MSI Gaming X99S 7

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Price: $275
MSI Gaming X99S 7
85

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Based on 7 expert reviews
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86

So the MSI X99S Gaming 7 might not be the flagship model in their enthusiast range but since when has that ever stopped MSI from delivering a mid-range (if you can call Haswell-E mid-range) product which exceeds expectations?  One of MSI's strong points...

By Play3r on
70

If you have a compatible drive, the MSI board has both SATA Express and Turbo M.2, for speeds of up to 10GB/s and 32GB/s respectively. The MSI can run three-way SLI and Crossfire, but shares some of the PCIe pathways with the M.2 slot, so configuration...

By APC Magazine on
85

Asking for an outlay of just £200, the MSI X99S Gaming 7 offers an alluring set of features to warrant its reasonable price tag. But it isn't just features that MSI's X99S Gaming 7 is good for – CPU overclocking performance is impressive, the supplied...

By Kitguru.net on

A couple of months ago we reviewed a high end X99 board from MSI in the form of the X99S Gaming 9 AC. It was packed with performance and features which is great, but it would be fair to say that not everyone has the need (or budget) for extras such as...

By HardwareHeaven on
70

If you have a compatible drive, the MSI board has both SATA Express and Turbo M.2, for speeds of up to 10GB/s and 32GB/s respectively. The MSI can run three-way SLI and Crossfire, but shares some of the PCIe pathways with the M.2 slot, so configuration...

By APC Magazine on

What makes the X99S Gaming 7 unique - at least when compared to the other X99 motherboards that we have reviewed - and other than cool lighting effects, is that it is rather attractively priced. With a street price that is hovering around $315CDN at the...

By Hardware Canucks on

With the X99S Gaming 7, MSI has a motherboard in its portfolio, which mainly addresses gamers. There is for example a well thought audio solution as well as a very nice looking design. On another note MSI is offering this board with a reasonable price....

By Ocaholic on

Supporting Intel's Haswell-E and new DDR4 memory, buyers of Intel's X99 platform were probably prepared to pay a premium for mid-market boards. Are any of these $240 to $300 models worthy of Intel's latest CPUs? Let's say you read Intel Core i7-5960X,...

By Tom's Hardware on

Supporting Intel's Haswell-E and new DDR4 memory, buyers of Intel's X99 platform were probably prepared to pay a premium for mid-market boards. Are any of these $240 to $300 models worthy of Intel's latest CPUs? Let's say you read Intel Core i7-5960X,...

By Tom's Hardware UK on

Our X99 sample set is still small, so it's always difficult to make an exact judgement about something when there is only a limited number of things to compare it to.However, it's clear from our initial testing that the two top-end ASUS motherboards, the...

By Overclock3D on
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