This typically means fashioned heatsinks, almost-invisible traces and if possible a reduction of on-the-board components (trying to balance price as well). One of MSI’s main focus points of the last twelve months has been style. Today we are looking at the MSI Z97 Gaming 5 at $160, which at the time of writing is sold out on Newegg. To make matters worse for MSI, one of the other manufacturers is also branding their motherboards with ‘Gaming X’, making it harder to forge that nomenclature as a brand. Here is where brand loyalty and styling seem to matter more than absolute feature set. The more expensive models have more to play with, whereas the sub $160 market for Z97 comes down to the choice of an individual controller or two. Sometimes it feels odd to review the cheaper elements of the motherboard market.
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