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Though this is now becoming the norm, it is nice to see and will allow for gamers, professionals and enthusiasts to get the performance they want/need or to just show off. Our x16 slots run at (16,0,0) (8,8,0) (8,4,4) and support NVIDIA SLI and AMD Crossfire technologies allowing us to connect multiple GPUs to our board resulting in amazing performance gains. Here we have our 3x PCI-E x16 and 4x PCI-Ex1 Slots. The Debug LEDs which are just to the left of the 24pin connector will offer us unique codes in the case our motherboard will not post this will come in handy tracking down the exact problem. The V-Check Points will allow us to plug the included V-Check Cables into the designated ports allowing us to connect multi-meters directly to the board so we can have a more accurate reading of our voltages. Moving to the right a bit we can see our 4x RAM DIMM Slots which can support DDR3 RAM up to 3300Mhz(OC) as well as our V-Check points, 24 pin PSU connector and our debug LED among other things. It also offers support for M.2 SSDs which will give us blistering fast transfer speeds of up to 10GBs. With the new Z97 will support the newly released ‘Devils Canyon’ CPUs as well as the upcoming 5th Gen Broadwell CPUs when they are released. The Z97 chipset offers more beneficial features over its predecessor, the Z87.
#Clear cmos msi z97 gaming 7 series
However, if you like the ‘Dragon Claw’ heatsinks as they are there is no need to worry as the screws are not very noticeable once the motherboard is installed.Ī closer look at the Z97 Chipset heatsink which features the MSI GAMING G SERIES badge. This will allow for further customization this should bode well with most users. If you do not like the claws, you can remove them by taking the screws out. Having the claws red in colour compliments the heatsinks nicely and adds that extra bit of detail to the board’s overall red and black theme.
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These are definitely a unique feature and should go over well with most users. Taking a closer look we will start with the ’Dragon Claw’ heatsinks.