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August 2014
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The editors liked
Very appealing looks and heat sink design
Good hardware support
Helpful utilities
Good and friendly BIOS layout
Packed with GAMING features to keep your system fast and ready-to-game
Provided fan control is excellent
Audio Boost for added "BOOM" to your in-game explosions
Includes 6-month premium subscription to XSplit
Excellent software package that caters to
Sleek design
Killer E2200 game networking
Military Class 4 components
Audio Boost 2
Solid performance and overclocking
Easy to use BIOS and Command Center software
802.11ac WiFi
The editors didn't like
May not be compatible with larger aftermarket coolers
This motherboard is aimed at gamers and it has all the right features excluding SLi. During our game tests we did not feel the need for SLi, justifying the little motherboard in its own right. You can get a GTX970 or 770, as we did, into most modern mITX...
Published: 2015-05-12, Author: Steven , review by: legitreviews.com
For a mITX motherboard to measure 6.7 x 6.7 inches, MSI has done a great job at making the Z97I Gaming AC a high performing motherboard. All the features that gamers and enthusiast look for is included on a tiny motherboard. The Killer E2200 NIC allows fo...
Published: 2015-05-12, Author: Steven , review by: legitreviews.com
For a mITX motherboard to measure 6.7 x 6.7 inches, MSI has done a great job at making the Z97I Gaming AC a high performing motherboard. All the features that gamers and enthusiast look for is included on a tiny motherboard. The Killer E2200 NIC allows fo...
Abstract: In spite of the confusing names, enthusiasts know that mini-ITX is much smaller than microATX, but it's still not tiny when compared to platforms like ECS ' Liva, Intel's NUC and Gigabyte's Brix. The main reason this larger-than-tiny form factor gets so m...
The Z97I AC is a great motherboard if you're looking to do a mini-ITX build. It comes with all the features found in MSI's larger gaming-oriented boards, and does not feel like a watered down variant at all. Some users may find issue with the lack of more...
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Published: 2014-09-22, Author: Michael , review by: proclockers.com
Very appealing looks and heat sink design, Good hardware support, Helpful utilities, Good and friendly BIOS layout
MSI certainly did a very good job in creating the Z97I Gaming AC mini ITX motherboard. It is compact yet very powerful and capable motherboard. There's a lot of things to talk about this board and most of it is positive. Let us first start with the looks....
Abstract: It's amazing how quickly things can add up. A great example of this is just how many motherboards a company like MSI manufactures. Just on the Intel side of things, you have multiple chipsets and then from there they have an overclocking line, gaming line...
Abstract: A couple of weeks ago, I took a look at ASUS' Z97I-PLUS , its flagship mini-ITX motherboard for its mainstream series. In the same article, I made multiple comparisons to MSI's Z97I Gaming AC, as it was the only other mini-ITX Z97 I had around. While it's...
Published: 2014-07-28, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: With every new chipset release, a large part of the community is always interested in the smaller form factor builds. Building a small yet powerful system seems to be an expanding niche, and for Intel's Z97 platform we took three of the cheaper mini-ITX m...
Packed with GAMING features to keep your system fast and ready-to-game, Provided fan control is excellent, Audio Boost for added "BOOM" to your in-game explosions, Includes 6-month premium subscription to XSplit, Excellent software package that caters to
May not be compatible with larger aftermarket coolers, No Intel Thunderbolt, Only two fan headers, Color scheme used may not appeal to all
The The MSI Z97 GAMING is available for around US $209. Packed with GAMING features to keep your system fast and ready-to-game Provided fan control is excellent Audio Boost for added "BOOM" to your in-game explosions Includes 6-month premium subscription...
