at the GPU ranges from MSI for example, who also do a range of additional back plates in a variety of colours.

#5161704

James Frazer

2015-09-21 04:25

Overall, to me it just seems that the MSI ITX design team messed up again... Just like they did with the Z97 Gaming AC motherboard and then had to release the V2 (Gaming ACX) with a completely different layout design.

#5161874

kosh_neranek

2015-09-21 13:28

Sata connections...fail wifi module color scheme...fail cool bling network adapter hidden under gpu...fail the whole idea of mini bling mobo which will be hidden next to tv...questionable at least :)

#5162078

Stairmand

2015-09-21 21:36

When will someone please release a Micro ATX board with HDMI 2! None of the current Z170 support it yet.

#5162085

Tat3

2015-09-21 21:50

I would like to start seeing WIFI on normal ATX boards. Now it's just the very expensive ATX ones and small ones.