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christopher r.

christopher r.

Joined on 06/14/13

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MSI Z87I GAMING AC LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
MSI Z87I GAMING AC LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: The board is aesthetically pleasing 2) A great overclocker, and an easy one at that. 3) The on board blue-tooth works great and has good connectivity. However, the driver that came on the disk didn't work and I had to get one off MSI's website.

Cons: After purchasing this mobo a month ago I have had nothing but hair pulling aggravation. 1) The motherboard takes forever to boot into windows. Before the MSI splash screen I get a black screen that lasts about 20 seconds. I should be booting in 10 seconds~ like my previous ASUS motherboard! 2) The on-board wi-fi is AWFUL. I: I randomly get disconnected. II: the speeds vary wildly (which was never the case when I was using my net-gear wireless adapter) III: Sometimes I will boot and I wont be able to connect at all, but when I restart it magically starts working again. 3) The on-board USB (9 pin) doesn't work even after installing the drivers for it and re-installing them. A fresh install of windows didn't fix it either. 4) The bios screen is hideous and tedious to navigate through.

Overall Review: I really wanted to like this motherboard. I bought an MSI GTX 780 LIGHTNING and loved it so I trusted the brand. NEVER AGAIN will I buy a motherboard from MSI. A friend of mine warned me not to buy this motherboard, and unfortunately, I dismissed him. I would return it but I would be without a computer for a week, and I can't do that, so I'm stuck with this monstrosity until I can pass it on to the next unlucky guy.