MSI X99A TOMAHAWK | MSI X99A Tomahawk Motherboard

Overview

• Supports New Intel® Coreâ„¢ i7 processors Extreme Edition in LGA 2011-3 socket
• Supports Quad Channel DDR4-3333+(OC) Memory
• DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost
• Support lntel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0.
• USB 3.1 Gen2 2X FASTER: USB 3.1 Gen2 offers performance twice as fast as a regular USB 3.0 connection
• Turbo M.2 32Gb/s + Turbo U.2 32Gb/s + USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A+C + SATA 6Gb/s
• TWIN GAMING LAN with LAN Protect, powered by Intel®: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency
• Audio Boost 3: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
• GAMING Hotkey: Assign macros, launch your favorite games or do real-time overclocking using a single button
• XSplit Gamecaster v2.5: 1 year free premium license to show off your skills and achievements to the world
• SteelSeries Certified: Optimized for SteelSeries gaming gear
• Military Class 5: The latest evolution in high quality components featuring the brand new Titanium Chokes
• MULTI-GPU with Steel Armor: Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports 3-Way NVIDIA SLIâ„¢ & AMD Crossfireâ„¢
• Click BIOS 5: Award-winning brand new Click BIOS 5 with high resolution scalable font
• GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game testing by eSports players for the best gaming experience
• USB Speed Up: for up to 30% performance improvement on USB devices

Overview

NON-STOP GAMING

Equip yourself with the MSI Arsenal GAMING Series motherboards to improve your game. MSI Arsenal GAMING Series motherboards are covered in full black camouflage with LED ambient lights and is packed with gaming features, making them the perfect weapon to dominate the battlefield.

PLATED HEATSINK DESIGN

• Premium heatsinks make sure your system stays cool during even the longest overclocking or gaming sessions.

FULL IO AND AUDIO COVER

• Awesome looking protective shield helps to prevent interference from other components.

ARMOR STRENGHT

• Deliver the best performance, coupled with super strong armor design.

HEAVY PLATED HEATSINK DESIGN

• Premium heatsinks make sure your system stays cool during even the longest overclocking or gaming sessions.

MYSTIC LIGHT EXTENSION

Dedicated HEADER for 4-PIN RGB-STRIP & LIGHTING CONTROL.

Designed for anyone who simply wants to have a perfectly stylish gaming rig. With MSI's Mystic Light Extension header, it provides the most intuitive way to control the fascinated LED strip without the ordinary controller. Just install the standard 12V RGB strips onto the 4-pin Mystic Light Extension RGB-strip header, then control your lighting to any style you want. Extend the Mystic Light to whole gaming rig and your gaming room.

*The Mystic Light Extension header supports standard 5050 RGB LED strips with a maximum power rating of 3A (12V). For highest brightness, strip length should not exceed 2m. *2 extension cables, without RGB LED strips, are included in package.

MAXIMIZE YOUR STORAGE DEVICES

UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY

With traditional memory design the memory signals are often distorted by electromagnetic signals from other components, making the system perform slower or become unstable. MSI introduces DDR4 Boost technology with optimized traces and fully isolated memory circuitry. This design ensures the memory signals stay pure for optimal performance and stability.

DOMINATE THE GAME WITH LOWEST LATENCY

Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI® GAMING LAN, featuring carefully selected components to ensure the best online gaming experience without lag.

TWIN GAMING LAN WITH INTEL®

Designed with gaming DNA, TWIN GAMING LAN, powered by Intel, is optimized to give the best online gaming experience. Featuring 2 of Intels best dedicated gaming network controllers, combined with MSI GAMING LAN manager, you get to experience the ultimate in speed and best networking performance for games.

GAMING OPTIMIZED BANDWITH MANAGEMENT

Dedicated to giving you the best online gaming experience with optimized traffic prioritization and low latency, MSI GAMING LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games.

MSI GAMING LAN MANAGER

• Automatically prioritizes games above other applications
• Allows you to change applications' traffic priority
• Allows you to customize bandwidth for each application

LAN PROTECT

Featuring 15KV anti-surge protection to shield your network from lightning strikes and static electricity, LAN Protect is a LAN connector designed to give you the best networking experience. It's highlighted with a red LED inside the RJ45 connector to show its functionality.

REWARD YOUR EARS WITH STUDIO GRADE SOUND QUALITY

With Audio Boost 3, powered by Nahimic Sound Technology, we're delivering the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. That way, you can enjoy breathtaking, crystal clear sound and music through 8-channel HD Audio or high impendance headphones and truly dominate the game.

Golden Audio Jacks - With golden audio connectors you get the best possible signal output with less chance of distortion.

High Quality EMI-Shielded HD Audio Processor - Audio Boost 3 is fueled by a EMI-shielded high quality HD audio processor, making sure you enjoy the purest sound quality.

Isolated Audio PCB with LED Line - Audio Boost 3 acts like a dedicated soundcard by physically isolating the audio circuitry to give you a more clear audio signal.

Chemi-Con Audio Capacitors - Delivering high fidelity crystal clear sound with exceptional acoustics and realism.

GAME BOOST

Overclock your system instantly and generate more FPS in games with 1 push of a button using Game Boost! You can also easily enable XMP using the XMP button in Click BIOS.

*Features may vary according to your platform and model

GAMING HOTKEY

Gaming Hotkey enables more functionality using your own keyboard. Simply assign functions to any key and launch your favorite games, load overclocking profiles or do real-time overclocking with the push of a single button. The possibilities are endless!

• Customize any shortcut on your keyboard
• User friendly, easy to use application
• 1 key load up of your favorite game

TOTAL FREEDOM, MAXIMUM EASE

Easily program your most used commands to be executed with a single keystroke. You are free to choose any key you want.

*Real GAMING Hotkey settings depend on the configuration

Shortcut Hotkeys

• Assign your own keyboard special functions

Windows Keys

• Quick launch any application or folder

MSI® Smart keys

• Quick launch of mail, browser or more

Login Keys

• One press to login (program passwords)

SUPER CHARGER

With MSI Super Charger you can deliver more power than regular USB chargers to your smartphone, tablet, USB game controller or portable console. You can quickly charge these devices when you're not gaming on your PC, eliminating the need for wall power sockets.

USB REDRIVERS

USB 3.0 signal integrity suffers with longer cables. The special USB 3.0 Redrivers connected to the internal USB 3.0 ports on MSI motherboards, enable you to use longer USB 3.0 cables, especially in larger chassis.

FRONT USB 3.1 Gen1

With a cleverly placed USB 3.1 Gen1 front pin header on MSI motherboards, you can connect up to 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 devices directly to the front of your PC Chassis. This way you can easily enjoy fast USB speeds without having to use the hard-to-reach USB ports at the rear.

DOUBLE ESD PROTECTION

The front USB 3.0 ports on MSI motherboards are protected by a set of protective ICs to prevent damage caused by Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) from plugging/unplugging USB devices.

2X FASTER MSI USB 3.1 GEN2

Transfer your favorite games, music and movies over USB faster than ever. USB 3.1 Gen2 enables lightning-fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s!

Benefits

• 2X faster than USB 3.1 Gen1
• 20X faster than USB 2.0
• Up to 10Gbps data transfer bandwidth
• Boost transfer rate for your PC and peripherals

Type-C with reversible design

Get all the performance benefits from USB 3.1 Gen2 combined with the convenience of the USB Type-C connector. This reversible connector allows for effortless connecting of USB devices.

FAST STORAGE WITH SATA EXPRESS

SATA Express offers a solution in high speed storage through PCI-Express, providing more bandwidth for the latest generation SSDs up to 16 Gb/s.

TURBO M.2 STEEL ARMOR

Delivering speeds up to 32Gb/s using Gen3 x4, Turbo M.2 is more than 5 times faster than a regular SATA III connection! Exclusive Steel Armor provides best signal quality. Enjoy a blazing fast system boot up and insanely fast loading of applications and games.

Turbo U.2 On Board

Turbo U.2 connector delivers performance up to 32 Gb/s and allows support for next gen 2.5-inch SSDs using the U.2 connector.

STEEL ARMOR: REINFORCED PCI EXPRESS SLOT

MSI® STEEL ARMOR BEST PROTECTION

With the increased size and weight of modern high end graphics cards, traditional PCI Express slots often show signs of bending or even breaking. Meet STEEL Armor, strengthened PCI Express slots using more solder points to make sure you never have to worry about breaking off any of the slots.

PREVENT DAMAGE

Worried about damaging the PCI-Express slot or your graphics card because of the weight?

OTHER BRANDS

No Strenghtening

MSI® STEEL ARMOR

Reinforced, Heavy Soldered Connections

STEELSERIES CERTIFIED

Get ready to enjoy the best gaming experience with MSI & SteelSeries!

Enthusiast gaming gear brand SteelSeries has officially approved MSI GAMING motherboards as SteelSeries Certified (SSC). This certification is based on the performance demands and stability of MSI GAMING motherboards and SteelSeries products. Your SteelSeries headset, mouse and other top quality gaming gear works best on MSI GAMING motherboards.

GAMING CERTIFIED

Our GAMING motherboards are tested in our gaming lab, internet cafes and together with the worlds best eSports players to make sure you get top performance and reliability in the worlds most popular games. Through 24-hour on- and offline game testing, MSI ensures the onboard network configuration, audio reception and FPS performance are tested and tuned to perfection for you to enjoy the best possible gameplay experience.

Only the motherboards that pass this test receive the GAMING CERTIFIED status and are considered true MSI® GAMING motherboards.

MILITARY CLASS 5 COMPONENTS

Military Class 5 is the latest evolution in high quality components. The Titanium Choke and Dark CAP ensure that your PC runs stable under extreme gaming conditions.

Titanium Choke

Titanium Choke uses a Titanium core that has better ability in thermal and higher temperature tolerance. This allows the Titanium Choke to run at a 220 degree Celsius high temperature, have a 40% higher current capacity, a 30% improvement in power efficiency and better overclocking power stability.

Dark Cap

With their aluminum core design, Dark CAPs has been a staple in high-end motherboard designs and provides lower Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) as well as its over-10-year lifespan.

HUMIDITY PROTECTION

Reduction in moisture absorption helps prevent "Conductive Anodic Filament". Untreated PCB's can have 10x higher failure rate.

HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTECTION

All key components used in MSI motherboards have all passed military testing ensuring stable operation in the harshest environments.

CIRCUIT PROTECTION

Carefully selected materials, multiple PCB layers and shielding result in the best circuit protection for our GAMING motherboards.

ESD PROTECTION

Each and every I/O port is protected against the hazards of Electro Static Discharge.

EMI PROTECTION

All MSI motherboards comply with strict American FCC regulations and reduce the impact of Electromagnetic Interference.

OPTIMIZED FOR MULTIPLE GRAPHICS CARDS

SLI /CROSSFIRE SUPPORT

This motherboard supports SLI / CrossFire. Optimal PCI-Express slot placement allows for better fitting and airflow.

That way, you can enjoy the best graphics at the highest framerate jumping from your screen when running an NVIDIA® SLI™ or AMD CrossFire™ setup.

PREVENT DAMAGE!

Worried about damaging the PCI-Express slot or your graphics card because of the weight?

MSI® STEEL ARMOR

Steel Armor has more solder points on the PCB for more strength and protects the PCI-Express signals against electromagnetic interference for a stutter-free gaming experience and higher GPU overclocking.

OTHERS

No Strenthening

MSI® STEEL ARMOR

Reinforced, Heavy Soldered Connections

THE ALL NEW, AWARD-WINNING CLICK BIOS 5

Explore the greatly improved, award-winning CLICK BIOS 5 and use it to tune your system to maximum performance to get the most out of your games. MSI CLICK BIOS 5 is the next generation UEFI BIOS with optimizations for Windows 10.

Control your system in two modes: EZ mode, for the most used settings and functions. Advanced mode for more detailed settings and fine-tuning options to boost your systems performance.

• Variety of options to boost your game performance
• Next gen UEFI BIOS with award winning design
• High-resolution multi language scalable font
• Easy to use
• Advanced overclocking

OTHERS

Low res, non-scalable

CLICK BIOS 5

Sharp, hi-res, scalable design

GAMING DEVICE PORT

MSI Gaming Device Port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high end gaming mice to fully utilize its speed. You can customize your mouse DPI to change accuracy and program macro combinations using the easy to use Mouse Master software to perform multiple commands with just one click.

Gaming benefits

• More responsive, faster reactions
• Customizable mouse settings
• Customizable mouse accuracy (DPI)
• Program macros for multiple actions in 1 click
• Smoother gameplay

Technical benefits

• 3x more gold than regular connectors
• 10x longer lifetime when plugging/un-plugging
• Prevents oxidation

Your Game, Your Stream, Your Fame

XSplit Gamecaster & Broadcaster V2 lets you easily record your gaming moments and broadcast your live gameplay sessions to Twitch, YouTube, UStream and more.

It's simple, easy to use and ideal for sharing your gameplay with friends, family or the world - or for capturing those perfect gaming moments, just for the heck of it.

RECORD & STREAM

Use XSplit Gamecaster to stream all of your gaming activities.

VIDEO EDITOR

Edit your recordings and conquer the world.

TriDef SmartCam

Fully automatic chroma key that can work on any background.

Adaptive Bitrate

Automatically adjusts your bitrate according to your network conditions.

OVERCLOCKING MADE EASY

Outperform your competition with the MSI® GAMING APP which allows simultaneous control of both your Graphics Card's overclocking.

Simply select your preferred mode with the click of a button:

/Silent/Gaming/OC/

ON-SCREEN SPEED & TEMPERATURES

Real-time monitor GPU Core, DRAM Frequency, GPU & CPU Temperatures and much more, in game or in other fullscreen applications, customizable to your preference.

A DIFFERENT VIEW ON GAMING

MSI Dragon Eye allows you to watch a YouTube video or Twitch Stream while playing a game simultaneously. Simply add a link or stream to the Dragon Eye application and select the size, position, volume and transparency and start gaming. With a few hotkeys you can start/pause your video or set the volume.

CPU-Z MSI GAMING EDITION

MSI has worked closely with CPUID to develop this special edition of CPU-Z featuring the famous MSI GAMING dragon. Use CPU-Z to gather key information on the main devices of your system, such as your CPU speed, Memory speed and timings, motherboard BIOS version and much more.

SSD NOT FAST ENOUGH? TRY MSI RAMDISK!

PACKAGE CONTENT

What's in the box? Check it out for yourself! Besides an abundance of necessary cables and connectors, a stylish all black GAMING I/O shield.

FRONT SIDE OF I/O PANEL

• I/O Panel Ports Label
• Dark coating

BACK SIDE OF I/O PANEL

Force Absorbing Layer (NEW)

Aluminium Interference Shielding

Steel Shielding

• PS/2 Gaming Device Port
• USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port
• USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports
• Intel LAN Ports
• Audio Connectors
• USB 2.0 ports
• Clear CMOS Button
• USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port
• USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports
• USB 2.0 ports
• Optical S/PDIF Out

Specifications

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