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MSI Z87I Gaming AC Mini-ITX Motherboard Review

Luke Hill January 29, 2014 Featured Tech Reviews, Motherboard

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MSI ships the Z87I Gaming AC in packaging which is typical for the company's Gaming Series products. A red and black box features the symbolic dragon logo and plenty of information regarding the motherboard.

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The typical manuals, drivers disc, and case badge form the supplied literature. MSI also includes a comedic door hanger which warns people against disturbing you when gaming is taking place.

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The Z87I Gaming AC's slim accessory bundle consists of two SATA cables, a pair of WiFi antennae, and the rear IO shield.

A notable omission is MSI's ultra-convenient M-connector; the basic block would have made connecting cables in a cramped, mITX environment a much easier task.

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5 comments

  1. Joe
    January 29, 2014 at 9:36 am

    Awesome board, love MSI products – building a media center soon and this was already on my shortlist. unless something comes out soon which is better.

  2. Optical Illusion
    January 29, 2014 at 9:39 am

    This is my dream in 2014 – build a silent, small system which can play games at 1080p and not break the bank. Still working on it !

  3. Leo Pogz
    February 14, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    Little Giant! Brilliant design, small but fully loaded.

  4. paul
    February 16, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    I just hope I could win that kind of awesome motherboard 😀

  5. IRLtester
    May 2, 2014 at 11:58 am

    Great performing board, great looks and very stable.
    Using it in a corsair 250D case atm.

    Motherboard layout can give some problems with cablemanagement tho when u want everything neat and clean. Thats something that could be improved next time.

    Having only 1 chafan conn is simply absurd.

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