As someone who tries to make it out to as many LAN events as possible, small but powerful LAN rigs have been saving my back for years. Even though to some the LAN scene has been shrinking, the industry has really started to take notice of the small LAN rigs recently. We have seen smaller console like builds from boutique builders and Valves recent interest in steam boxes has gotten everyone in a frenzy as well. Because of that, I was happy to see MSI dive into the Mini ITX gaming market with their new GTX 760 Gaming ITX video card and the ZZ87I Gaming AC motherboard. Given our previous experience with similar products, MSI sent over the motherboard and video card combo to see what we thought about the two. Let’s see what they are all about.
Product Name: MSI Z87I Gaming AC and MSI GTX 760 Gaming ITX
Review Sample Provided by: MSI
Written by: Wes
Picture by: Wes
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Z87I Gaming AC Specifications |
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CPU (Max Support) |
i7 |
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FSB / Hyper Transport Bus |
100MHz |
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Chipset |
Intel® Z87 Express Chipset |
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DDR3 Memory |
DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*(*OC) MHz |
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Memory Channel |
Dual |
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DIMM Slots |
2 |
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Max Memory (GB) |
16 |
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PCI-Ex16 |
1 |
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PCI-E Gen |
Gen3(16) |
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USB 3.0 ports (Front) |
2 |
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SATAIII |
5 |
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USB 2.0 ports (Front) |
2 |
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RAID |
0/1/5/10 |
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LAN |
10/100/1000*1 |
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TPM |
1 |
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USB 3.0 ports (Rear) |
4 |
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USB 2.0 ports (Rear) |
2 |
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Audio ports (Rear) |
6 |
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eSATA |
1 |
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Display Port |
1 |
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HDMI |
1 |
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DVI |
1 |
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VGA Max Share Memory (MB) |
1760 |
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DirectX |
11 |
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Form Factor |
Mini-ITX |
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GTX 760 Mini-ITX Gaming |
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Graphics Engine |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 |
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Bus Standard |
PCI Express x16 3.0 |
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Memory Type |
GDDR5 |
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Memory Size(MB) |
2048 |
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Memory Interface |
256 bits |
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Core Clock Speed(MHz) |
1033 (Boost Clock: 1098) (OC mode) 1006 (Boost Clock: 1072) (Gaming mode) 980 (Boost Clock: 1033) (Silent mode) |
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Memory Clock Speed(MHz) |
6008 |
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DVI Output |
Dual-link DVI-I x 1 |
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HDMI-Output |
1 |
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Mini DisplayPort |
2 |
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HDMI Support |
Y |
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Dual-link DVI |
Y |
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Display Output (Max Resolution) |
2560x1600 |
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DirectX Version Support |
11.2 API (feature level 11_0) |
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OpenGL Version Support |
4.3 |
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SLI Support |
Y, 3-ways |
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Card Dimension(mm) |
170 x 120 x 35 mm |
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Weight |
580g |
