Posted on Wednesday, May 15 2013 @ 16:02 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
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came across more details of the MSI Z87 MPower, the upcominf flagship in MSI's LGA1150 motherboard lineup. The motherboard has a black/yellow color scheme, similar to the Z77 MPower, and features 16-phase power delivery with a combination of SFC chokes, DrMOS, and high-C tantalum capcacitors.
The CPU socket on the Z87 MPower is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots, supporting up to 64 GB of dual-channel memory, and three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots (x16/NC/NC or x8/x8/NC or x8/x4/x4); three PCI-Express x1 slots make for the rest of the expansion area. Connectivity includes an enhanced onboard audio solution named "Audio Boost," which we imagine is an onboard amp for select channels; gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WLAN, Bluetooth, display outputs that include dual-HDMI and DisplayPort connectors, and a number of USB 3.0 ports. Storage connectivity includes eight SATA 6 Gb/s ports.
