{"id":78364,"date":"2015-07-10T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=78364"},"modified":"2015-07-10T12:16:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T10:16:31","slug":"msis-x99a-godlike-gaming-motherboard-is-appropriately-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78364-msis-x99a-godlike-gaming-motherboard-is-appropriately-named","title":{"rendered":"MSI&#8217;s X99A Godlike Gaming motherboard is appropriately named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MSI\u2019s latest series of motherboards, suitably titled \u201cGodlike\u201d, is ushered in with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msi.com\/product\/mb\/X99A-GODLIKE-GAMING\" target=\"_blank\">X99A Godlike Gaming motherboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_X99\" target=\"_blank\">X99 chipset<\/a> and adorned in the usual red and black, this top of the line motherboard is outfitted with just about everything MSI 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Some of its features include support for USB Type-A as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USB_Type-C\" target=\"_blank\">Type-C<\/a>, Turbo M.2 connectivity, Killer DoubleShot X-3 Pro Ethernet connectivity, Audio Boost 3 Pro and RGB LED lights.<\/p>\n<p>Turbo M.2 connectivity means that the X99A Godlike Gaming motherboard is compatible with the latest high speed PCI-E SSDs through an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NVM_Express\" target=\"_blank\">NVMe<\/a> interface. That essentially boils down to massive data throughput.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.killernetworking.com\/technology\/killer-double-shot-pro\" target=\"_blank\">Killer DoubleShot-X3 Pro<\/a>, on the other hand, amalgamates dual Ethernet connectors as well as the on-board WiFi together into one, for all intents and purposes \u201cSuper\u201d, LAN connection. Add in a network manager that optimises applications and you\u2019ve got a faster connection than almost any other motherboard can manage.<\/p>\n<p>Like with any high-end enthusiast motherboard, the X99A Godlike Gaming motherboard supports Intel\u2019s Core i7 LGA 2011-3 processors, 4-Way NVIDIA SLI &amp; AMD CrossFire and Quad Channel DDR4 3400+ memory.<\/p>\n<p>And for a little more \u201coomph\u201d, the motherboard features MSI\u2019s turbo socket, which makes use of a few additional pins to allow for higher memory speeds and more overclocking as a result.<\/p>\n<p>MSI\u2019s latest mega motherboard isn\u2019t going to be cheap, not by a long shot, but there\u2019s a lot to it, and then some.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, it even includes a great software suite (including XSplit and OC Genie 4), higher than average audio quality and RGB LED lights \u2013 so it\u2019s going to glow something fancy in the dark.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitguru.net\/components\/motherboard\/matthew-wilson\/msis-flagship-x99a-godlike-gaming-motherboard-is-now-available\/\" target=\"_blank\">KitGuru<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Other recent hardware news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78288-amd-is-moving-on-from-mantle-expect-all-optimisations-to-be-halted.html\">AMD is moving on from Mantle: expect all optimisations to be halted<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78250-samsungs-newest-2tb-ssd-for-home-pcs.html\">Samsung\u2019s newest 2TB SSD for home PCs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78144-a-r110-pc-with-surprising-performance-potential-meet-c-h-i-p.html\">A R110 PC with surprising performance potential: meet C.H.I.P.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a reason MSI has chosen the &#8220;Godlike&#8221; moniker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":78368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[14714,14712,1085,14718,14716,14706,14708,5203,1969,15397,14720,14710],"class_list":["post-78364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-4-way-amd-crossfire","tag-4-way-nvidia-sli","tag-hardware-2","tag-killer-doubleshot-x3-pro","tag-lga-2011-3","tag-mobo","tag-motherboard","tag-msi","tag-news-2","tag-pc","tag-turbo-m-2","tag-x99a-godlike-gaming-motherboard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}