I think if it was shrunken down a bit and placed just above the third PCI-E slot it would have been perfect. Unfortunately when both of my video cards are installed they hide the logo. The Dragon logo is really appealing to me. I have been using MSI products for several years now and will not buy anything else.Ĭons: The only issue I have with the board. Anyone interested in this board should definitely give it a shot.
#MSI Z97 GAMING 7 DDR SOFTWARE#
The software allows me to choose which programs get priority. There are plenty of USB ports, fan connections for both 4 and 3 pin connections, and more than enough SATA connections for me. I had no trouble at all booting up the first time. The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.Īdditional Information Date First Available The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. Gaming Device Port: Optimized with Triple Gold-plating for High Polling Rate Gaming Devices Sound Blaster Cinema 2: Realistic Surround Sound Experience Multi-GPU: NVIDIA SLI & AMD CrossFire Support Guard-Pro: Improved Protection and Power EfficiencyĬlick BIOS 4: Easily Fine-tune Your System XSplit Gamecaster: Show off Your Skills and Achievements USB Audio Power: Serve Stable 5V Power & Better Signal Transmission over USB USB 3.1: Delivering speeds up to 10Gb/s, USB 3.1 offers performance twice as fast as a regular USB 3.0 connection.Īudio Boost 2: Reward Your Ears with True Quality Supports 4th and 5th Gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors for LGA 1150 socket *** M.2 PCIe interface does not support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.ġ x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of x RJ45Ģ x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)ġ x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports) ** M.2 PCIe interface only supports UEFI option ROM, NOT support legacy option ROM. * The SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be unavailable when installing a module in the M.2 port. Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10*** M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module M.2 port supports M.2 PCIe module up to 10Gb/s speed** M.2 port supports M.2 SATA 6Gb/s module