MSI X99A GAMING 7 Motherboard - Overview and Overclocking

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[@shadyreaperxoc9847]

I ended up buying this mobo because of this review and ended subbing to his channel I have had it 6 months now and it runs great 5820k 4.6ghz 1.35v 2x EVGA GTX 980 Kingpin SLI 32GB GSkill Ripjawz V DDR4 2400mhz seen some of the custom water cooling builds really nice gonna build me a custom loop soon in a EVGA DG-87 case

[@xtazxvegasx]

Nicee!!

[@Kineticartist]

you don't know me but you're my hero. I've been building systems for a long time but then I was out of it for over 5 years with my last build because I built it so well and now I got a new one. Because of your incredible, insightful, funny informative videos I was able to get through all the new stuff and put together a badass machine thank you Mr. Twocents!

[@iTzDaNiiLo]

That seems like one fucking good motherboard

[@CoryTheEpicOne]

***** Love that board. Perfect price and you get alot of features.

[@CoryTheEpicOne]

***** Close to mine, I have 4790k and 2 GTX 970s.

[@iTzDaNiiLo]

***** I cannot express how jelly I am T_T sweet specs, both of you

[@chub1010101]

hondannyboy im sitting here using pentium integrated graphics and playing minesweeper at 24 fps.

[@rider1388]

MyNameDoesntFi PSFFF A Pentium, I'm using a Celeron and I'm over here doing animations and 3d work on it.

[@Jay-xv3yn]

"It's basically saying, hey dude you're gonna burn up your pc" Jay; "But it's okay, we're underwater" Lol, watercooling ftw.

[@glitchsmasher]

That moment when your $600 PC has a faster boot than that test bench.

[@EddoWagt]

It took twice as long to get the boot screen then starting my pc completely

[@SillentStriker]

...Meanwhile here I am without a SSD, having to wait 2 minutes to get Windows to boot completely and load everything

[@EddoWagt]

***** I don't have an ssd...

[@EastBoyPhoy]

glitchsmasher who cares about boot time i mean if your so impatient that you cant wait a few seconds i suggest you get help my pc boots in about 24 seconds for some reason my gtx 960 PNY xlr8 bios loads first :/

[@florian_spdl]

glitchsmasher To be fair, I have an MSI board with the click bios 4 and if you don't remove all these boot devices there's a difference of like 10 seconds in the boot time. If you set your bios up correctly those post codes on the bottom right won't appear, you press the power button and it will start windows right away.

[@daniel.pendzich]

USB 3.1?! I don't even have any devices that support 3.0 yet!

[@yevsey169]

Daniel Pendzich what still running on the commodore 64? if so, i commend you for somehow being able to be on a web browser on what youtube videos on such a thing. In all seriousness, i take it that you haven't upgraded in some time.

[@LoganRoxby]

Kuramaz Ōtsutsuki i dont think he knows what a c64 is

[@daniel.pendzich]

Sure my motherboard supports 3.0, but what exactly supports it natively? My mouse, keyboard, gamepads, headphones... all USB 2.0 devices.

[@yevsey169]

ahhh but also on all of those device, dont matter.

[@Temido2222]

Commodore 64 is an old computer

[@filipzacek2028]

I have MSI's Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard and it's a rock-solid performer, absolutely no issues with it so far...

[@3vitor]

"My lovely Titan" - JayzTwoCents. I never thought I would hear that!

[@Jantzu]

Where is 3x Titan X SLI Video?

[@vGriizzlyz]

Only 3way? :P

[@DylanMcIntyre1997]

Jantzu the GPUs themselves were just released for purchase today he only got one for review

[@DylanMcIntyre1997]

Andres de Groot oh, i thought he didnt buy them yet my b

[@DylanMcIntyre1997]

***** not all 3 im pretty sure. i think he only got sent 1

[@mobertlawl]

Andres de Groot no he said that he was talking to an Nvidia rep about a crazy upgrade for skunkworks and they sent him it

[@relikvija]

How fun is thatyou press one button and it's done wow

[@corneliusantonius3108]

I still rock an i7 5830k on my MSI X99S MPower Overclock Board (The Bumblebee) since 2014 and it will see 2025 in my use, I replaced the MSI GTX980 with an Asus RTX 3060 Ti Tuf Gaming OC 8 GB (The 3 fan model), And I am still happy.

[@Ryu_Makkuro]

What I love most about MSI motherboards (well, their products in general tbh) is not the amount of features, design (anything with Dragon on it is insta sell to me) or user-friendliness, but the sheer immortality. If you aren't deliberately trying to kill their products with a flame-thrower, you will most likely never have a broken product from MSI (artifacts on GPU's can be "baked out" xD). PS. I wish you could disable the LED lights in the BIOS. Sometimes you want high-end stuff without the "glint".

[@ClassicTim]

Got this board a couple weeks ago for my new build. Happy to see it's got the JayzTwoCents approval. :)

[@thecowboy6310]

I followed Jayz settings to overclock a 5930k on a MSI Godlike Gaming Carbon and it works great. Stable @ 4.5GHz and 2666 ram.

[@TheXextreem]

Still using it today great bord never ever i had any bsod so far. Hands up.

[@ParadoxdesignsOrg]

I know for sure my next motherboard will be MSI. I've never had problems with anything made by them. I'm actually still using a MSI GT683R gaming laptop and its quite impressive even today.

[@njco78]

Moved away from Asus boards 5 years ago and got a MSI absolutely fantastic boards very stable. Last month upgraded from Z77 Mpower to Asus X99 and running into all sorts of non stable problems so reverting back to MSI the MSI Intel X99A RGB LED GAMING PRO CARBON version. I am sure now that MSI build some great boards.

[@Bigclip22]

Nick De Martin

[@rrrandommman]

On my third MSI gaming board, never gone wrong, always overclocked like a beast and superb on board sound. Looking forward to what Skylake boards they offer.

[@geekmoto1363]

saw your dads video, and he has my respect for being a Navy man I thank him for his service

[@akalion2131]

Hurray for pointless wars and murder!

[@Zipzeolocke]

you are the only English speaking KZbinr that made a video about this specific motherboard Jay! I can't find any other videos about it

[@sebastianvangen]

This OC Genie, means 3.3 without and with 3.8Ghz the standard when it isn't in turbo i mean is it up to 4.2 in turbo boost with OC on?

[@bilb0sw4ggins38]

16

[@burtaverde5305]

Negnav123 i think it turns turbo off, i guess you could techniclly turn it on, never tried tho

[@Gripen90]

Negnav123 No it is not. When you enable OC Genie it auto disables turbo core boost and speedstep, eist etc. The 3.3GHz is base clock and the max boost state is 3.6GHz when 1 or 2 cores are active. When 3 to 6 cores are active max boost is 3.4GHz.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Very cool motherboard. Nice review. Keep up the good work.

[@jcnz84]

yeah ! another red and black mobo..... how original and cutting edge.

[@emilioray2930]

Why is MSI obsessed with fucking red, it makes me sick how all their products are red. RED is the sign of AMD and as we know they are a cancer to the PCI master race.

[@jcnz84]

WhereYou BitchesHiding?? Idk about all that , it not just MSI either , if it wasn't for the nut jobs at gagabite all the gaming mobos would be red and black.

[@WereCatStudio]

Grey Roots Yea... someone should finaly make purple themed components!

[@bobbygeiser8478]

We're all using PCI-E. Get on our level, PCI peasant!

[@NldDutchSkill5]

WhereYou BitchesHiding?? If AMD wasn't here, NVIDIA and Intel could just screw around all day and bring badly done and overpriced products to the market... Cleary you are very shortminded when saying something like this...

[@theivadim]

Now we just need 10Gb/s USB Flash sticks=) But what would you use it for? I think USB 3.0 is pretty fast for now.

[@johnparks6936]

I wish I understood all the overclocking terminolgy... Jay, if you're reading this, I'd love to see a video where you explain the basics of overclocking like what cpu ratios are, what xmp profiles are etc. etc. If someone else can give me a brief explanation, that would also be much appreciated.

[@bean420man]

I have the Z97 Gaming 5 and I love it. The board looks great, feels solid, Killer Lan hasn't given me problems and I am more than satisfied with it and the 4690K. Sure, I spent €144 on it but I feel it was worth it for the quality. Recommended.

[@Empyre47AT]

This exact board was the 3rd and last MSI board I've owned. Every MSI board I've had, dating back to 2005, has crapped out on me within a year. With this board, the bios module failed according to their tech support, so they warranty replaced the board with one that was physically warped (wouldn't sit level on a flat surface). Had power issues with that one, so I ultimately went with an ASRock board as a replacement. Have had zero issues with the ASRock. When it worked, however, the MSI was nice for what it is. Still, never again with MSI

[@sorooshusa]

I have always used gigabyte, but not this time. ordered my X99A Xpower last week and should be here soon. I am excited. I would like to get my hand on the upcoming (hopefully upcoming) GTX980Ti lightning. all MSI everyting, black and yellow, custom hardline loop. yeah baby.

[@Gripen90]

I got a MSI X99S SLI KRAIT Edition motherboard and I freaking love it ! I have all the same BIOS options settings as the Gaming and M-power boards. Running 5820K and 970 3 way SLi.

[@Jedicake]

My first motherboard was MSI ^_^ Good company

[@xTheBossRules]

Asus is better bruhhh

[@Jedicake]

Gabriel I agree. I have a custom painted Formula VII :P

[@ASAPSauce]

Gabriel Asus is shit bruh ^_^

[@ASAPSauce]

Drew Peterson Asus has more rma then any company's. The rog community is full of bs I trashed more then a hundred Asus boards working at micro center.

[@xS3XUALPANDAx]

Same here! I like the look of evga's boards better, but I haven't had a single issue with my msi board yet. Just as good as asus without that rog price tag.

[@HoodMatt1]

I've got the msi z97 gaming 5 version and found this video extremely useful for my first overclock. Thanks Jay!

[@d4rks33k3rz]

gotta hand it to msi they are doing really well with these motherboards.

[@ProtoMario]

MSI is the fucking bomb, it's my go to company for what they do. I always wait for their graphics cards man, they kick the shit out of almost everyone else, the only ones that ever come close to beating them is EVGA, and they don't do the whole AMD cards either.

[@osirisfilmproductions]

You can turn those Green power and Blue bios LEDs off in the bios un the advanced tab.

[@Toysrme]

I love MSI, have a GT70 gaming laptop, two 980's and an X99s MSI Gaming AC 9 with a 5930k and DDR4-3000; and watching SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE have issues with MSI boards, I can say if you are looking to run high speed ram (ddr2666/2800/3000/3200/3333/etc), if you are looking at heavy overclocking. don't buy the MSI boards. the ram support is lacking and the Asus design with the OC socket having extra power pins really makes a difference with high overclocks IMC stability (remember intel's IMC's only officially support 2133/2400! ANYTHING past is an overclock!!!!!!!!), ultimate core overclocking, and cache overclocking (not a big deal outside of superpii). MSI is also being much slower with regards to BIOS/UEFI/Compatibility/feature updates/fixes/inclusions (which should have been from day-1) than Asus, Asrock & Gigabyte.Annoyingly for less experienced overclockers, some of their bios/uefi terminology is non-standard (like line leveling & many other power features, ram check features) that can trip-up newbie users if such things are needed. The Avermedia encoder is WORTHLESS! 1080p30fps is BAD in 2015 with such a system! ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS for streaming! the quality per bitrate is lower than nvidia's NVEC, AMD's VCE, Intel's Quick sync and far lower than x264. Which using the Haswell-e / Haswell-EP CPU's on x99, you SHOULD be using x264 CPU encoding because it is vastly superior when quality matters (especially streaming!) if you are just looking for the best stock board for stock features, ya the MSI boards are good and have a ton of features.

[@scotty2307]

That is a nice looking board you have there. You obviously know a lot more about OC UEI settings than I do. I, unfortunately, would just as soon let the software suite take care of the overclocking.

[@patricklazo8300]

Whoop!! Smores are great!

[@johnmoore5593]

I still am loving this style in unboxing/review. Thanks Jay! I can't wait till USB 3.1 is the norm and cheaper on mobos.

[@mikebrown9057]

Awesome thanks for this simple overview, got me started on finally overclocking my i7-5930k on the x99s

[@Boorock70]

Hey, are you OK with the X99S 7 + i7 5930K ? I'm planning the exact setup. Are you happy with the X99S ? What did you score as OC ? Any 3Dmark etc. benchmark links ? I'll be happy to have some real world user experience before investing some hard earned money...

[@ShadowSaddle]

Congrats on 300K subscribers! I would say something inspirational, but I'm terrible with words... So congrats. :D

[@Ripskin16]

Love this board. I have the previous version (no USB 3.1) with my 5820k. My last motherboard was an MSI 780 from many years ago. I have high hopes that this sucker will last even longer. Love the bios and all of the features. I didn't push my last system too much due to heat but being back on water again I'm loving my weak OC of 3.6 and peak usage temps of 55C (video render + gaming). We'll see how far it goes when the mood takes me.

[@genergia]

I had a lot of issues with the MSI X99S Gaming 7 and 3 different kits of G.SKILL Ripjaws4 RAM => Loop 04-60-55 at PC start => No Bios post possible. Since I changed to HyperX, no more issues ! On my MSI X99S GAMING 7, I run my i7-5930K@4.5GHz at Vid=1.17V "OCCT + RealBench + Aida64" stable on NH-D15 cooler. A nice chip I have :)

[@alexcoutinho1128]

+JayzTwoCents Congrats on 300K subs! Keep up the good work

[@charlesnix8314]

Think it's time to retire my Asus Z87 PRO and move on to X99. Great video as always :)

[@reanimated6]

Hey JayzTwoCents! Could you do a compare between the MSI X99 Gaming 7 and 9 ? Is it worth the double price?

[@SuperCookieGaming_]

Can you do a build with that and the 5930k they sent you? And make it a hard line water cooling tutorial build? Great review

[@refhat1]

Good video. I liked a little overclocking tutorial thanks J

[@leah9049]

Hey Jay Can you make a video about what is needed in a pc to record for a youtube Channel? Love your educational videos

[@T0EFOO]

isnt that audio boost switch for rear audio ports? to give more bass for speakers.

[@DarkCrow02]

Skunkworks Titan X 3way SLI video if I understood it correctly. If that's the case, I can't wait!

[@TheGriffGames]

And now everyone who got there super expensive x99 mobos have to spend more money ;( cri evra tim

[@NakedChicken69]

Any idea when you'll post the vlog of the Titan upgrades?

[@dandel351]

Excellent timing Jay I was about to buy one of these motherboards , the X99S version of the gaming7 from MSI . Now I might wait for the X99A version to become available here in Australia. Your video makes my decision to go with MSI easier. Are you still happy with the EVGA X99 board in Skunkworks ? Do you know if EVGA are making a version 2 of the Classified board with PCIe M.2 and sata express ? Thanks a lot Jay keep up the good work mate! Cheers from Australia.

[@joleynik]

300k! I CAN FEEL IT!!!

[@Dabovat]

Got my Z97 Mpower Max ac coming soon and i cant wait!

[@Stewpot]

It's so crazy how biplar some reviews are motherboards, reviews are a lot of the itme filled with people condemning X/Y/Z manufacturer and others praising.. I'm looking to build my first X99 PC (although still debating vs Z170 as X99 might just have all its feature utilised) and so many conflicting reviewers on MOBOs.

[@jrgen7144]

I have an MSI X99A Raider. Should i plug my keyboard in the USB 3.1 or should I use the PS/2 adapter?

[@TL_JNIVERS]

such nice mobo bios ui gui display so colorful. Thanks m8 for the time

[@MrSham3less]

Appreciate this video Jay! Going to oc my new pc tomorrow for the first time. :)

[@t.i.aturtlesinaction9370]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT AND GOOD STOFF

[@DynamixGTR]

***** Great review Jay, love watching your content. One thing I don't agree with is you comment on the overclock ability of the AMD cards. I'm running a Sapphire R9 290 and my card is sitting on 1200mhz core / 1600mhz memory @ 78c max temps, maybe I scored well in the silicone lottery. Although it does get a little loud (even with custom fan curve in afterburner) I'm really happy with these cards at the price point. But in saying that the mail man just dropped off my EVGA GTX 980 Classified, which your review helped me decide on. Keep up the good work.

[@ChrisCoteJ]

Another great video, Jay. Thanks! Can't the mobo lights be disabled in bios?

[@kylekiller46]

Bought myself a Asus Sabertooth R90FX R2.0 V2 Mobo. I checked a ton of reviews and apparently it's a great board. I'm curious what you think Jay? I'm using an 8350 btw.

[@12bluebay]

Got my new 960 today, and everything runs lot smoother compared to my old radeon:)

[@MrMGR1986]

What brand did you go?

[@xTheBossRules]

Should of got a 970

[@xTheBossRules]

Martinchief 3.5GB seem's to not affect it, just look at those benchmarks

[@12bluebay]

i got Asus strix. its fine and will serve me for my needs perfectly.

[@D77ooM14]

such a crappy MB, suddenly died on me within three months ! Thanks Jay .. keep up the good work.

[@D77ooM14]

Martinchief maybe you shouldn't.. So it's normal for a "tire" to flat in such short time without moving the car? .. Hmm that's kinda weird. Peace

[@KenneXS]

Thank you for the video I have learn a lot of information so thank you so much & i'm pretty sure i'll gonna buy this kickass

[@TheSwampHumanoid]

Learning a lot! Keep up the good works :D

[@Trisentinel]

What do You think about MSI UEFI? It seems pretty sweet. How would you compare it to Asus or Gigabyte stuff?

[@wherethewhowhatnow]

Jay! You produce great content my friend. You deserve more subs. I have a decent rig for what I play but just need to get a better desk/chair/room setup for it. Someday. Keep up the good work.

[@mreverything7056]

Thanx for this simple unintended to be tutorial

[@nolifejosh]

Hey guys, I'm going to build my first pc soon and I'm not sure about what motherboard I should get. Here are the rest of the specs. CPU- Intel i7 5820k RAM- G.Skill DDR4 2133 16GB (4x4GB) GPU- single GTX980 (EVGA FTW) SSD- Samsung 850 Pro 128GB HDD- Western Digital Black 4TB PSU- EVGA SuperNOVA 750G2 Any help would be appreciated.

[@colecraft1237]

Thank you for doing a msi x99 motherboard review. I was very curious xD

[@justinwoolee]

Does that one have video capture built in ?

[@xTheNikinator]

No

[@Drasengan75]

Im starting to love MSI boards.. Their design kicks ass and now to see that they're improving their bios.. Wow takes the cake! Im in love with the #Z97Gaming5 though. Thats my sweet spot!

[@jjooruuudii879]

Do a review on the MSI X99A Godlike Gaming motherboard, please.

[@hampusrose6262]

Jay said "Lovely Titan"! :O Anyways. I love MSI's gaming series motherboard, and this one looks awesome! I have the Z97 gaming 7 right now, and they've done such a good job with it!

[@burtaverde5305]

lol friendly bios: "Hi jay, i love you when you change my settings, would you like to be my friend"

[@NaXter24R]

I have the Z97 model, the fastest Bios ever. 14s to log in in Windows. Bios come out after 4 second.

[@SyangjaliThitoMagar]

Thanks for the reviews, how does it compares to : Asus M5A99FX PRO 2.0 ?

[@WEBB99]

could you do a overclocking guide for the 5820K?

[@andreasboye7627]

Luke Webb do you mean the 5820k kyle from awesome sauce network has a overclocking guide for the 5820k.

[@Strixology]

Hey Jay! I've been looking everywhere for a review on the MSI Z97A gaming 7 motherboard for a while and I always find gaming 6 or the one you're reviewing in this video. Is the z97a gaming 7 a good motherboard?

[@stlone9836]

Jay your looking slimmer! Also do you have make-up on???

[@ast5515]

I'm using the X99S Gaming 7. Just a tad before USB 3.1 was available. Still the same functionality, so I'm not bothered.

[@DanRobards]

Thanks Jay. I've managed to get my 4690k to a stable 4.0GHz

[@spektor25]

I just built my first gaming pc and I used the MSI gaming 5. And I'm loving it. Have nor tried to over clock anything yet. If any one knows how well the wizard works or has a link to a good tutorial, plz share.

[@AliSherrr]

So Jay which one is better? Asrock X99X Fatality Killer or this one?

[@miguelmuscat]

How does this motherboard compare to MSI's X99S?

[@ManIkWeet]

The thing you weren't suspecting has been on every MSI motherboard ever... (I have a P67A-C43 (B3) motherboard)

[@thepain2222]

I really would like to try a MSI board and the gaming line does look appealing but I don't like how they went with the QualComm LAN. Not that QualComm makes bad chips but Intel has some of the best NICs money can buy. I kinda feel like the Killer software is really sort of a gimmick anyway. You could set up your router for packet prioritization in the same way.

[@UnderwearThief]

So why can USB get faster speeds than SATA?

[@LohJiaHung]

UnderwearThief Why not?

[@UnderwearThief]

Loh Jia Hung I heard people explaining that SATA couldn't really get past 6Gbps because of power draw issues, that's why they are developing SATA-e, M.2, and NVME and all that stuff. So it's interesting to see USB and Thunderbolt getting 10.

[@LohJiaHung]

UnderwearThief My guess is that SATA is mostly dedicated to data transfer, so less physical connectors are dedicated to power. USB and Thunderbolt have to power much more stuff from a single port, so I'd expect more voltage from a USB port compared to a SATA. I'm probably wrong.

[@UnderwearThief]

Loh Jia Hung I don't know what the voltage is on SATA cables, but USB is 5V, and possibly 500mA. The power connector for SATA is twice as big as the data cable, so I would think it's 12V.

[@LohJiaHung]

UnderwearThief Ah yes, but that's USB2.0, which has a data transfer rate of a measly 35MB/s, nothing compared to that of SATA's 6Gb/s. I'm sure that USB3.0 and 3.1 provide more voltage. Or at least I think I'm sure.

[@glytch5]

So lets say you put up your frequencies and hrz up too high and you can barely boot up... if you hit that Cmos switch, it resets everything to defaults correct?

[@ASAPSauce]

My 5930k is at 1.320v 4.6 Max temp 72c(cooler=nzxt kraken x41) prime95 hours=10 Aida hours=5hours

[@maritolindo666]

very good video. congratulations. salute from chile and thks

[@gpsnipes273]

And I've bin waiting for you to change your acrylic to petg

[@sor566sh]

I was gonna go for it, but a lot of people warned me about durability and efficiency of MSI motherboard. So now I'm gonna buy Asus Strix instead. The fact that Strix has 10 less power phases, still worries me. But I've seen some pros overclock on Strix. Still not sure.

[@aragornii507]

This motherboard doesn’t have tpm option right?

[@commenter9703]

When are we going to get Sata express drives? USB 3.0 had passed the Read Write times of Sata, now we have USB 3.1 which will really blow SATA out of the water?

[@anbakis]

are the temps too high >? :/ considering he has water-cooling with a triple-120mm rad ?

[@TheFNAFTrio]

have you try playing a 64 bit game on a single core processor and a very old graphic card it works but not well.

[@godofnot]

Thanks love you man