The decals are of high quality, and the pseudo-traces in red from the CPU to the DRAM make it feel a little futuristic. The shade of red used fits in well with the black on the PCB that matches the black on the PCIe slots, SATA ports and other heatsinks. MSI deserves some credit when it comes to actually looking at the Z170A Gaming M7 – taking it out of its box and there is a sense of polish to the product in the way it looks. Non gamers will find the contents rather dull for $230 - other motherboards in this price range will also bundle in a USB 3.1 front panel, so there is that to consider. To what extent should a gaming product have gaming paraphernalia in it? The M7 has a door hanger (which seems aimed at a particular age bracket still in education), an MSI badge (which was pilfered by my intern during testing for the back of his smartphone), and a short term XSplit license for game broadcasting. I would expect most motherboard manufacturers to do this, although from our big motherboard preview it is clear that some are not. Ultimately most people choosing this board are not going to notice much difference between the two, unless they end up with a specific issue with it, or they have a particular need for one over the other.īecause the board uses an x8/x8 configuration with an x4 from the chipset, rather than x8/x4/x4 from the CPU directly, two-way SLI should work at all times with two identical NVIDIA cards capable of doing so and even with a card in the third slot. But many users prefer Intel for overall performance, reliability and option set. This is the new variant of the Killer NIC, the E2400 claims to have better UDP performance for gaming than before, and along with its network prioritization software is often cited as a cheaper bundle than the Intel NIC on its own. The struggle between Killer and Intel as the network controller of choice is starting to drag on. 2x PCIe 3.0 x4 or SATA, RAID 0/1, NVMe Support
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