Motherboard

MSI - Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

( 4.4 Average / 9 Ratings )

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Specifications

Manufacturer

MSI

Part #

Z170A PC MATE
(or) 7971-001R

Form Factor

ATX

CPU Socket

LGA1151

Chipset

Intel Z170

Memory Slots

4 x 288-pin DIMM

Memory Type

DDR4-2133 / 2400 / 2800 / 3000 / 3200

Maximum Supported Memory

64GB

RAID Support

Yes

Onboard Video

Depends on CPU

CrossFire Support

Yes

SLI Support

SATA 6 Gb/s

SATA Express

Onboard Ethernet

1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps

Onboard USB 3.0 Header(s)

Yes

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Reviews

Pill_Slinger 15 points 21 months ago

from completed build SOVEREIGN

My initial thoughts: For the price, it is definitely a quality motherboard capable of at least decent over-clocking. No frills version of the more expensive boards . Great bios for nooby like me. Still has all necessary features i.e. all usb 3.1 gen2, 2x max speed SATA ports, m.2 and more (see image 10, back of box). very helpful and clear manual showing locations of each power sockets etc.

Only comes with 2 SATA data cables, so if you have SSD+HDD you will need another sata cable from an old computer/ebay to have an optical drive :) But when first booting/installing things you can always just swap out cables.

It is brown when put under white light but it just looks like a nice very dark brown/black normally, a good option for black schemed colour builds. (Google and/or see my pics)

CAUTION: However do NOT use MSI Live Update to update bios or any of that. Everyone says to avoid it and if you don't need to update then don't do it.

tekeem 6 points 19 months ago

from completed build cheap gaming upgrade from an old Q6600 4gb ddr2 gigabyte ga-p35-ds3p build

Probably should of gone for one of the gaming boards but this does the job. Oh the I/O shield is **** but aren't they all now.

jawash22 22 points 19 months ago

from completed build Feels like the 1st time...cuz it is!

Seems fine and supports 7.1 audio. Only thing I don't like is that it only has three 4 pin fan headers. Plenty of USB 3 support.backplate included,etc. Plus when I purchase my next CPU, it will be overclockable so I won't need a new MOBO.

trevionpaul 7 points 17 months ago

from completed build My i5-6600k build, pretty simple looking build.

Its a nice and motherboard. I got it for a good price, it does its job.