Some things are black and white
As Intel's Skylake launch looms ever closer, we're seeing more and more Z170 chipset motherboards on the web. Features and performance will ultimate decide which ones are worth a damn, but as an added bonus, several of the boards we've seen so far definitely bring the bling.
Just last week, Gigabyte teased several motherboards intended for Skylake, some of which looked like Formula F1 race cars. Not be outdone, MSI has posted to social media a picture of its Krait Z170 mobo with the familiar black and white treatment.
MSI didn't spill any specs on its Twitter or Facebook page, though a glance at the picture reveals four DDR4 memory slots, half a dozen SATA 6Gbps ports (two for SATA Express), three PCI-Express x16 slots, M.2 slot, and a standard PCI slot.
The Z170 Krait Gaming also has an 8-phase VRM, Audio Boost 3 chip for onboard audio chores, and Killer E2205 gigabit Ethernet, along with DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort outputs.
If nothing else, Skylake builds should at least look good. Leaked benchmarks suggests that Skylake systems will also perform well, though it's still a bit early to draw any definitive conclusions.
Intel is expected to launch Skylake-S (desktop version) on August 5.
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