MSI stepped into an attention-grabbing path with its Mission Zero motherboards, cleansing the entrance of them of all of their energy plugs and shifting them to the again of the board, and now a brand new Z790 Mission Zero motherboard is baking within the oven.
5MSI’s new Z790 Mission Zero motherboard from the entrance (supply: kuroberumo)
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The corporate has been collaborating with DIY-APE on the current B760 and B650 chipsets. Now MSI is stepping up into the Z790 Mission Zero, which can be able to housing Intel’s new 14th Gen Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” processors, together with the brand new flagship Core i9-14900K chip.
MSI’s upcoming Z790 Mission Zero motherboard will characteristic a stable brushed silver and black theme, with high-end VRMs for these power-hungry Core processors and 4 x DDR5 DIMM slots. There are 4 growth slots right here: 3 x PCIe x16 and 1 x PCIe x1, in addition to 4 x M.2 slots: 1 x Gen5 x4, 3 x Gen4 x4. The corporate makes use of an aluminum heatsink design that covers all the entrance of the motherboard, which seems to be cool. Highlighted by the truth that there are zero — pun meant — energy connectors or entrance I/O cables related to the Z790 Mission Zero motherboard. That is all on the again, of us.
5MSI’s new Z790 Mission Zero motherboard from the again(supply: kuroberumo)
On the again of the MSI Z790 Mission Zero motherboard, now we have the twin 8-pin EPS energy connectors on the prime, whereas to the left, we have got the 24-pin ATX energy connector. Unfold out across the edges of the board you have obtained different connectors and pins that you simply’d usually have on the entrance of the board: 4-pin fan headers, ARGB/RGB headers, SATA ports, USB ports, and extra.
As for the I/O connectivity on the MSI Z790 Mission Zero motherboard, you have obtained 1 x USB Kind-C 20Gbps port, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps port, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps ports, and 4 x USB 2.0 ports.
5MSI’s new Z790 Mission Zero motherboard I/O (supply: kuroberumo)
MSI additionally contains the newer Wi-Fi 7 wi-fi networking normal, in addition to a 2.5GbE ethernet port. It could’ve been good to have seen a 5GbE, or higher but, a 10GbE networking port on the again… particularly for a higher-end Z790 motherboard.
Subsequent up we have got MSI’s new MAESTRO PZ case, an enormous 700L case that options a stupendous curved mirror design on the entrance whereas offering a glance proper into the PC at all your treasured {hardware}. There is a vertical GPU mount, the place the case may deal with a large 420mm radiator… so cooling {hardware} can be nice within this dangerous boy.
5MSI’s new MEG MAESTRO PZ case (supply: kuroberumo)
MSI can be utilizing a prime mesh window that blows sizzling air out of the case, whereas the opposite facet has vents for the AIO cooler or followers to push (or pull) air out. On the highest, we have got 3 x USB ports that cut up into: 1 x Kind-A and a pair of x Kind-C ports.
We should always anticipate extra particulars on MSI’s new fleet of {hardware} at CES 2024 which is not too far-off now.
