The MSI® X99A GODLIKE GAMING motherboard is designed to provide gamers with best-in-class features and technology.

1. X99A
GODLIKE GAMING

2. ONE BOARD TO RULE ALL

3. New technology introduced to the world
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The X99A GODLIKE GAMING features a lot of world premiers;
• World’s 1st MB with RGB LED controlled by a mobile APP
• World’s 1st MB with Audio Boost 3 Pro featuring a 6.35mm Golden jack out
• World’s 1st MB with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
• World’s 1st MB with Sabre HiFi ESS DAC
• World’s 1st MB with 2 x next Gen Killer™ LAN chips
• World’s 1st MB with Killer™ WiFi AC 1535 adapter with ExtremeRange™
• World’s 1st MB with Killer™ Double Shot X3 Pro
• World’s 1st MB with USB 3.1 Type-A and Type-C combo connector (2x FASTER)
• World’s 1st MB with Impregnable Steel Armor PCI-E slots
• World’s 1st MB with Turbo U.2 add-in card (for 2.5” NVMe SSD’s)

4. Praise from media
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X99A GODLIKE GAMING, the best motherboard of Computex 2015

5. Overclocking records broken
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Not only for GAMING, but also meant to
break overclocking world records!
HWBOT Prime
9761
GPUPI for CPU
2min16.938s
Cinebench R11.5
25.82pts
Cinebench R15
2381pts
Catzilla 720P
81947
Catzilla 1440P
32408
Record Breaking GODLIKE Performance

6. World’s 1st RGB LED motherboard: Mystic Light
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With 2048 different colors and 7 different LED
modes, Mystic Light provides infinite
possibilities for gamers to personalize their
gaming rig.

7. Isolated
Audio PCB
Nippon
Chemi-Con
Audio
Capacitors
6.35mm Golden
Dedicated
Headphone Out
High Quality
EMI-Shielded
HD Audio
Processor
Golden Audio
Jacks
Dual Headphone
Amplifiers
Rear & Front Dedicated
AMP switch
ESS
ES9018K2M
DAC
Nahimic
Sound
Technology

8. Audio Boost 3 Pro with Sabre HiFi ESS DAC
• +127 dB DNR
• -120 dB THD+N
What devices adopt ESS 9018K2M?
Portable USB Headphone Amplifier
Pioneer XPA-700 ($553)
Portable USB Headphone Amplifier
Audio-Technica AT-PHA100 ($453)
Preamp & DAC
Paresound Halo Integrated Amplifier ($2,495)
Mark Levinson Nº585
Paresound Halo Integrated Amplifier ($12,000)

9. Gaming comes to life
Sound is a major part of your gaming experience. Live, feel and become
invincible, thanks to a unique sound. boosts your PC’s audio with
the most advanced sound enhancement effects and unique features for gamers.
NAHIMIC IMMERSIVE AUDIO CREATES
AN AMAZING IN-GAME SOUND

10. USB Audio Power
• Enhances USB Audio Quality
• Stable 5V Power & Better Signal Transmission over USB

11. True GAMING with dual KILLER™ LAN
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World’s 1st motherboard with 2x Killer™ LAN to allow for even more game
traffic prioritizing.

12. ExtremeRange™ Technology
Others
Killer™ wireless AC 1535 on M9
• Cutting edge 11AC performance
• Lag and Latency Reduction™
• Advanced Stream Detect™
• Visual Bandwidth control™
• ExtremeRange™ Technology
• External Amplifiers
• Mu-MIMO
• Beamforming

13. Killer™ Double Shot X3 Pro
Killer™ DoubleShot-X3 Pro allows the 2x Killer™ Ethernet connectors and the
Killer™ Wi-Fi adapter to work together for the ultimate high speed attack
resulting in 2867 Mbps bandwidth.
X99A GODLIKE GAMING Z170A GAMING M9
Double Shot X3 Pro Double Shot Pro
2x Killer™ LAN E2400 1x Killer™ LAN E2400
LAN Protect LAN Protect
Killer™ AC 1535 Killer™ AC 1535
Killer Shield

14. GAMING Optimized Bandwidth Management
The Killer Network Manager;
• Automatically prioritizes games above other appplications
• Allows you to change applications’ traffic priority
• Allows you to customize each applications’ bandwidth

15. Game protected with LAN Protect
• 15KV anti-surge protection
• Shield against lightning strikes and static electricity
• Red LED inside the LAN connector to highlight protection

16. Dragon Heatsink
Impregnable Armor slotsEnhanced Heatpipes
Comprehensive Armor
Heavy plated armor

17. USB 3.1 Type-A & -C
• 2x FASTER USB 3.1
• Unique combo connector
• Type-A for compatibility
• Type-C with reversible design

18. Excellent USB 3.0 design
4x Front USB 3.0
Easy access
USB REDRIVERS
Better cable signal with
ESD PROTECTION
Secure your data
USB 3.0 SUPERCHARGER
Fast Charging & Data transfer

19. Impregnable Steel Armor
To protect against damage from
heavy VGA cards. Steel Armor
features a heavily strengthened
metal cover and has more solder
points on the PCB for more strength.
Others MSI Steel Armor

20. Storage ready; Turbo U.2 and NVMe
SATA EXPRESS
10 Gb/s
PCI-E Gen 2 x2
TURBO M.2
32Gb/s
PCI-E Gen 3 x4
Turbo U.2
32Gb/s
PCI-E Gen3 x4
with Redriver !

21. Turbo U.2
• With SATA Express already dead, M.2 will become
even more popular
• Turbo U.2 host adapter with redriver for better
performance included in X99A GODLIKE GAMING
• Use on M.2 Gen3 x4 slot for best performance
• SFF8369 SSD from Intel, Samsung, OCZ
Intel SSD 750 400G
Via Turbo U.2
NVMe
Samsung SM951
256G M.2 Gen3 x4
Kingston 2280 480G
M.2 Gen2 x4

22. Designed for Overclocking
Extreme Socket
Design
OC Thermal
Design
Power Phases Overcurrent
protection
OC PCBDIGITALL
POWER
With a rich history of breaking
world records inherited from
MSI’s legendary Overclocking
motherboards, the X99A
GODLIKE GAMING has OC
running through its veins.

23. Patented Turbo Socket
• Provides extra pins (up to 2036) from PCB to connect to CPU
• Higher DDR4 memory frequencies, lower latencies and enhanced stability
while overclocking
• X99A GODLIKE GAMING / X99A GAMING 9 ACK / X99A XPOWER AC
Regular Socket
(LGA2011)
Turbo Socket
(LGA2036)

24. OC Engine Overclocking with the speed of light
Thanks to a integrated Clock Generator, MSI
motherboards support more flexible BCLK adjustments
opening doors to achieve the maximum overclock.
The next generation Clock Generator
can be found on GODLIKE, offering
even lower jitter and power
consumption resulting in even
higher stability under extreme
conditions.

25. OC Essentials
EASY BUTTON 3DEBUG LED
V-CHECK POINTS 2
CLEAR CMOS BUTTON
MULTIBIOS II SLOW MODE

26. Gaming Device Port
Technical benefits
• 3x more gold than regular connectors
• 10x longer lifetime when plugging/un-plugging
• Prevents oxidation
Gaming benefits
• More responsive
• Smoother gameplay
• Faster reactions

27. Gaming APP: Overclocking made easy
Outperform your competition with the MSI
GAMING APP which allows simultaneous
control of both your Motherboard and
Graphics Card's overclocking.
Simply select your preferred mode with
the click of a button:
• Silent
• Gaming
• OC
This allows you to tune the system to your
pleasure without any technical
knowledge of overclocking.

28. Blazing fast RAMDISK
MSI Command Center integrates an
unlimited RAMdisk. With a RAMdisk you
can create a virtual drive from your
system memory enabling speeds 25x
faster than a modern SSD.
• Speed up system performance
• Load complete game images
• Speed up games, apps and
browser

29. Premium Streaming Experience
XSplit Gamecaster and XSplit Broadcaster
lets you easily record, stream and share
your gaming sessions with fellow gamers.
It’s simple, can be activated quickly and
kickstarts your career as game streamer.
Webcam Chroma keyShare your broadcastReal-time notes Record & Upload
1 Year Premium License!

30. Why GODLIKE GAMING?
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Enhanced Heatsink DDR4-3400 (OC)
1.6X
Thermal
1.3X
Performance
1.6X
Performance
128GB
Supports

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Mystic LightUSB 3.1 Type A+C
2X
Faster
2 Sides
Reversible
2048
Colors
8
LED Effects

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DoubleShot-X3 PRO 4-Way Multi-GPU
2.9X
Bendwidth
3.5X
LowerLatency
3.4X
Performance
SLI/CF
Supports

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Audio Boost 3 PRO Turbo M.2
-120dB
THD+N
384KHZ
32 - bit
3.2X
Bendwidth
NVMe
Supports

34. Why GODLIKE GAMING?
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Turbo U.2 Host CardDragon Armor
Better
EMIProtection
Fully
PhysicalProtection
U.2
Supports
NMVe
Supports

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DoubleShot-X3 PRO
Audio Boost 3 PRO
Mystic Light
4-Way Multi-GPU
Turbo M.2
USB 3.1 Type A+C
Turbo U.2 Host CardDragon Armor
Enhanced Heatsink DDR4-3400 (OC)

36. GODLIKE Spec and PCIe Switching
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CPU support Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition / i7 Processors
CPU socket LGA 2011-3
Chipset Intel® X99 Chipset
Graphics interface
5 * PCI-E 3.0 x16
4-Way NVIDIA® SLI® / AMD CrossFire™ support
Memory support 8 DIMMs, Quad Channel DDR4-3400(OC)
Expansion slots 1 * Bluetooth module slot for MYSTIC LIGHT
M.2 / SATA
1 * M.2 32 Gb/s, (Turbo U.2 Host Card including)
10 * SATA 6 Gb/s (2 ports reserved for SATA Express)
SATA RAID RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 – Available on SATA1 to SATA6
USB
1 * USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C,
1 * USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A,
8 * USB 3.1 Gen1, 6 * USB 2.0
LAN 2 * Killer™ Gigabit LAN, Killer™ 1535 BT/Wi-Fi AC
Audio 8-channel(7.1) HD Audio with Audio Boost 3 PRO

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