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Adam T.

Adam T.

Joined on 11/21/10

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Most Favorable Review

Solid and very good value

GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-UD3 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-UD3 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: From what I can tell, seems to be a great value; balance between features and price tag. Very easy to get everything set up (though haven't tried overclocking yet, so I can't speak to that). Really love the design. The black and gold looks great, and I enjoy the subtle lighting.

Cons: Some of the mount points didn't line up with the standard ATX points on the case, but didn't seem to cause any serious problem other than needing to use additional care when plugging in the main power and other items along the SATA side of the board.

Overall Review: Very happy with the board so far. Running cool and stable with solid benchmark results with an Intel i5 6500 CPU and CM Evo 212 cooler. No dedicated GPU yet, but even with Intel integrated graphics performance has been great. 10 hours of Prime95 and temps never got over 45 C.

Solid motherboard for a good price

MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 LGA 1700 Intel Z690 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 LGA 1700 Intel Z690 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: - Solid build quality - Competitive price - Room for larger CPU air coolers (nice for the 12th gen CPU which will likely generate some decent heat. (I have a Dark Rock 4 installed, but note that one this size will likely block 1 of the 4 RAM slots) - Happy to see 4 M.2 slots

Cons: - A larger CPU cooler may block on or two RAM slots. - A graphics card in the PCIe 5.0 slot *almost* blocks one of the M.2 slots; it's still accessible, but it's tight without taking the graphics card out. - The IO shield is a little flimsy feeling

Overall Review: This review is for the MSI Review Rebate Program. I got this board for an upgraded system using the Intel Core i5-12600K and so far am quite happy with it. I've heard good things about MSI's support and look forward to having this for a while. With a Dark Rock 4 and a 1070 Ti in an older Fractal Define case it passed all of its benchmark tests with no trouble.

12/18/2021