Review Motherboard MSI Z87M Gaming: Feature Gaming Lengkap dengan Ukuran Ringkas

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Gatot Tri Yuwono

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Motherboard

January 7, 2014

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Belakangan ini, PC gaming berukuran ringkas tengah digandrungi sejumlah pengguna PC terutama kalangan gamer. Selain tidak memakan banyak tempat di dalam ruangan, PC gaming dengan ukuran ringkas juga mudah untuk dipindahkan dari satu tempat ke tempat lainnya sehingga memudahkan saat dilakukan kegiatan seperti LAN party. Tentu saja walaupun memiliki ukuran ringkas, PC gaming tersebut tetap menghadirkan performa maupun feature tidak kalah dibandingkan PC gaming berukuran normal.

Untuk membangun PC gaming berukuran ringkas, diperlukan komponen PC dengan ukuran spesial seperti casing komputer khusus untuk motherboard mini-ITX atau micro-ATX. Berbicara mengenai motherboard, meskipun memiliki ukuran lebih besar dari mini-ITX, motherboard micro-ATX biasanya masih menjadi pilihan menarik mengingat motherboard seperti ini biasanya masih menawarkan feature lebih lengkap. Dan itulah hal menarik yang kami temukan pada motherboard gaming besutan MSI satu ini, Z87M Gaming. Mengusung faktor bentuk micro-ATX, di artikel ini kami akan perlihatkan feature apa saja yang berhasil ditanamkan MSI pada motherboard dengan ukuran PCB tidak lebih dari 244 x 244 mm ini.

Intel Z87

Spesifikasi

CPU

• 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket

Chipset

• Intel® Z87 Express Chipset

Main Memory

• Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*(*OC) MHz DRAM, 32GB Max
– Dual channel memory architecture
– Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
– Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Slots

• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots

On-Board SATA

• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® Z87 chipset
– Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
– Supports six SATA ports (SATA1~6) by Z87
– Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Intel® Smart Connect Technology*
• 2 x SATAIII controller integrated in ASMedia® ASM 1061 chipset
– Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
– Supports two e-SATA ports (back panel) by ASM 1061

• RAID
– SATA1~6 ports support Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (RAID 0/1/5/10) by Intel Z87

USB

• Intel Z87 Express Chipset
– 6 x USB 3.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
– 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

• RENESAS UPD720202 chipset
– 2 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel

Audio

• Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
– 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
– Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

• 1x Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 currently. The supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on the website if provided by vendor.

Multi-GPU

• Supports 2-Way AMD CrossFireTM Technology*
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLITM Technology
* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Internal I/O Connectors

– 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
– 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
– 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
– 2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
– 1x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)
– 2x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
– 2x 4-pin system fan connectors
– 1x Front panel audio connector
– 2x System panel connectors
– 1 x TPM connector
– 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
– 1 x Slow mode booting jumper
– 1 x Power button
– 1 x Reset button
– 1 x OC Genie button
– 1 x OC Genie mode switch
– 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

Back Panel I/O Ports

– 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
– 2 x USB 2.0 ports
– 1 x Clear CMOS button
– 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
– 6 x USB 3.0 ports
– 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
– 2 x eSATA ports
– 6 x OFC audio jacks
– 2 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@24Hz, 24bpp/ 2560×1600@60Hz, 24bpp/ 1920×1080@60Hz, 36bpp
– 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160 @24Hz, 24bpp/ 3840×2160 @60Hz, 24bpp