MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC Review @ Vortez

And the PC arms race takes another leap forward, with the release of the X99 "Haswell-E" chipset.  The new X99 boards will see native support for the new DDR4 memory, at the cost of no longer being compatible with the older DDR3 sticks.

MSI is showcasing some of the changes they've made preparing for the Haswell-E on their X99S version of their popular Gaming-9 motherboard.  Along with the standard staples we normally see, like the Realtek 7.1 audio, and Killer Gigabit LAN controller, it also comes with ten 6Gb/s SATA ports, room for four discreet cards for multi-GPU applications, and support for six USB 3.0 ports (two included on the board), just for starters.

After so much speculation we can today reveal Intel's X99 chipset, more specifically, the X99S Gaming 9 AC motherboard from MSI. MSI are widely regarded as one of the most overclocking friendly manufacturers and so our review will focus heavily on this area. While the Gaming 9 is not the flagship motherboard or even the flagship 'series' (this tag goes to the XPower range - soon to be reviewed by us), a motherboard's prowess is quite often judged not just by the abundance of features but by its ability to take your components to the edge without falling over in a smouldering mound of silicon and plastic.

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