MSI X99 Motherboards - PAX Prime 2014 Showfloor

This video captures MSI's PAX Prime 2014 booth coverage focused on their X99 motherboard lineup. The presenter walks through three boards in detail: the X99S SLI Plus, the X99S Gaming 7, and the XPower AC. He highlights the X99S SLI Plus with four PCIe 16x slots for quad SLI or Crossfire and two 1x slots, suitable for sound or RAID add-ons, and notes a straightforward power delivery featuring a 24-pin and 8-pin CPU connector, plus four fan headers including a CPU-specific header. The IO panel on this series includes a PS/2 port, USB 3.0, USB 2.0, and gigabit Ethernet, with audio delivered via MSI’s Audio Boost on the Gaming 7 version. The Gaming 7 board differentiates itself with Killer LAN rather than Intel, while maintaining similar overall specs such as RAM slots, power design, and fan headers. The XPower AC model introduces built-in AC wireless, a expanded USB 3.0 footprint on the back IO and headers, and unique overclocking features like voltage checkpoints and an OC Genie button, as well as a CMOS-reset style Lightning Bolt feature to wipe BIOS settings rapidly. Throughout the showcase, the host emphasizes overclocking capabilities and the visual aesthetic of MSI’s Gaming series, concluding with a call to subscribe for more PC hardware content from Linus Tech Tips and HyperX coverage from PAX Prime 2014.

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