even if you occupy all the 16x slots, there still one 1x PCI-E slot above the main graphics slot, should you wish to slot in a sound card or other expansion device. MSI has decided to do away with PCI slots entirely and includes four 1x PCI-E slots instead. There are three 16x PCI-E slots, which offer 2-way setups x8 speed per slot, with 3-way CrossFireX contending with a x8 x4 x4 configuration. There's plenty more on offer to shout about. SATA Express isn't offered as standard, but MSI has an optional M.2 to SATA Express adaptor so there is at least some way compatibility here. MSI Z97A Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Multi-GPU Support, 2 Way NVIDIA SLI / 3 Way AMD CrossFire Display Outputs, - 2x HDMI ports - 1x. There are substantial heatsinks covering the VRMs and southbridge, isolated audio circuitry with MSI's Audio Boost feature plus an M.2 port - it's possibly worth noting that if you do use the M.2 port, two of the SATA 6Gbps ports will be out of action as they share PCI-E bandwidth, but this is the same with all boards we've seen so far. Compared to the likes of the ASRock and Gigabyte boards on test, the Gaming 7's PCB is comparatively crammed with gear. Gaming PC: AMD 5950X, 32GB Corsiar DDR4, EVGA 3080Ti, Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVME Server PC: 2700x, 16GB Corsair DDR4, MSI GTX 1660Ti, Gigabyte 120Gb M. Gigabyte and MSI support is expected somewhere in the near future. Click to enlargeFlying the flag for the most expensive board on test, MSI's Gaming 7 does at least look like it's worth its £140 asking price. The ASUS Republic of Gamers Z690-E GAMING WIFI LGA 1700 ATX Intel. We tested the Z97S SLI Plus with a 'Haswell' Intel Core i5-4670K processor, and were happy to see a score of 112 overall, as this is around what we expect to see with this processor.
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