X99A

GODLIKE GAMING

ONE BOARD TO RULE ALL

New technology introduced to the world

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The X99A GODLIKE GAMING features a lot of world premiers;

• World’s 1st MB with RGB LED controlled by a mobile APP

• World’s 1st MB with Audio Boost 3 Pro featuring a 6.35mm Golden jack out

• World’s 1st MB with Nahimic Audio Enhancer

• World’s 1st MB with Sabre HiFi ESS DAC

• World’s 1st MB with 2 x next Gen Killer™ LAN chips

• World’s 1st MB with Killer™ WiFi AC 1535 adapter with ExtremeRange™

• World’s 1st MB with Killer™ Double Shot X3 Pro

• World’s 1st MB with USB 3.1 Type-A and Type-C combo connector (2x FASTER)

• World’s 1st MB with Impregnable Steel Armor PCI-E slots

• World’s 1st MB with Turbo U.2 add-in card (for 2.5” NVMe SSD’s)

Praise from media

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X99A GODLIKE GAMING, the best motherboard of Computex 2015

Overclocking records broken

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Not only for GAMING, but also meant to

break overclocking world records!

HWBOT Prime

9761 GPUPI for CPU

2min16.938s

Cinebench R11.5

25.82pts Cinebench R15

2381pts

Catzilla 720P

81947

Catzilla 1440P

32408

Record Breaking GODLIKE Performance

World’s 1st RGB LED motherboard: Mystic Light

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With 2048 different colors and 7 different LED

modes, Mystic Light provides infinite

possibilities for gamers to personalize their

gaming rig.

Isolated

Audio PCB

Nippon

Chemi-Con

Audio

Capacitors

6.35mm Golden

Dedicated

Headphone Out

High Quality

EMI-Shielded

HD Audio

Processor

Golden Audio

Jacks

Dual Headphone

Amplifiers Rear & Front Dedicated

AMP switch

ESS

ES9018K2M

DAC

Nahimic

Sound

Technology

Audio Boost 3 Pro with Sabre HiFi ESS DAC

• +127 dB DNR

• -120 dB THD+N

What devices adopt ESS 9018K2M?

Portable USB Headphone Amplifier

Pioneer XPA-700 ($553)

Portable USB Headphone Amplifier

Audio-Technica AT-PHA100 ($453)

Preamp & DAC

Paresound Halo Integrated Amplifier ($2,495)

Mark Levinson Nº585

Paresound Halo Integrated Amplifier ($12,000)

Gaming comes to life

Sound is a major part of your gaming experience. Live, feel and become

invincible, thanks to a unique sound. boosts your PC’s audio with

the most advanced sound enhancement effects and unique features for gamers.

NAHIMIC IMMERSIVE AUDIO CREATES

AN AMAZING IN-GAME SOUND

USB Audio Power

• Enhances USB Audio Quality

• Stable 5V Power & Better Signal Transmission over USB

True GAMING with dual KILLER™ LAN

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World’s 1st motherboard with 2x Killer™ LAN to allow for even more game

traffic prioritizing.

ExtremeRange™ Technology

Others

Killer™ wireless AC 1535 on M9 • Cutting edge 11AC performance

• Lag and Latency Reduction™

• Advanced Stream Detect™

• Visual Bandwidth control™

• ExtremeRange™ Technology

• External Amplifiers

• Mu-MIMO

• Beamforming

Killer™ Double Shot X3 Pro

Killer™ DoubleShot-X3 Pro allows the 2x Killer™ Ethernet connectors and the

Killer™ Wi-Fi adapter to work together for the ultimate high speed attack

resulting in 2867 Mbps bandwidth.

X99A GODLIKE GAMING Z170A GAMING M9

Double Shot X3 Pro Double Shot Pro

2x Killer™ LAN E2400 1x Killer™ LAN E2400

LAN Protect LAN Protect

Killer™ AC 1535 Killer™ AC 1535

Killer Shield

GAMING Optimized Bandwidth Management

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The Killer Network Manager;

• Automatically prioritizes games above other appplications

• Allows you to change applications’ traffic priority

• Allows you to customize each applications’ bandwidth

Game protected with LAN Protect

• 15KV anti-surge protection

• Shield against lightning strikes and static electricity

• Red LED inside the LAN connector to highlight protection

Dragon Heatsink

Impregnable Armor slots Enhanced Heatpipes

Comprehensive Armor

Heavy plated armor

USB 3.1 Type-A & -C

• 2x FASTER USB 3.1

• Unique combo connector

• Type-A for compatibility

• Type-C with reversible design

Excellent USB 3.0 design

4x Front USB 3.0

Easy access

USB REDRIVERS

Better cable signal with

ESD PROTECTION

Secure your data USB 3.0 SUPERCHARGER

Fast Charging & Data transfer

Impregnable Steel Armor

To protect against damage from

heavy VGA cards. Steel Armor

features a heavily strengthened

metal cover and has more solder

points on the PCB for more strength.

Others MSI Steel Armor

Storage ready; Turbo U.2 and NVMe

SATA EXPRESS

10 Gb/s

PCI-E Gen 2 x2

TURBO M.2

32Gb/s

PCI-E Gen 3 x4

Turbo U.2

32Gb/s

PCI-E Gen3 x4

with Redriver !

Turbo U.2

• With SATA Express already dead, M.2 will become

even more popular

• Turbo U.2 host adapter with redriver for better

performance included in X99A GODLIKE GAMING

• Use on M.2 Gen3 x4 slot for best performance

• SFF8369 SSD from Intel, Samsung, OCZ

Intel SSD 750 400G Via Turbo U.2

NVMe

Samsung SM951

256G M.2 Gen3 x4

Kingston 2280 480G M.2 Gen2 x4

Designed for Overclocking

Extreme Socket

Design OC Thermal

Design

Power Phases Overcurrent

protection OC PCB DIGITALL

POWER

With a rich history of breaking

world records inherited from

MSI’s legendary Overclocking

motherboards, the X99A

GODLIKE GAMING has OC

running through its veins.

Patented Turbo Socket

• Provides extra pins (up to 2036) from PCB to connect to CPU

• Higher DDR4 memory frequencies, lower latencies and enhanced stability

while overclocking

• X99A GODLIKE GAMING / X99A GAMING 9 ACK / X99A XPOWER AC

Regular Socket

(LGA2011)

Turbo Socket

(LGA2036)

OC Engine Overclocking with the speed of light

Thanks to a integrated Clock Generator, MSI

motherboards support more flexible BCLK adjustments

opening doors to achieve the maximum overclock.

The next generation Clock Generator

can be found on GODLIKE, offering

even lower jitter and power

consumption resulting in even

higher stability under extreme

conditions.

OC Essentials

EASY BUTTON 3 DEBUG LED

V-CHECK POINTS 2

CLEAR CMOS BUTTON

MULTIBIOS II SLOW MODE

Gaming Device Port

Technical benefits

• 3x more gold than regular connectors

• 10x longer lifetime when plugging/un-plugging

• Prevents oxidation

Gaming benefits

• More responsive

• Smoother gameplay

• Faster reactions

Gaming APP: Overclocking made easy

Outperform your competition with the MSI

GAMING APP which allows simultaneous

control of both your Motherboard and

Graphics Card's overclocking.

Simply select your preferred mode with

the click of a button:

• Silent

• Gaming

• OC

This allows you to tune the system to your

pleasure without any technical

knowledge of overclocking.

Blazing fast RAMDISK

MSI Command Center integrates an

unlimited RAMdisk. With a RAMdisk you

can create a virtual drive from your

system memory enabling speeds 25x

faster than a modern SSD.

• Speed up system performance

• Load complete game images

• Speed up games, apps and

browser

Premium Streaming Experience XSplit Gamecaster and XSplit Broadcaster

lets you easily record, stream and share

your gaming sessions with fellow gamers.

It’s simple, can be activated quickly and

kickstarts your career as game streamer.

Webcam Chroma key Share your broadcast Real-time notes Record & Upload

1 Year Premium License!

Why GODLIKE GAMING?

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Enhanced Heatsink DDR4-3400 (OC)

1.6X Thermal

1.3X Performance

1.6X Performance

128GB Supports

Why GODLIKE GAMING?

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Mystic Light USB 3.1 Type A+C

2X Faster

2 Sides Reversible

2048 Colors

8 LED Effects

Why GODLIKE GAMING?

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DoubleShot-X3 PRO 4-Way Multi-GPU

2.9X Bendwidth

3.5X Lower Latency

3.4X Performance

SLI/CF Supports

Why GODLIKE GAMING?

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Audio Boost 3 PRO Turbo M.2

-120dB THD+N

384KHZ 32 - bit

3.2X Bendwidth

NVMe Supports

Why GODLIKE GAMING?

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Turbo U.2 Host Card Dragon Armor

Better EMI Protection

Fully Physical Protection

U.2 Supports

NMVe Supports

Why GODLIKE GAMING?

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DoubleShot-X3 PRO

Audio Boost 3 PRO

Mystic Light

4-Way Multi-GPU

Turbo M.2

USB 3.1 Type A+C

Turbo U.2 Host Card Dragon Armor

Enhanced Heatsink DDR4-3400 (OC)

GODLIKE Spec and PCIe Switching

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CPU support Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition / i7 Processors

CPU socket LGA 2011-3

Chipset Intel® X99 Chipset

Graphics interface 5 * PCI-E 3.0 x16

4-Way NVIDIA® SLI® / AMD CrossFire™ support

Memory support 8 DIMMs, Quad Channel DDR4-3400(OC)

Expansion slots 1 * Bluetooth module slot for MYSTIC LIGHT

M.2 / SATA 1 * M.2 32 Gb/s, (Turbo U.2 Host Card including)

10 * SATA 6 Gb/s (2 ports reserved for SATA Express)

SATA RAID RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 – Available on SATA1 to SATA6

USB

1 * USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C,

1 * USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A,

8 * USB 3.1 Gen1, 6 * USB 2.0

LAN 2 * Killer™ Gigabit LAN, Killer™ 1535 BT/Wi-Fi AC

Audio 8-channel(7.1) HD Audio with Audio Boost 3 PRO

X99A GODLIKE GAMING

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