Msi announces x299 xpower gaming ac motherboard

The landing of the motherboards for the new LGA 2066 platform continues from Intel, this time it has been the manufacturer MSI that has presented the new X299 XPOWER Gaming AC that wants to end the rumored problems related to the components of the VRM under extreme overclock.

MSI X299 XPOWER Gaming AC

The MSI X299 XPOWER Gaming AC includes a powerful and robust DigitALL VRM that consists of 14 power phases with a 12 + 1 + 1 design and which has been thought to be able to power without problems the most powerful processors such as the future Core-i9 7890X Consisting of 18 cores and 36 processing threads, this VRM integrates the best components such as Titanium Choke II and Military Class VI. The VRM heatsinks have also been reinforced, betting on the use of copper to improve the ability to absorb the heat generated during its operation.

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Beyond excellent VRM we find eight DDR4 DIMM slots with support for a maximum of 128 GB of memory in Quad Chanel at a speed of 4500 MHz, four steel-reinforced PCI Express 3.0 x16 ports to install very high graphics cards range with no problems with weight, three M.2 ports with built-in aluminum heatsink, ten SATA III ports and one Turbo U.2 port to offer ample storage possibilities.

Its features continue with buttons and an LED display dedicated to adjusting overclocking functions, a Molex connector to improve the stability of graphics cards, an Audio Boost 4 sound system , WiFi 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2 and two Intel I219- Ethernet connectors. V and Intel I211. Finally it includes two USB 3.1 ports (Type-A + Type-C), six USB 3.0 ports and two USB 2.0 ports.

Source: techpowerup