Msi Z170 Gaming M5 Motherboard Unboxing and Review

Hey guys this video will show you the un-boxing and initial impressions of this MSI Z170A Gaming M5 Motherboard.

Some of the Latest features of this Motherboard are listed below:-

• Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1151 socket.
• Supports DDR4-3600+(OC) Memory.
• DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost.
• USB 3.1 Gen2 2X FASTER: USB 3.1 Gen2 offers performance twice as fast as a regular USB 3.0 connection.
• Twin Turbo M.2 64Gb/s + Turbo U.2 ready + USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C + Type-A combo + SATA 6Gb/s.
• GAMING LAN with LAN Protect, powered by Killer™: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency.
• Audio Boost 3: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality.
• Nahimic Audio Enhancer: Immersive sound quality that pushes the limits of reality.
• GAME BOOST: Generate more FPS in games with 1 push of a button.
• GAMING Hotkey: Launch your favorite games with a single button.
• Designed for overclocking: with OC Essentials and OC Engine 2.
• XSplit Gamecaster v2: 1 year free premium license to show off your skills and achievements to the world.
• SteelSeries Certified: Optimized for SteelSeries gaming gear.
• Military Class 5: The latest evolution in high quality components featuring the brand new Titanium Chokes.
• MULTI-GPU with Steel Armor: Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports NVIDIA SLI™ & AMD Crossfire™.
• Click BIOS 5: Award-winning brand new Click BIOS 5 with high resolution scalable font.
• GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game testing by eSports players for the best gaming experience.

Other specification of this motherboard are as follows:-

CPU

• Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151

* Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset

Main Memory

• 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB

- Supports DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz

- Dual channel memory architecture

- Supports ECC, un-buffered memory

- ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

* Hyper DIMM support depends on the individual CPU physical characteristics

* Please refer to Compatibility reports for more information of compatible memory.

Slots

• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x8/x4 or x8/ x8/x1 modes)

• 4 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

Onboard Graphics

• 1 x HDMI™ port, support a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz

- Support for HDMI™ 1.4 version.

• 1 x DVI-D port, support a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz

Multi-GPU Support

• Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology

• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology

Storage

• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset

• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (4 ports reserved for SATA Express port)

• 2 x M.2 Key M Socket support type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in both PCIE Gen3 x4 & SATA mode

- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards

- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card**

• 2 x SATAe ports (PCIe 3.0 x2)***

• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

* M.2, SATA and SATAe ports maximum support 1x M.2_PCIe + 6x SATAs or 1x M.2_SATA + 1x M.2_PCIe + 4x SATAs. Please refer to page 34 for M.2 slots with examples of various combination possibilities.

** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.

*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.

RAID

• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset

- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

- Supports RAID 0 and RAID1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices
** M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with UEFI BIOS

USB

• ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset

- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) port on the back panel

- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port on the back panel

• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset

- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connector)

- 6 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

Audio

• Realtek® ALC1150 Codec

- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

- Supports S/PDIF output

LAN 

• 1 x Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN controller

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

- 2 x SATAe connectors

- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)

- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)

- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors

- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors

- 1 x Front panel audio connector

- 2 x Front panel connectors

- 1 x TPM module connector

- 1 x Serial port connector

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

- 1 x Slow mode switch

- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

- 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port

- 2 x USB 2.0 ports

- 1 x DVI-D port

- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 port

- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port

- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports

- 1 x HDMI™ port

- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port

- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector

- 5 x OFC audio jacks

BIOS

• The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.

• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications. 

Dimension

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)

• ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes