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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

(50 Ratings, 4.6 Average)

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Specifications

Manufacturer

MSI

Part #

  • Z170A GAMING M5
  • 7977-001R

Socket / CPU

LGA1151

Form Factor

ATX

Chipset

Intel Z170

Memory Max

64 GB

Memory Type

DDR4

Memory Slots

4

Memory Speed

  • DDR4-2133
  • DDR4-2400
  • DDR4-2800
  • DDR4-3000
  • DDR4-3200

Color

Black / Red

SLI/CrossFire

  • CrossFire Capable
  • 2-Way SLI Capable

PCIe x16 Slots

3

PCIe x1 Slots

4

M.2 Slots

  • 2242/2260/2280 M-key
  • 2242/2260/2280 M-key

SATA 6.0 Gb/s Ports

6

Onboard Ethernet

1 x 1 Gb/s Ports

Onboard Video

Depends on CPU

USB 2.0 Headers

2

USB 3.2 Gen 1 Headers

1

Supports ECC

No

Wireless Networking

None

RAID Support

Yes

Uses Back-Connect Connectors

No

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    Reviews

    DAOKOfan
    • 4 points
    • 3 years 3 months ago

    from completed build Customer Rig #35

    Worst motherboard I've ever used... I type in a tertiary timing and it changes the numbers I type randomly! Impossible to do a proper RAM OC on - you'll be limited to the primary and secondary timings. The tertiary timings will only have consistent values if you leave them on auto...

    Kirtach
    • 7 points
    • 3 years 6 months ago

    CAUTION There is a known issue with this and other msi Motherboards, that slow down the CPU, locking the speed to 800mHz. Issue is explained here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/cpu-is-cool-but-temperature-throttling-seems-always-on.343676/#post-1992049

    This is because there is a switch that slows the CPU to minimum speed kind of "Safe mode", but the issue is that even if it is physically Off (switch to the left), the feature is On (indicated with a red led light above the switch), and limits the CPU speed to 800mHz.

    This can be temporary fixed by turning the Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor to Disable within the BIOS options.

    HactimaMach
    • 2 points
    • 4 years 2 months ago

    It's a good, quality motherboard. It's just simply older now and there are newer options available. Looks very nice though. I am very surprised that this model, a 2016 motherboard, had two M.2 slots.

    JtSuhayda
    • 3 points
    • 6 years 2 months ago

    from completed build My current pc

    Has many ports, and doesn't bottleneck anything, one of the heat sensors did fail but it hasn't caused any problems

    WasThatSketchy
    • 7 points
    • 6 years 7 months ago

    from completed build Leviathan "Monster"

    Great Motherboard, nothing much to say really, its a motherboard. I dislike the color scheme and the red lights but was able to disable the red lights and paint the heatsinks.

    Clemeit
    • 162 points
    • 7 years 9 months ago

    from completed build Licensed Driver

    Works great, looks great. Does everything I need it to.

    Extrodius
    • 7 points
    • 7 years 10 months ago

    from completed build Cyclone PC

    Motherboard works exactly as planned, has a nice BIOS, and I love the look of it.

    TpmeNugget
    • 4 points
    • 8 years 1 month ago

    Pros: Great budget board for overclocking. Sturdy as hell Cons: Heatsyncs near the cpu give off a lot of heat

    EarlyPcAdopter
    • 16 points
    • 8 years 1 month ago

    Great motherboard, good compat, no issues thus far. Great BIOS support and easy to use interface. Enough said.

    JacobBuildz
    • 5 points
    • 8 years 1 month ago

    from completed build The Fiery Phoenix

    Great Motherboard, love the LED's and its overclock ready.

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