Specifications
Manufacturer
MSI
Part #
Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X
Manufacturer
MSI
Socket / CPU
LGA1151
Form Factor
ATX
RAM Slots
4
Max RAM
64 GB
Color
Black / White
Chipset
Intel Z170
Memory Type
DDR4
Memory Slots
4
Memory Speed
- DDR4-2133
- DDR4-2400
- DDR4-2800
- DDR4-3000
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-3600
SLI/CrossFire
- 2-Way SLI Capable
- CrossFire Capable
PCI-E x16 Slots
3
PCI-E x8 Slots
0
PCI-E x4 Slots
0
PCI-E x1 Slots
4
PCI Slots
0
Onboard Ethernet
1 x 1000 Mbit/s
SATA 6 Gb/s
4
SATA Express
1
M.2 Slots
1
mSATA Slots
0
Onboard Video
Depends on CPU
Onboard USB3.0 Headers
Yes
Supports ECC
No
Wireless Networking
None
RAID Support
Yes
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Specifications
Manufacturer
MSI
Part #
Manufacturer
MSI
Socket / CPU
LGA1151
Form Factor
ATX
RAM Slots
4
Max RAM
64 GB
Color
Black / White
Chipset
Intel Z170
Memory Type
Memory Slots
4
Memory Speed
- DDR4-2133
- DDR4-2400
- DDR4-2800
- DDR4-3000
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-3600
SLI/CrossFire
- 2-Way SLI Capable
- CrossFire Capable
PCI-E x16 Slots
3
PCI-E x8 Slots
0
PCI-E x4 Slots
0
PCI-E x1 Slots
4
PCI Slots
0
Onboard Ethernet
SATA 6 Gb/s
4
SATA Express
1
M.2 Slots
1
mSATA Slots
0
Onboard Video
Depends on CPU
Onboard USB3.0 Headers
Yes
Supports ECC
No
Wireless Networking
RAID Support
Yes
Price History
Reviews
- 230 points
- 38 months ago
from completed build Polaris
?k motherboard.Some weird sata but you can work around it.
- 102 points
- 32 months ago
from completed build Tuxedo
It looks nice, and preforms well. The BIOS is quite nice.
- 70 points
- 35 months ago
from completed build 2017 Gaming Build. Great photos here!! Updated photos!!!!
Easy overclocking mode boosts my CPU to 4.1Ghz!
- 50 points
- 38 months ago
from completed build Regularised & Mesmerised
A nice looking mother board that also worked really well for my monochrome build. The BIOS have been fairly easy to navigate so far.
- 44 points
- 26 months ago
from completed build White Widow(OLD)
Good Z170 board for the price, with great looks to match. Using an NVMe drive disables 2 of the SATA ports so I had to rethink my cabling. Plenty of fan headers, but MSI cheaped out and the sysfan headers are dummy 4 pin headers(the 4th pin is just for show, so those headers are not PWM), but they at least included 2 CPU fan headers which are PWM. I've had this board for almost a year now and it's still going strong. The look of this board is honestly the main thing keeping me from upgrading to Coffee Lake. Pssst, hey MSI, make a Z370 Krait that looks identical to this and I'll buy it like a fool ;)
- 31 points
- 43 months ago
from completed build RGB Sloth
This motherboard is great. The BIOS is incredibly easy to navigate, and the the theme is gorgeous. The 3X version ensures that the SATA ports are faced sideways, as opposed to earlier versions where they were up and down. This means if you use a second GPU then the ports don't get blocked. I love this motherboard and highly recommend it.
- 31 points
- 36 months ago
from completed build My first compooter (name: Snowblind)
great motherboard. Looks great for black/white build.
- 30 points
- 32 months ago
from completed build Cherub a.k.a. I didn't know what color scheme to choose so I chose them all
Hasn't caused me trouble at all. Beautiful piece of hardware. The fact the Google Chrome was part of the driver list was okay, but it would just be easier to download it straight from Edge. other than that, can't complain.
- 27 points
- 35 months ago
from completed build Project E.C.L.I.P.S.E. (1.1)
Its one of the few motherboards that are white and black, that's what made me choose it.
- 25 points
- 41 months ago
from completed build Black Pearl
Great Mobo and looks even better in the case. POSTed on first try. BIOS seems pretty simple as well. FINALLY something from MSI that ins't red. I won't lie, when you are shopping for this mobo online, it doesn't seem like the #1 choice. In fact it looks super janky online. When you get it in your hands, you truly see how well built this motherboard is. It is a real tank, especially since I may have been a bit rough on it putting it the case on the standoffs.
The only real con I would say is that installing any PSU headers were either hard to put in, or did not feel secure. But they all were in the end.
Also, I didn't order the R6 version from Amazon. I just ordered the normal one, but thats the one I got. Not complaining, I got a free game!
Compatible Parts
- View Compatible CPU Coolers
- View Compatible CPUs
- View Compatible Cases
- View Compatible Memory
- View Compatible Optical Drives
- View Compatible Power Supplies
- View Compatible Sound Cards
- View Compatible Storage
- View Compatible Video Cards
- View Compatible Wired Network Adapters
- View Compatible Wireless Network Adapters
