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MSI Z97M Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

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  • Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
  • Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years


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  • Therra C.
  • 10/9/2014 7:39:46 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

2 out of 5 eggsWaste of Time

Pros: Bios, drivers, utilities were nice. And a very decent looking Micro ATX Board.

Cons: Spent so much time troubleshooting this board and came to the conclusion that memory slot 3 and 4 were defective. Called MSI tech s upport and they suggested that I try more testings too see why that motherboard wasnt working correctly. After 30-45 mins, nothing worked and finally they gave in and agreed that the memory slots were defective. I didnt want to go through the RMA process so I decided to still run with the motherboard with 2 extra 4GB sticks laying around.

2-3 weeks later MSI live update notified me that there was a Bios update. After installing it, my computer never worked again. Display doesnt work and my power keeps restarting. I finally gave into doing the RMA.

RMA process is terrible. I recieve an email after submitting my ticket just saying that they are processing my RMA. I would have expected that they would have respond back with an RMA number and an address where I can ship my motherboard immediately too. I dont even care if I have to pay for my own shipping, I am computerless and would I have expect MSI to have a sense of urgency.

Id much rather have a newegg gift card now rather than having a replacement. Not going with MSI again and Ive browsed the internet and it seems alot of people are having issues with the memory channel.

Other Thoughts: Never going with MSI products again.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Please do not hesitate to contact us directly by email at ususersupport@msi.com or by phone at 626.271.1004 M-F, 6AM to 6PM PST. Provide us with your question or concern you’re have with our video card and we will be more than happy to assist you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

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  • Delrick B.
  • 9/17/2014 5:36:09 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsvery nice motheroard

Pros: OC Genie makes it very simple to overclock
The color scheme is nice, paired it with a MSI GTX 760 4GB video card so everything flows nicely.

Cons: None

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  • Derek G.
  • 9/7/2014 7:25:50 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

4 out of 5 eggs

Pros: great features
nice bios

Cons: touch expensive

Other Thoughts: I really like this board. The color scheme is a nice touch. The layout was nice and it's hilariously small considering all the features.

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  • Garnik O.
  • 9/3/2014 6:23:23 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsBest DDR4 for now

Pros: Good kit, runs at cas 14-15-15-35-1T @ 1.35v, getting 52GB a sec with a 5820K @ 4.4ghz @ 1.275V

Cons: none

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  • Kevin M.
  • 8/19/2014 1:44:23 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggsNot Impressed by Support

Pros: None

Cons: Poor customer service.

Other Thoughts: I received a product that was DOA. I contacted the vendor support and provided all of the details they requested PLUS the troubleshooting steps I had completed.

I then received 3 emails; first with a ticket number, second with a list of FAQs plus a broken link to the RMA process, and lastly with a request for survey for the closed ticket. These were within minutes of one another.

I was already hesitant to buy an MSI motherboard, this didn't help.

Newegg has been great their RMA process is simple and fast, I just sent back the bad MB and am anxiously awaiting its replacement.

I will update with ratings about the MB once I can actually use it.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.

If you have not go through troubleshooting yet, then feel free to contact our tech support team for assistance at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.
If you have gone through troubleshooting and confirmed the symptom, then please kindly visit the URL below to set up a RMA for warranty service.
http://service.msicomputer.com/msi_user/rma_form_new.aspx

Required Information:
1. Full name (first, and last)
2. Telephone #
3. Physical address (No PO box)
4. Email address
5. Serial number (located on the box, or underneath the motherboard, eg 601-xxxx-xxxBxxxxxxxxxx)
6. Please write clear details about symptoms you are having onto the Special Remark section.

Once your information and warranty are verified by the system then you will get a RMA# immediately.
You will receive a RMA email which indicates the turn-around time as well as ship-to address.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

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  • Jairo V.
  • 8/11/2014 11:20:10 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsSo far so good

Pros: So far this board has worked like a charm.

- Color scheme is just what my lady needed and wanted.
- Small simple yet feature packed
- Easy intuitive Bios
- All the commonly used connections are exactly where they should be.
- Six usb 3.0 available along with the header for some case header additions.

Clearly I only have had this board for about a month now. Once it sees more use if anything is to happen I will make a point to come back here and make it known.

Cons: No cons really at this point.

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  • Robert P.
  • 8/1/2014 10:43:40 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggs

Pros: This board works flawless . installed a 64 Gb M.2 card for OS boot . win8.1 boots in under 8 sec . used the CD. for drivers and zero problems used msi update no problems. and wow it even had a SLI bridge connecter. Board is packed with features and looks great too. I have a plexi side panel to see in. On board LED shows cpu temp. OC GENIE button pushed CPU from 3.4 to 4.1GHZ with no issues. easy to setup and connect. temps 38C AT IDLE 54C when gaming. runs at 28C @ 3.4 ghz
Frame rates when gaming went over 220fps on ultra settings. Using just one video card gave me avg. 120fps.

Cons: none yet

Other Thoughts: CPU I-5 4670 3.4GHZ OC TO 4.1GHZ
EVGA 760GTX 2 GB SLI
MY DIGITAL 64GB M.2 HYDRID DISK
OZC VERTEX 240 GB SATA
WD 1 TB HDD
CORSAIR H50 block cooler
EVGA 850 WATT GOLD PS
GSKILL SNIPER 8GB X2
APEVIA-X HERMES CASE W 5 FANS
WIN 8.1 64BIT no crashes or hang ups
msi benchmark utility fun!!

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  • Israel O.
  • 7/25/2014 12:08:21 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

1 out of 5 eggsAlmost but no

Pros: After a Bios update it overclocked my pentium 3258 (3420k) amazingly. With 8gb ram and an r9 270x it ran games great.

Cons: Here we go..
Usb ports do not work.
They refuse to detect devices plugged in to the front panel usb ports nor the native usb ports once booted into Windows. Ive reinstalled all the drivers and updated the Bios several times and still nothing. The only way to get the system to recognize usb devices is to restart the computer and plug things in when the computer is off.

I called tech support to setup an RMA and they insisted I pay to ship the broken product they sent me back. I refuse to pay more money for this broken product.

Thanks for wasting my time and money MSI I will never recommend nor buy your products again.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.
I do see that you have your system overclocked, can you try running the system at default setting first to verify?
If your syste do require RMA and you recently got it, we can waive both ways shipping for you. Feel free to contact our tech support team for assistance at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

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  • Michael H.
  • 7/20/2014 12:29:30 AM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsReally good product

Pros: This motherboard has everything I needed in the right places and isn't so big that I couldn't place all I have on it and more if need be. Gone are the days of needing a full size ATX board. If needed I could place another video card in SLI, but there is not a game out that slows this thing down. I have tried the OC button and it makes the system run a little faster but it's not needed.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I7 4790
GTX 770
16 GB ADATA 1600
PNY PRO 480 GB SSD
EVGA 1000W PSU
MSI Z97M

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  • Patrick D.
  • 7/1/2014 1:54:40 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsGreat Motherboard for small builds

Pros: The Board itself looks fantastic and the heat sinks that it comes with work very well.
-Plenty of SATA data transfers available.
-Military class components allow it to work at very high temperatures
-Has plenty of USB 3.0 integrated on the board
-Comes with very helpful Software including my favorite which is the MSI Command Center which helps you control fan speed, voltage directed to the CPU and DRAM.
-Overall a very high quality Motherboard

Cons: None so far...

Other Thoughts: Very Good motherboard if you want a smaller, more compact build

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