Thew new X99 platform offers a lot of high performance, but in most cases we would see a much higher price tag associated with them. The MSI X99 SLI Plus features a stealthy all black design, but its main attraction will be the £160 price tag. The board also includes m.2 SATA support, along with 3 x sli or 3 x crossfire support. Lets start of our review of MSI’s X99 SLI Plus. We have included the full specs below, but we will get more into the boards offerings with a closer look at the board itself. Here is the main points the board has to offer.
- Supports New Intel® Core™ i7 processors Extreme Edition in LGA 2011-3 socket
- Supports Quad Channel DDR4-3333(OC) Memory
- Turbo M.2: delivering next generation M.2 Gen3 x4 performance with transfer speeds up to 32 Gb/s
- SATA Express + USB 3.0 + SATA 6Gb/s
- Multi-GPU: NVIDIA Quad SLI & AMD Quad CrossFire Support
- OC Engine: For More Flexible BCLK Adjustments
- USB Steel Power: Super Stable 5V Power & Better Signal Transmission over USB
- Intel® Gigabit LAN: Always connected with Intel® Gigabit LAN networking
- Guard-Pro: Improved Protection and Power Efficiency
- Military Class 4: Top Quality & Stability
- OC Genie 4: Overclock in 1 Second
- Click BIOS 4: Easily Fine-tune Your System
- Command Center: Control & Customize Your PC Settings
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– Supports Quad-Channel mode |
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• 4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, support up to 3-way mode |
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• Supports 3-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology |
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• 10 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (2x ports reserved for SATA Express port)* – SATA1~6 support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 – SATA7~10 ports only support IDE mode and AHCI mode. – Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology (Windows 7/ 8/ 8.1) • 1 x SATA Express port* • 1 x M.2 port, supports M.2 SATA 6Gb/s module* or M.2 PCIe module up to 32Gb/s speed**
– M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module
– M.2 PCIe module does not support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.
* The SATA Express port or SATA5~6 ports will be unavailable ** Intel RST does not support PCIe M.2 SSD with Legacy ROM. |
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• Intel X99 Express Chipset – 6 x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB 3.0 connectors*) – 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors) • ASMedia ASM1042AE – 2 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel • VIA VL805 – 4 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel * Internal JUSB1 connector supports MSI Super Charger. |
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– 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio – Supports S/PDIF output |
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– 1 x 24-pin AT x main power connector – 1 x 8-pin AT x 12V power connector – 10 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors – 1 x SATA E xpress connector – 1 x M.2 connector – 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports) – 2 x USB 3.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.0 ports) – 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors – 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors – 1 x Front panel audio connector – 2 x System panel connectors – 1 x TPM module connector – 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector – 1 x Clear CMOS jumper – 1 x Slow mode booting jumper – 1 x Power button – 1 x Reset button – 1 x OC Genie button – 1 x Multi-BIOS switch |
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– 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port – 2 x USB 2.0 ports – 1 x Clear CMOS button – 8 x USB 3.0 ports – 1 x LAN (RJ45) port – 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector – 5 x OFC audio jacks |
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• The motherboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. |
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• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor |
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• 9 mounting holes |
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1. Introduction and Specifications
