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MSI Computer X99A GAMING PRO CARBON ATX Motherboards
Last Updated: November 24, 2018 (Refresh Now)
7.1
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
266
Old Reviews
133
Unverified
37
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131072 GB
MEMORY
3.1
NUMBER OF USB PORTS
Yes
USB
Review Analysis - 96 recent, verified reviews
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Product Reliability
20board, motherboard, post, faulty, doa
+30%
-70%
" ... It functioned with all my parts flawlessly for 5-6 months then something happened and something got fried. ... I RMA'd this motherboard about a week after i got my PSU back (doing a faulty diagnostic thinking my motherboard was the problem) and didn't receive it back for a month and a half after having some difficulties even sending it. ... So we spent roughly 3 hours working and trying to figure out what was happening and we couldn't get it to even display any form of post at all. ... "
" ... Cannot review an item that does not work. ... "
" ... Second dead MSI motherboard I've received in a year. ... Board is faulty. ... "
" ... [UPDATE] So less than a week later the computer died. ... "
" ... They ruled it was a defective motherboard. ... "
" ... I tried to power it up, and nothing is functioning. ... "
" ... Wasn't even the correct motherboard, and in addition it was DOA. ... "
" ... I'm rating this motherboard 2 stars because the fundamentals work and I've not experienced a single BSOD or crash, but there are enough other unaddressed issues to exempt this beast from garnering a full 5 stars much less an OKAY rating. ... "
Overall performance
17motherboard, 6800k, i7, x99, msi
+100%
" ... Did the job better then ASUS! ... "
" ... A good motherboard. ... "
" ... My i7 6850k does 4.4 at 1.3 as opposed to the other boards needing 1.35. ... "
" ... Great quality board. ... "
" ... This is an amazing motherboard for overclocking and benchmarks are showing huge improvements across the board over my old X99-UD3P. ... "
" ... Awesome motherboard no problems with I7 6800k CPU Or with any functionality so far. ... Worked on first boot. ... Very fast boot time w/SSD after first few. ... "
" ... My 4 monitor setup is extremely fast. ... with virtual machines having no slow down running simultaneously with the main system. ... "
" ... Running a Samsung 960 Pro nvme ssd. ... Will be a nice complement to this high end board (of course the newest chip will be the next to to drool at). ... "
Memory
13ddr4, 64 gb, drive, bios, ssd
+69%
-31%
" ... I had to make sure and update the BIOS to support my RAM clock speed, which is perfectly fine. ... "
" ... ++Supports up to 128gb DDR4 (I installed 32gb for now) ... "
" ... -1 whole star for this: I did manage to corrupt one of my two bios when I was overclocking my ram just past its limit, it's pretty odd that the bios did not recover and there is no explanation of the recovery procedure referenced, it took a little Google-Fu to figure out. ... "
" ... - M.2 boot drive, with 5 higher capacity sshd drives ... - Initially 32 GB ram, recently upgraded to 64 GB with the intention to eventually go to 128 GB ... "
" ... 64 GB GSkill RAM running at DDR4 3400 cas 15. ... I read the Broadwell E has very good Integrated Memory Controller performance. ... If using high memory capacities increase the memory controller voltage. ... With GSkill 64 GB DDR4 3200 CL4 kits you have headroom up to 1.5v per GSkil to overclock or lower timings. ... "
" ... It can hold up to 8 DIMMs which are QUAD Channel and the MAX DDR4 RAM of 128GB. ... I currently have 32GB or DDR4 RAM. ... I also have a PNY SSD Drive 240GB and a 1TB HDD, 2TB HDD. ... "
" ... I was able to do stable overclocks on this one and got up to 4.1GHz on an i7-6800k, with 16GB of DDR4-25600 at 3200MHz. ... SSD: PNY 120GB ... "
" ... I recommend going to MSI website on this board and only buying supported ram from the list. ... "
Software Platform
11bios, windows 10, boot, updates, software
+45%
-55%
" ... After much work, it would boot into Windows, but wouldn't load a game without crashing. ... "
" ... It does not boot anymore and shows debug code 00. ... "
" ... Bios is unstable and minor over clocks lead to system crashes or freezes. ... "
" ... The WLAN hardware (including the associated Bluetooth device) will mysteriously show up and disappear in the Windows Device Manager. ... Avoid using it like the plague, use the CD if you must and then go straight to Live Updater app and get current. ... "
" ... Buggy drivers, BSOD issues and more. ... "
" ... I've spent my entire time with this board fixing problems that cause BSOD in windows 10 every time they push updates with Live Update. ... "
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Specifications
Connectivity
Number of USB ports: 3.1
USB: Yes
Memory
Memory: 131072 GB
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