Can't go wrong on this, nice couple of extras in there too, as well as the £20 cashback That MSI are currently offering- Info Here
Comes with a copy of 'For Honor' Which I thought was pretty fun during the beta recently. Free NDD should show when checking out after entering the code.
Info
Supports 7th / 6th Gen Intel
FEATURES
DDR4 Boost with Steel Armor: Give your DDR41. memory a performance boost
VR Ready and VR Boost: Best virtual reality game2. experience without latency, reduces motion sickness
Mystic Light and Mystic Light Sync: 16.8 milliom3. colors /17 effects controlled in one click with GAMING APP or mobile devices.
Lightning Fast Game experience: Twin Turbo M.2,4. Steel Armor, M.2 Shield. Intel Optane Memory Ready, Lightning USB 3.1 Gen2
Audio Boost 4 with Nahimic 2: Reward your ears with5. studio grade sound quality for the most immersive gaming experience
GAMING LAN with LAN Protect, powered by Intel® :6. The best online gaming experience with lowest latency and bandwidth management
Military Class 5, Guard-Pro: Latest evolution in high7. quality components for best protection and efficiency
MULTI-GPU: With Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports8. NVIDIA SLI™ & AMD Crossfire™
Top comments
The_Hoff
16 Feb 174#9
It's out March 3rd, reviews are due Feb 28th. Benchmarks already show it's a decent product.
Why wouldn't you wait 2 weeks when you're investing in a system that could last you 2/3/4/5 years?
As for your Pentium comment, I won't comment lol.
powerbrick
16 Feb 173#15
Woo-woooo, Intel fanboi alert....
Why? When did I imply this should apply to everything?
emodan
16 Feb 173#11
If it wasn't for AMD Intels pricing would be more inflated so if you had your wish the £60 Pentium you refer to would be £150 at least as they would have a monopoly and not need to compete at any price point.
powerbrick
16 Feb 173#1
I'd wait 2 weeks when Ryzen is released unless your are committed into buying into Intel.
Good deal though and board did ok on oc3d.
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powerbrick
16 Feb 173#1
I'd wait 2 weeks when Ryzen is released unless your are committed into buying into Intel.
Good deal though and board did ok on oc3d.
ritchiedrama to powerbrick
16 Feb 173#4
I wish people would stop talking about Ryzen. AMD are notorious for not living upto expectation. So much so that a G4560 which costs £60 is better than every AMD processor currently in the market. AMD are embarrassing and with your logic people would be waiting all the time for something that's just coming out. Intel already pushed forward coffee lake 6-12 months, then cannonlake will be pushed forward too etc.
This is a great deal and Intel > AMD
Jenn101
16 Feb 171#2
wasn't this listed on here a couple of days ago?
NeoTrix to Jenn101
16 Feb 172#3
Wasn't for ebuyer and I think was a fiver more :smiley:
kkane_irl to Jenn101
16 Feb 17#5
think that was novatech but £5 dearer
darthvader666uk
16 Feb 17#6
I have had zero luck with MSI however with this and the RX480 prices atm.....I will have to heavily consider using MSI again. What a cracking deal. Have some heat OP
ritchiedrama to darthvader666uk
16 Feb 17#7
Weird how different people have different experiences. I've had amazing time with MSI and Asus and terrible with gigabyte and I hear other people loving gigabyte but I've had lots of issues in the last with then haha.
darthvader666uk
16 Feb 17#8
It is mad. Ive had all the luck with Asus atm. Though this deal, its very very tempting to give MSI another go :smiley:
The_Hoff
16 Feb 174#9
It's out March 3rd, reviews are due Feb 28th. Benchmarks already show it's a decent product.
Why wouldn't you wait 2 weeks when you're investing in a system that could last you 2/3/4/5 years?
As for your Pentium comment, I won't comment lol.
ritchiedrama
16 Feb 171#10
You won't comment because you're noob with pcs I guess.
And please, for the love of god don't link me to any nonsense synthetic benchmarks of current AMD tripe. It's so bad it should be abolished from the market.
emodan
16 Feb 173#11
If it wasn't for AMD Intels pricing would be more inflated so if you had your wish the £60 Pentium you refer to would be £150 at least as they would have a monopoly and not need to compete at any price point.
ritchiedrama
16 Feb 17#12
If it wasn't for AMD, Intel probably wouldn't exist anymore. Read about how Intel is setup and how people are involved.
But I can still dislike AMD for their mostly poor products :smiley:
harisonwright
16 Feb 172#13
It comes out soon. Where is the harm?
ritchiedrama
16 Feb 17#14
When you've been hearing it for months though, it tires. AMD is crap, that is the harm, that's all.
powerbrick
16 Feb 173#15
Woo-woooo, Intel fanboi alert....
Why? When did I imply this should apply to everything?
ritchiedrama
16 Feb 17#16
It isn't about being an "Intel fanboi"
Intel have dominated the market for what, 8-10 years? Why? Because their products are reliable and the best.
AMD create sub-standard products which now their budget versions still can't compete with the G4560 now Intel have brought that out.
AMD CPU's are absolutely terrible for gaming, too.
powerbrick
16 Feb 172#17
We will see in a couple of weeks when you are wiping your Intel tears away :stuck_out_tongue:
ShineHunter
16 Feb 17#18
This board has been nothing but amazing. Shame the headset deal wasn't on when I brought it though I would sell them on or use them as backup headset.
Noclouds
16 Feb 171#19
I would have thought prices of Intel CPUs would be starting to see reductions to loosen purse strings at a time when the mantra is wait for Ryzen. Rather, Intel have put the price up of the G4560. A part that looked to be around £60 or a bit less, looks to be headed up toward £80 - it seems to be around the £72 (edit, gone down to £67 on Amazon, at the time of editing) mark, at the moment - presumably on the back of a lot of good reviews and consumer demand.
Anyway, I can't find a better deal on this one. Have some more heat.
edgecutter
16 Feb 171#20
The poster is giving some good advice on waiting for Ryzen. Ryzen could lead to Intel reducing their prices and that is only good for you and me.
ritchiedrama
16 Feb 17#21
I don't think Intel will budge :smiley:
Their new processors will be out soon enough, and if they're priced right no need for the others to move.
Everything AMD is speculation and they've let people down before and will continue to do so I'm afraid.
londonstinks
16 Feb 171#22
**** ***t *** f***r
BB93
16 Feb 17#23
Well I just picked it up, for this price + the extras its a no brainer. £70 headet, £40 game, £20 cashback from MSI... absolute bargain if you ask me. I just need to get some new DDR4 RAM now :smiley:
Thanks OP
tonyt3rry
16 Feb 17#24
not bad for what it comes with, think I paid about this for my asus strix z270f board
waikit83
16 Feb 17#25
Great deal, thanks for posting, heat added
Necrotix
17 Feb 17#26
This reminds me of the days when everyone said "bulldozer" would wipe the floor with Intel, but what did we get? A massive disappointment. Intel reigned supreme as always. Last I remember AMD being able to compete was with the old athlon 64s....
We never forget. You get what you pay for.
Intel in all my builds, thanks.
Oh and MSI are excellent. Used them specifically for years now (mobo and gpus) with no issues at all.
dragonline77
17 Feb 17#27
people bashing AMD: even if they're products aren't as good, they help keep Intel pricing in check. Bet you wouldn't be happy paying £450 for an i7 6700k now would you.
Aretak to dragonline77
17 Feb 17#33
Just ignore the braindead fanboy. Only a couple of weeks until the cat's out of the bag and you won't hear from them ever again.
hatton420
17 Feb 171#28
Ah the start of the pre-Ryzen intel price chop .. only i.d.i.o.t.s will fall for it ..
darthvader666uk
17 Feb 17#29
I thought the Phenoms where pretty decent right? (I owned a Phenom 2 1100T :smiley: ).
As for MSI, I have had nothing but problems however, they did get resolved via the warrenty. Though Asus has always been the best for me though I would be paying more....
Argh this is such a good deal :/
BraXzy
17 Feb 17#30
How much do those Siberia V2 headsets sell for? With that and For Honor I wonder how much I could recoup.
BB93 to BraXzy
17 Feb 17#31
It's a £70 headset, wouldn't be surprised if you could get £50. For Honor is about £40 and very new, literally came out a few days ago, easily sell it for £30. + the £20 cashback from MSI which you could claim in 30-60 days, you're looking at £100 back (+/- £20)
A lot of money for a motherboard, unless you really really want For Honor and a crappy gaming headset.
edanfalls to commenter14
17 Feb 17#35
I do. I want to play For Honor and I need a second headset that I can leave at work. I expect the headset to be comfortable but with terrible sound quality - which is fine for telcos at work. And to be fair, all "gaming" headsets sound terrible.
edanfalls
17 Feb 17#36
Same. Managed to get 32GB DDR4-2400 for £140, which I thought was quite good considering how much RAM has gone up in recent months. (I think I paid under £100 for 32GB DDR4 about 9 months ago).
Now just need to decide which CPU to go for. Might skip the Kaby Lakes and go for an i7-6700k...
commenter14
17 Feb 17#37
OK?
shkapars
17 Feb 17#38
For Honor new from cdkeys for 25£ and headset is between 35-45£.
Spark
17 Feb 17#39
That was pre-release. It now costs nearly 40 quid on there.
Typically price gouging happens for the first few weeks following a game's release yet people still say that pre-ordering is stupid.
shkapars
17 Feb 17#40
My bad 25£ is for asian version atm. Greenman games sells it for 34£ cheapest I can find for now. Pre-orders not always pays off, depends on game mostly, some of them lose value so quick that in next few weeks you can have it for less then 20£
BB93
17 Feb 17#41
Already sold both for the prices I mentioned, it can be done.
colganraz
17 Feb 17#42
Not really , I agree that intel make a superior product but wouldn't call AMD crap as such:
I've been using an FX6350 with a GTX 970 for sometime now with an MSI gaming motherboard and I have never struggled to run a game on ultra at 1080p, some games I can even play 1440p and the odd one at 4K with dialed down settings.
Maybe intel would yield a few more FPS but I haven't particular felt the need for them, I couldn't afford an intel CPU or the cost of an equivalent motherboard to what I have now. I saved a lot of money using AMD and have been happy with my PC's performance the past 2 years or whatever it is
ritchiedrama
17 Feb 171#43
The new Intel G4560 is £60 and better than every AMD cpu on the market, though.
LightningPete
17 Feb 17#44
I just came here for the comments. Why cant AMD Ryzen stay out and lets commment on whether or not this motherboard is good and is the price good considering the two freebies.
As no ones done it yet. Thank you OP. A friend is wanting a new MSI board for his rig. Will link him. Ta.
colganraz
17 Feb 17#45
Sounds good but i built my system about 2 years ago, and at that time the 6350 with MSI gaming motherboard was very good value for money
edanfalls
17 Feb 17#46
So you put that comment out there without wanting a reply from anyone that disagrees? Nice one.
edanfalls
17 Feb 17#47
Think that says more about the fact that games aren't CPU-bound and CPUs in general aren't getting much quicker.
Nothing wrong with your choices there - the FX6350 was mainly a good choice for workstations that get the benefits or high-memory, multithreaded use cases. Not a gaming CPU - and yet still plenty good enough for today's games.
Gra3m3
18 Feb 17#48
Hi folks, I can't see any information about the free headset in the link, is the deal still on?
TheDodger to Gra3m3
18 Feb 17#49
it looks like its gone
TheDodger
18 Feb 17#50
Has anyone got a link to the £20 msi cashback claim form? this is down
edanfalls
19 Feb 17#51
I think the form just isn't open yet. You have to complete it between 30 and 60 days after your purchase - probably the promotion started less than 30 days ago.
ZainAkib
21 Feb 17#52
Just got mine today. Anyone want to buy a brand new Z270 mobo or the headset? :smile:
PhoenixS
27 Feb 17#53
Expired :disappointed:
BraXzy to PhoenixS
28 Feb 17#54
It's been expired for days IDK why it's still running, it keeps getting my hopes up :disappointed:
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Opening post
Can't go wrong on this, nice couple of extras in there too, as well as the £20 cashback That MSI are currently offering- Info Here
Comes with a copy of 'For Honor' Which I thought was pretty fun during the beta recently. Free NDD should show when checking out after entering the code.
Info
Supports 7th / 6th Gen Intel
FEATURES
DDR4 Boost with Steel Armor: Give your DDR41. memory a performance boost
VR Ready and VR Boost: Best virtual reality game2. experience without latency, reduces motion sickness
Mystic Light and Mystic Light Sync: 16.8 milliom3. colors /17 effects controlled in one click with GAMING APP or mobile devices.
Lightning Fast Game experience: Twin Turbo M.2,4. Steel Armor, M.2 Shield. Intel Optane Memory Ready, Lightning USB 3.1 Gen2
Audio Boost 4 with Nahimic 2: Reward your ears with5. studio grade sound quality for the most immersive gaming experience
GAMING LAN with LAN Protect, powered by Intel® :6. The best online gaming experience with lowest latency and bandwidth management
Military Class 5, Guard-Pro: Latest evolution in high7. quality components for best protection and efficiency
MULTI-GPU: With Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports8. NVIDIA SLI™ & AMD Crossfire™
Top comments
Why wouldn't you wait 2 weeks when you're investing in a system that could last you 2/3/4/5 years?
As for your Pentium comment, I won't comment lol.
Why? When did I imply this should apply to everything?
Good deal though and board did ok on oc3d.
All comments (54)
Good deal though and board did ok on oc3d.
This is a great deal and Intel > AMD
Why wouldn't you wait 2 weeks when you're investing in a system that could last you 2/3/4/5 years?
As for your Pentium comment, I won't comment lol.
And please, for the love of god don't link me to any nonsense synthetic benchmarks of current AMD tripe. It's so bad it should be abolished from the market.
But I can still dislike AMD for their mostly poor products :smiley:
Why? When did I imply this should apply to everything?
Intel have dominated the market for what, 8-10 years? Why? Because their products are reliable and the best.
AMD create sub-standard products which now their budget versions still can't compete with the G4560 now Intel have brought that out.
AMD CPU's are absolutely terrible for gaming, too.
Anyway, I can't find a better deal on this one. Have some more heat.
Their new processors will be out soon enough, and if they're priced right no need for the others to move.
Everything AMD is speculation and they've let people down before and will continue to do so I'm afraid.
Thanks OP
We never forget. You get what you pay for.
Intel in all my builds, thanks.
Oh and MSI are excellent. Used them specifically for years now (mobo and gpus) with no issues at all.
As for MSI, I have had nothing but problems however, they did get resolved via the warrenty. Though Asus has always been the best for me though I would be paying more....
Argh this is such a good deal :/
Now just need to decide which CPU to go for. Might skip the Kaby Lakes and go for an i7-6700k...
http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/for-honor-pc-uplay-cd-key
Typically price gouging happens for the first few weeks following a game's release yet people still say that pre-ordering is stupid.
I've been using an FX6350 with a GTX 970 for sometime now with an MSI gaming motherboard and I have never struggled to run a game on ultra at 1080p, some games I can even play 1440p and the odd one at 4K with dialed down settings.
Maybe intel would yield a few more FPS but I haven't particular felt the need for them, I couldn't afford an intel CPU or the cost of an equivalent motherboard to what I have now. I saved a lot of money using AMD and have been happy with my PC's performance the past 2 years or whatever it is
As no ones done it yet. Thank you OP. A friend is wanting a new MSI board for his rig. Will link him. Ta.
Nothing wrong with your choices there - the FX6350 was mainly a good choice for workstations that get the benefits or high-memory, multithreaded use cases. Not a gaming CPU - and yet still plenty good enough for today's games.