Recommended Models:
 
顶级:微星X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC、微星X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
 
高端:微星Z370 GODLIKE GAMING、微星Z370 GAMING M5、微星Z370 KRAIT GAMING、微星X470 GAMING M7 AC、微星X470 GAMING PRO、微星B450系列
 
Mid-range/entry-level: H310-A PRO, MSI H310M PRO-VDH
 
MSI is well-known for its gaming notebooks, which are recognized by domestic gamers as one of the four major manufacturers of gaming laptops, and the graphics card has also done a very good job, ranking first in shipments all year round.
 
As another important business of MSI, the motherboard performance is not inferior, and the shipment volume ranks among the top five in the world, but with the shrinking demand for motherboards, in addition to ASUS and GIGABYTE, which can maintain the performance and status of first-line brands, the share of other manufacturers, including MSI, has declined to varying degrees, and the current share of MSI motherboards is about 10%, ranking third, and the gap between GIGABYTE and ASUS is relatively large.
 
MSI has done a good job in high-end products, known for its high quality, ruggedness and durability, commonly known as "military-spec" motherboards, which set a higher benchmark for board quality standards, and the product line is very rich, not inferior to ASUS and GIGABYTE in terms of product series and quantity, of which the AMD platform accounts for about 1/3, and in terms of market positioning, MSI is very similar to GIGABYTE, with nearly half of the mid-to-high-end products above 800 yuan, and the number of entry-level products is not much different from GIGABYTE.
 
According to its positioning, MSI's motherboards mainly include the Game Honor series, the Game Speed series and the Game Arsenal series, the Game Honor series has the highest positioning, with the words GODLIKE, XPOWER, MPOWER in the name, as well as various GAMING separate numbers (GAMING 7) or GAMING M numbers (GAMING M5), all of which are chipsets above Z370/X470; The game speed series is positioned slightly lower, named with GAMING, KRAIT, both high-end Z370 chipset, as well as mid-range B360/B450 chipset, in the network card configuration, the number of PEIe slots there are different degrees of simplification; The game arsenal series is inferior to the first two in terms of heat dissipation design and lamp effect, but it is MSI's best-selling series, named after weapons, the larger the size of the weapon, the higher the positioning, from the perspective of the products on sale, TOMAHAWK (Tomahawk) > MORTAR (mortar) > BAZOOKA (bazooka).
 
Z370 GODLIKE GAMING is the flagship product of MSI's Z370 chipset, which won the CES 2018 Innovation Award in the gaming category, the most powerful part of this motherboard is its network function, there are a total of four network cards, three Killer E2500 and one Killer Wireless-AC 1535 wireless card, support Killer xTend technology, can use the PC as a router, and other things such as lighting effects, There is no shortage of functions such as one-click overclocking, but the price of 5000 yuan also makes it the most expensive Z370 motherboard, even more than most X299 motherboards, and the cost performance is not high.
 
MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING is much more accessible to the people, from the positioning point of view, it belongs to the game speed series, compared with Z370 GODLIKE GAMING, there is one less PCIe x16 slot and an M.2 interface, and it is not equipped with a Killer network card and U.2 interface, and the heat dissipation design is also slightly inferior, but the price is only about 1/4 of Z370 GODLIKE GAMING, which is relatively cost-effective, and it is more suitable for most people.
 
If you don't need overclocking, you can choose the entry-level MSI H310M PRO-VDH, H310M PRO-VD or MSI H310M PRO-VH, the main difference between the three is the interface type, V, D, H represent VGA interface, DVI interface and HDMI interface respectively, you can choose according to your actual needs, relatively speaking, MSI H310M PRO-VH has the lowest price, and the interface type is more practical.