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hardware canucks CES coverage is made possible by our partner nvidia it is also made possible thanks to corsair phanteks and NCIX msi is turning 30 this year they were started in 1986 and part of the special edition motherboards they're introducing this year to celebrate 30 years is this golden PCB to make sure the motherboard like this stands out from the rest it is based off a lower and chipset so it's not exactly targeted for enthusiasts but you could question plenty of design decisions on this particular motherboard first the PCB seems to be almost infused with some sort of gold flakes or some sort of glitter as it surrounds all the components and it actually looks golden person and I assume with the right lighting inside the case you can achieve a very unique look the red msi accents unfortunately still make it on here with the red PCI lanes and the memory slots which would have been great to cover perhaps in silver or just keep black for this motherboard to maintain as some sort of strong character and not be so multicolored but perhaps we just need to make sure that we are heard so they change up the color scheme because that is exactly what they did with the x99 godlike gaming motherboard initially this was announced computex and this was an RGB colour motherboard with the red accents and people flipped out because they wanted something more neutral if they were to color match lighting on the motherboard to the rest of the stuff so we have this carbon fiber edition that eliminates all the colored accents and leaves you with a gorgeous black and reflective metal scheme while keeping all the lighting features so you can still achieve the perfect color balance then we saw this awesome 4-way sli bridge from MSI this is a step up from there very popular two-way SLI bridge and obviously by the name this can fully support for nvidia graphics cards but they don't have to be from msi do note that this bridge can also support 3-way configurations although the third card goes to the very last lot which might hinder performance based on the bandwidth of your motherboard what's really interesting about this bridge is the included one hundred forty millimeter fan with a bracket that directly passes heir to the GPUs which in turn increases the airflow and keeps those powerful cards cool as other why's the cars are kind of choking for air being so close together there's also an adjustable spring standoff that can support GPUs of various sizes which is very thoughtful FMS I the actual bridge houses the built-in LED logo and the red and black design screams quality as well as a visual appeal this is perfect for those crazy red and blacks pecked out gaming pills