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MSI Z87I Gaming AC Mini-ITX Motherboard Review

We used the Bioshock Infinite‘s demanding ‘Ultra’ setting and a 1920 x 1080 resolution to push today’s gaming hardware. Our data was recorded using a section of the game, not the built-in benchmark.

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bioshock

We used a 1920 x 1080 resolution and Metro 2033‘s built-in benchmark set to ‘Very High’ quality to offer an intense challenge for the gaming hardware while also making playable frame rates a possibility.

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metro 2033

We used a 1920 x 1080 resolution and the Metro: Last Light‘s built-in benchmark set to ‘High’ quality to offer an intense challenge for the gaming hardware while also making playable frame rates a possibility.

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Gaming performance on the Z87I Gaming AC is as good as many of the larger motherboards that we have compared it with.

With the correct graphics card and supporting hardware, there is no reason why the Z87I Gaming AC cannot serve as the foundation for a powerful gaming system.

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5 comments

  1. 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. 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. Little Giant! Brilliant design, small but fully loaded.

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

  5. 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.