Everyone knew about the socket LGA 1151 just released, MSI thought about it and release its first mainline LGA 1151 board, the Z170A PC Mate. A departure from the MS-7850 common-PCB, which the company used on various Intel 8-series and 9-series chipsets, the Z170A PC Mate features a border form and covers all the platform basics.
Although this isn’t a gaming motherboard, but it will still require a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS power connectors, and features a 6-phase CPU VRM. The CPU is wired to four DDR4 DIMM slots, supporting up to 64GB of dual-channel DDR4 memory, and one PCI-Express 3.0. Besides that, the motherboard includes a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (electrical gen 3.0 x4), wired to the Z170 PCH, three PCI-Express 3.0 x1, and two legacy PCI slots.
In addition, the motherboard features storage connectivity includes an M.2 32 Gb/s slot, an SATA-Express 16 Gb/s connector, and six SATA 6 Gb/s ports. The board also have a few display outputs include one each of DVI, D-Sub and HDMI 2.0 connectors. USB connectivity includes two USB 3.1 ports (both type-A, and on the rear panel), and six USB 3.0 (four on the rear panel, two by header), and four USB 2.0/1.1 ports by header.
The availability for the MSI Z170A PC Mate hasn’t been confirmed at the moment, but the motherboard will be priced at USD 120 (approx. RM 477).
