First photo of the MSI Z270 Tomahawk motherboard

Posted on Thursday, December 08 2016 @ 14:20 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

A leaked picture of the MSI Z270 Tomahawk motherboard found its way to TechPowerUp. This is an upcoming mid-range motherboard for Intel's Kaby Lake lineup, it should be available around early 2017.

One of the features that caught our attention is MSI's claim to have achieved true 1000 MB/s bandwidth for USB 3.1 (gen 2.0) using a custom software feature. MSI is calling this the X-Boost. The company is also guaranteeing full 8 Gb/s bandwidth per port, since it's using ASMedia AS2142 controllers to drive its USB 3.1 ports.

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