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Lover of the MSI components and its H270I

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2017

For about 4 years, I have been using the MSI component, I have rarely had problems and when I have had them, I replace the affected part.
One of the reasons why I prefer the MSI brand is because of its high quality, this MSI H270I motherboard, it is incredibly beautiful, it has passed all my tests, going from having an Intel Core G4560, then an Intel Core i5-6400 and Now an Intel Core i7-6700, in each of the scenarios, behaved to match.

Quality of materials
It is one of the points that I like the most, it feels quite good, the PVC is sufficiently resistant and supports perfectly liquid cooling, despite its small size.

If we pay attention to the details, we will notice that they can make a commitment and that the manufacturing quality is high and therefore, the final result is a product of very high quality.

Box contents.
Typical in these cases, SATA cables, manuals, stickers, insulating cover among other things usual in this type of products.

That I liked the MSI H270I
Its finished in red with black is my favorite combination, just one of the reasons why I prefer MSI, since from that moment they became Pro Gamer, it has been their distinctive combination and therefore my favorite brand, I can not always give me the I like to have all MSI, but the time will come when I can assemble a PC purely MSI.

Another point in favor is the WiFi connectivity, I liked that, because for the price it is great to be able to count on the wireless options to avoid the cables, aah, it also includes bluetooth.

I did not like it
Being a card of a certain range, which is not exactly cheap, I think it should have more connections for fans, I think two are insufficient, rather one, since there is an exclusive for the CPU, so if we have an ITX cabinet that use more than one fan, we will have to feed it directly from the source, that is a problem for this type of assemblies. I hope that MSI adds at least 4 connectors and more power phase, it only has a 4 pin connector for the CPU.

Am I satisfied with the purchase?
Of course, outside the mentioned points, I say yes, it satisfies my basic needs, I have already solved the issue of the fans, but anyway, I will miss being able to control all the fans from the MSI App.

I will continue being a fan of MSI and I hope to continue enjoying its evolution.

Recommended product.
TecnoScore: 8/10
Att: Eliezer Molina M (ElTecnologoEM)

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John Infovore

Acceptable layout, but PCB material unsuitable for heavy components

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2017

PCB material is very flexible, large component loads will cause board to sag significantly at load points, primarily at PCIe and CPU sockets (Use Case: Cryorig H5 Universal heatsink + Zotac GTX 1070 mini, installed in Fractal Design Nano S enclosure). This potentially causes electrical shortages when pcb underside soldering comes in contact with case housing. I recommend creating additional clearance on mounting pillars if your components are particularly heavy, which may impede itx form factor objectives.

M.2 connector is located underneath board, which may cause additional clearance conflicts if populated (speculative, no use case).

SDRAM socket requires substantial force to insert and remove DDR4 components. (Use Case: 2x 4GB Crucial SDRAM cards)

Please Note that this board Will Not successfully complete first boot if both SDRAM slots are populated, refer to installation manual for required procedure.

PCB build quality is acceptable, but component pins/jumpers could be better oriented to promote cable management in itx enclosures.

Overall this is an acceptable board if you have budget constraints, however i would not recommend it for high weight builds.

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Eliezer Molina (ElTecnólogoEM)

Lover of the MSI components and its H270I

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2017

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Amazon Customer

Great motherboard!

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2017

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Very nice and sleek motherboard to go inside my Silverstone Milo 08 case. Almost everything works right off the bat ... the only issue was that the BIOS crashes whenever I boot into it, there were some Chinese characters that pops up but then it would crash. But since I have no plans to OC using the H270 chipset, everything runs smoothly and boots into windows without any problem.

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John Infovore

Acceptable layout, but PCB material unsuitable for heavy components

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2017

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Bryce Q

Defective on arrival, won't even let PC start up

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017

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When I got it in the mail, it had a broken USB 3.0 port, and when I assembled the $1200 PC that I was working on (With this specific motherboard), the PC wouldnt even turn on (The fans and power LED weren't even on either), even when I have had everything hooked up properly, re-assembled the PC multiple times to try and diagnose the problem, and even used a screwdriver to touch the two power pins to turn the PC on with no luck.

Tried going through MSi's technical support, and they said the same exact things for me to try, and their RMA system is a mess.

I usually have had good luck with MSi Motherboards, but this instance makes me trust MSi less to release a quality product that just works.

If I were to get a replacement mobo of sorts (Because I paid $100 for a faulty motherboard), then I'd be willing to review this higher.

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Cameron

Great motherboard if you want itx and wifi

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018

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Amazing motherboard, especially when it's on sale. I wouldn't buy it unless it is. Either way, it has worked flawlessly for me and the on board wifi has worked great. It looks good and performs well. MSI has a great bios as well, very user friendly. Highly recommended

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One Star

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2017

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Updated Review: The first one i received was DOA, but it was replaced quickly. The new one has worked great. This is a really good ITX mobo.

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N. Tufnel

A darn fine motherboard packed with features and dual antennas, for HTPC or gaming builds.

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2017

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A solid board packed with features.
*NOT* a specialty gaming board but has more than enough features for most rigs.
Pair this with a small enough chassis and you can trick out a system worthy of almost any framerate. My build was more budget conscious but there's no reason you could slap a Kaby Lake i7 and a 1080 into most chassis and game large frames in a very small footprint.

For my needs, paired with a small cooler master cube case, an Rx460, 32GB Ram, an NVME module and an i5-7500 it plays anything I want and has power to spare for even more tasks

If you plan to stream a lot, the dual antennas matter, with mmo and wireless ac support you won't have any problems there. Seriously the only thing that separates this board from an "enthusiast" build is another slot or two for SLI/Crossfire. If you weren't going to Crossfire/SLI anyway this board provides plenty. 4 SATA3, 1x NVME PCIE x4, Dual Antenna wireless abcgn good connectivity, an attractive color scheme and a competitive price.

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Tim W.

Not Trustworthy

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2017

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Not a reliable motherboard. 2 failed now over the past year. Thank goodness we only built one system with this board! Now we have to build customer replacement PC with completely different build-out. Very costly and bad impression to customer :(. Failure in both cases was that System will turn on, but you will not hear post beep and there will be no video.

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Firebeard_Industries

YOU CANNOT OVERCLOCK WITH THIS BOARD

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2018

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Since the company wont come out and tell you, and neither will amazon or any company for that matter, you cannot overclock on this board. BIOS won't allow it. If you're really into getting all the performance out of your PC, DO NOT BUY THIS BOARD! However, if overclocking is not your thing, it's fantastic. 4 stars for not sharing the lack of ability when it comes to OC. We used to call it false advertising, but imo words like "Gaming" and "PRO" as well as "Extreme" should not be allowed to be used to sell boards that don't OC.

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TECHNolli

OH WoW! This board is Amazing, and SO cute!

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2019

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What is not to like about this MSI Gaming motherboard? It has everything including and M.2 SSD slot. 32GB max ram, 4 Sata ports, PCIe and in such a tiny iTX form factor! Is it fast.....YES. I am using it for PRO video editing and it's a smooth as silk! My kids game with it and I haven't heard any complaints, so I know its good. haha

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