MSI Z87 MPower MAX Motherboard Photographed

The folks over at EgyptHardware have managed to get a hold of MSI's upcoming Z87 MPower MAX motherboard, and they presented all of us with a pictured unboxing of the motherboard.

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Other features include three PCIe x16 3.0 slots, four PCIe x1 3.0 slots, and hidden between, an mSATA slot. The motherboard has four DIMM slots and a total of eight SATA3 ports. Cooling is handled by two heat sinks, both sporting a black and yellow design. The large U-shaped heat sink is referred to as an "M" cool design.

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External connectivity will be handled by two USB 2.0 ports, a legacy PS/2 port, six USB 3.0 ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port, two HDMI ports, a DisplayPort, SPDIF TOSLINK audio out, and 7.1 analog audio out.

We can expect to see the Z87 MPower MAX motherboard hit the marketplace starting at Computex; there has been no word on pricing yet.

Image Source: EgyptHardware

Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.

  • vmem
    I must say, all the mobo OEMs have been doing a terrific job for Haswell :)
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  • bigshootr8
    mm sexy MSI has been upping the anti on providing great features on there boards.
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  • unknown9122
    WOW! Finally, we are seeing some good looking boards. Z77 boards were functional but most were ugly.
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  • beta212
    I hate waiting for haswell when they're already in the wild(OEM&MB makers have them)
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  • My next upgrade a 4770k cpu and this board.
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  • Johnny_C13
    Sleek looking with those yellow highlights... and 6 USB 3.0! That's pretty cool.
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  • Johnny_C13
    Sleek looking with those yellow highlights... and 6 USB 3.0! That's pretty cool.
    EDIT: Ugh... double post. Sorry guys...
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  • JOSHSKORN
    That's a LOT of USB 3.0 ports. Um, why? We could use a few more USB 3.0 devices out there.
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  • ojas
    10785100 said:
    I must say, all the mobo OEMs have been doing a terrific job for Haswell :)
    My thoughts exactly! It's like all the integration on the CPU side is forcing motherboard manufacturers to really push the envelope as far as feature integration is concerned.
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  • cheesyboy
    She's quite the looker
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