MSI Z370 Godlike Gaming and Z370 Overview Preview

Z370

Whilst we always advocate taking the time to learn how to overclock your own system – both for the knowledge and pure result based benefits – we understand that many people are reticent to play with their expensive hardware. If you’re one of these people who looks enviously at fast clock speeds but nervously at your bank balance then the MSI Game Boost technology will be right up your alley. Rather than have to delve into the BIOS you just turn the dial and boom, faster CPU.

So many of us utilise AIO coolers for our CPUs these days that dedicated pump headers have become the norm. It isn’t only in that department that MSI have ensured the Godlike will have you covered for both temperature monitoring and subsequent cooling though, as you can see. 8 fan headers and 7 monitoring points help us all sleep at night without fearing for our system thermals.

As if three KillerNIC 2500 connectors wasn’t enough, the MSI Z370 Godlike Gaming comes with a Wireless booster. Not content with supplying WiFi connectivity alongside a hard cable, MSI have transformed your system into something that will benefit all the devices in your home.

Onboard audio is now so good that dedicated sound cards are becoming borderline extinct and the MSI Godlike is no exception, with premium hardware everywhere from the simple separate trace to remove electronic interference all the way up to the high end DAC and amplifiers that help give the warm audio we all love so much.

We cannot emphasise how quickly M.2 sockets have taken over the market. No sooner had we all got used to SATA 6Gb/s drives than SATA Express appeared and disappeared, and now everyone who wants the fastest storage solutions can go with M.2 drives. If you buy the Godlike you can fit five M.2 drives in. Five. Blimey.