Often overlooked the debug LEDs are great to have when troubleshooting your system. One header is at a 90 degree angle, while the other is at its normal orientation. Moving to the far edge of the board you’ll find a 4-pin pump header, 4-pin fan headers, a row of debug LEDs, 24-pin ATX power connector, and two USB 3.0 headers. These slots make use of MSI’s Steel Armor, which not only looks cool it better protects your memory as well. If we move over to the side of the board we can see our four DDR4 DIMM slots. The 4-pin CPU fan connector is located to the top right of the CPU socket. At the top left of the board you’ll find your 8-pin EPS connector. Two large heatsinks cover most of the power delivery components. The board makes use of a 10-phase power delivery system, which makes use of MSI’s Military Class 5 components. Starting at the CPU socket we have Intel’s LGA1151 socket, which is flanked by power delivery components.
The designs on the heatsinks look pretty cool, overall I think the board has a really good look to it. For their Pro Series MSI has gone with a black and silver design, so you have an all black PCB and then silver accents on the heatsinks and rear I/O cover.
