MSI Announces the X370 Krait Gaming Motherboard

[btarunr]

MSI today announced the X370 Krait Gaming socket AM4 motherboard. Based on AMD's highest-grade X370 chipset, and ready for its Ryzen processor family, this ATX form-factor motherboard appears to be based on the same exact PCB as the X370 SLI Plus, with a few added features, such as higher grade capacitors, VR Boost specialized USB ports, a higher SNR audio CODEC with Nahmic 2 and EM shielding, white LED lighting, and of course the signature white+black color scheme of the Krait series.

Like the X370 SLI Plus, the X370 Krait Gaming draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS power connectors, conditioning it for the processor with an 8+2 phase VRM. The AM4 socket is wired to four DDR4 DIMM slots, and two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 with both populated), besides two each of the board's USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/s ports. In all, storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s ports, one 32 Gb/s M.2 slot with NVMe booting support, while the USB connectivity includes two USB 3.1 ports (one each type-A and type-C), and six USB 3.0 ports (four on the rear panel, two by headers). 8-channel HD audio and gigabit Ethernet make for the rest of it. We expect this board to be priced at a $20-30 premium over the X370 SLI Plus.



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[dj-electric]

Well... this is a step back in design IMO

 

[TheLostSwede]

Zebra striped...

 

[ironwolf]

RAM compatibility is probably a very big issue/concern. Yes they are pumping out updated BIOS revisions like crazy but still IMHO nowhere near where they should have been at launch. Still holding out until those issues get fixed.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

dont like the color scheme, zebra's went out with the 4th grade...

 

[erocker]

RAM compatibility is probably a very big issue/concern. Yes they are pumping out updated BIOS revisions like crazy but still IMHO nowhere near where they should have been at launch. Still holding out until those issues get fixed.

MSI going with a single phase vrm for the RAM on all of their boards doesn't help.

 

[Vlada011]

It's bad because small number of motherboards are available, and manufacturers are surprised with Ryzen.
It would be nice to see ASUS ROG line soon, special mATX size.
ASUS motherboards and EVGA are most reliable, only ASUS have far more features and options.
ASUS high end motherboard is hardest to build with much bigger number of functions on small place. Their Mini ITX arrive with powerfull VRM as big boards.
I don't like only because they use mid range chokes for mATX not same as on high end boards.
Motherboard choice is very important. Many customers choose CPU and GPU and search only for any mobo to install them inside. In my PC motherboard need to be same class as CPU and GPU. That mean mostly E-ATX Form factor Or best available mATX because I need only space for single GPU and small slot for sound card.

 

[Athlonite]

Who the hell buys a top end mobo and shoves an APU in it in other words whats the use of putting an DVI and HDMI port on this mobo

 

[CountMike]

Who the hell buys a top end mobo and shoves an APU in it in other words whats the use of putting an DVI and HDMI port on this mobo

"B" motherboards are even worse, there's some with VGA ports !!

 

[Athlonite]

"B" motherboards are even worse, there's some with VGA ports !!

Jebus really now that is truly F'd up mind you I see alot of el-cheapo LCD monitors with an VGA input but they're mostly low res 1366x768 or 1600x900 an 1650x1050 models but why you would buy one is just beyond me even my 77yr old mum has a 1920x1080p monitor