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MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboard, Z87-G41 PC Mate

3.2 3.2 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
$176.00
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Brand MSI
CPU Socket LGA 1150
Compatible Devices Personal Computer
RAM Memory Technology DDR3
Chipset Type Intel Z87
Memory Clock Speed 1333 MHz
Platform Linux
Model Name Z87-G41 PC Mate
Memory Storage Capacity 64 GB
RAM Memory Maximum Size 32 GB

About this item

  • Socket LGA 1150
  • Intel Z87 Express chipset
  • ATX
  • 1 PCI-E x16 3.0 + 1 PCI-E x16 (16/4), 2 PCI-E x1 and 2 PCI
  • VGA, DVI and HDMI
  • CrossFire ready
  • OC Genie 4
  • Military Class 4 Components

Product Description

MSI Z87-G41 PC MATE: LGA 1150, Intel Z87 Express, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, 1 PCI-E x16 3.0 + 1 PCI-E x16 (16/4), 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI, VGA, DVI, HDMI, Gigabit LAN, ATX Motherboard

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Customer reviews

3.2 out of 5 stars
3.2 out of 5
41 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the quality, ease of use, fan speed and audio/video of the motherboard. They mention that it's a great motherboard for budget builds, the bios is easy to understand and navigate, and the drivers work smoothly. They also appreciate the onboard audio and video. That said, some complain about the ports and disagree on performance.

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14 customers mention14 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the quality of the motherboard. They mention that it is a great motherboard for budget builds, with a nice bios. Some say that the OC genie is okay and recommend it for custom overclocks. Overall, most are happy with the product and the seller's customer service.

"This motherboard is a great budget board..... You have the highest end chipset of the 4th generation and a good amount of bells and whistles...." Read more

"This Motherboard is perfectly acceptable. I haven't had any major issues with it...." Read more

"This is a pretty good mobo for the price it is. But it does not support sli. But that is not why I knocked off a star...." Read more

"Everything is fine. It's good for its price. I wish all the USB ports were 3.0, but there are enough for now...." Read more

8 customers mention8 positive0 negative

Customers find the BIOS of the motherboard easy to use and understand. They also say it's easy to install and navigate.

"...The UEFI (formerly BIOS) interface is graphical and fairly easy to navigate.The built in network interface works fine...." Read more

"This was part of a build I put together for my friend. Very easy install. Had it up and running within an hour...." Read more

"Very easy to play navigate the bios. I really like the options available in it. The media disk with all of its drivers work smoothly win 8.1!..." Read more

"...All ports are easily accessible. BIOS is incredibly easy to use" Read more

4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the fan speed of the motherboard. They mention that it has no problem with speed or performance, and the drivers work smoothly. They also appreciate that it is easy to modify the fan speeds.

"I started building as soon as this arrived and everything went very smoothly. The UEFI/bios was nice to go through...." Read more

"...The media disk with all of its drivers work smoothly win 8.1! (which I have had problems with in the past.)..." Read more

"...I do video edits all day long and no problem with speed or performance." Read more

"...is confusing at first but it is easy to get used to and it is easy to modify fan speed" Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the audio/video performance of the motherboard. They mention that the integrated sound isn't bad, the Creative Sound Blaster Cinema is simply amazing, and the bass boost is very clean. The crystallizer makes everything sound awesome. The onboard audio/ video is good, and it allows you to hook up a 7.1 system.

"...Creative Sound Blaster Cinema is simply amazing as 3D Surround works well, bass boost is very clean, and crystallizer makes everything sound awesome...." Read more

"...I'll probably upgrade to a dedicated sound card. The integrated sound isn't bad, but lacks features. I don't mind the lack of SLI...." Read more

"...PROS: cheap Z87, onboard audio/video, lots of Sata 6gb/s connections, USB 3.0CONS: Crossfire only (no SLI)..." Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the durability of the motherboard. They mention that it has a very stable performance and is still running strong.

"...That being said, It withstood all of this very well! It didnt break! lol I ended up smashing the usb 3.0 insert in the process...." Read more

"...BIOS features are pretty standard and it's very stable running both Windows and Linux...." Read more

"Great motherboard! I have had no issues with it and it is still running strong." Read more

12 customers mention8 positive4 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the motherboard. Some mention that it works great, while others say that the display feature does not work well with an HTPC setup.

"...Creative Sound Blaster Cinema is simply amazing as 3D Surround works well, bass boost is very clean, and crystallizer makes everything sound awesome...." Read more

"Everything worked fine except for network controller. Turned off in BIOS and bought a network card and has been working great...." Read more

"...This time instead of it restarting on an endless loop, there just wasn't any output (the video didn't work and there was no power to the USB.)..." Read more

"I love this motherboard. It worked perfectly with my new i7 PC project. Note - it would not automatically reboot until I updated the driver...." Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers have issues with the ports of the motherboard. They mention that they have problems with the number of USB ports, the sound output, and the lack of power to the USB.

"...(the video didn't work and there was no power to the USB.)..." Read more

"...some other people, the three things that irked me were the number of USB ports, the sound output, and the lack of SLI support...." Read more

"...But on september 29th stopped working, 3 days before had some problems with USB ports, but on september 29th it just turn off by itself, completely..." Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the lack of SLI support in the motherboard.

"...me were the number of USB ports, the sound output, and the lack of SLI support.USB- This was just a laxity of research on my part...." Read more

"...of bluetooth (which can be fixed by a usb adapter) and mostly the lack of SLI but honestly i doubt ill every use SLI, but it does support AMD..." Read more

"This is a pretty good mobo for the price it is. But it does not support sli. But that is not why I knocked off a star...." Read more

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Theresa T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for budget builds
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2014
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This motherboard is a great budget board..... You have the highest end chipset of the 4th generation and a good amount of bells and whistles. CLICK BIOS 4 was a little hard to nav through, but very nice bios. The integrated sound card will do you well, as you can hook up a 7.1 system which is awesome! MSI Live Update 6 definitely helps you install ALL of the drivers you need, so download that first thing. Creative Sound Blaster Cinema is simply amazing as 3D Surround works well, bass boost is very clean, and crystallizer makes everything sound awesome. MSI Command Center lets you OC, control fans, and much more. Now to installing everything on it. I had no problems EXCEPT getting the USB 3.0 header in. Its a little bit of a tight fit and it came loose only once, but other than that, absolutely no problems. Great motherboard for budget builds. This is my total build, which is about $830

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Mike
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Budget z87 Mobo
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2014
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I started building as soon as this arrived and everything went very smoothly. The UEFI/bios was nice to go through. I'll probably upgrade to a dedicated sound card. The integrated sound isn't bad, but lacks features. I don't mind the lack of SLI. One card is enough. I installed it in the Cooler Master HAF X with an i5-4670K, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, 8GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1866 and Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo in push/pull configuration. There was plenty of fan headers. I only connected the side panel GPU fan to the PSU. I haven't tried to overclock yet.
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John Mautino
1.0 out of 5 stars Two failed motherboards or just poorly informed employees.
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2014
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I bought this motherboard with an Intel G3420 for a family member's work machine after seeing that it was compatible with the listed processor. Upon first build the computer would boot for about 3 seconds and then restart. I tried using known good RAM, a new PSU, a new processor, and even took the motherboard out of the box to make sure there wasn't a short, yet nothing worked.
I figure I just had a bad luck-of-the-draw board; so I ordered another one. This time instead of it restarting on an endless loop, there just wasn't any output (the video didn't work and there was no power to the USB.) Thinking that this was impossible to get two dead motherboards, I decided to put everything together on a known good motherboard, and viola, the computer ran flawlessly. So either someone who works for MSI didn't know what they were doing when they listed that this motherboard worked with this specific processor, or I happened to get 2 terrible boards; either way this has left a bad taste in my mouth and I will be purchasing from another manufacturer, which is sad considering I have built four PCs with MSI boards in the past 8 months.
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pabstman
3.0 out of 5 stars Decent for the price.
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2015
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Seems cheap, not all that impressed with the quality, but hey it works.
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Metonymy Synecdoche
2.0 out of 5 stars Painfully frustrating
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2014
I am sure this would be a good motherboard if it would work reliably. Regardless of what bios settings I chose it puts the lan card into a deep sleep mode, thus preventing any access to the Internet.
I had to manually update all drivers and multiple manual flashes and nada. Very frustrating.
It does boot nice and fast though, so it isn't all bad
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drwho
5.0 out of 5 stars Working great.
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2014
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I built a new PC about 2 months ago and have been running it since. It works great. I have an Intel core i7-4770K CPU, 16 GB of DDR3 1600 memory (Crucial Ballistix Sport), 3 x 1 TB hard drives in a RAID 5 configuration, a 64 GB SSD configured as a cache for the RAID disk (the RAID and SSD cache are all features built into the motherboard, and work great). I am using the on-board graphics capabilities, no graphics card plugged into the PCI-e 3.0 x 16 slot. The built in graphics "card" is more than adequate for my applications (keep in mind that the CPU is also the GPU and a different CPU/GPU will give different results).

I have not tried to overclock the CPU or memory. I am using the retail box fan and it seems more than adequate for my setup. I might need to upgrade the cooling system if I were to overclock the CPU. I am running around 45 C for the CPU temperature on average.

The UEFI (formerly BIOS) interface is graphical and fairly easy to navigate.

The built in network interface works fine. Everything I have tried works as advertised with the possible exception of adding more disks to my RAID setup, I haven't figured out how to do that.

I like that it has 6 SATA III (6 Gb/s) connectors. Their location and orientation could have been more convenient but it's not any worse than any other MoBo I have experience with. I may not be typical, but 6 SATA connections is not enough for me. So I added a PCI card, problem solved.

I have a PCI TV tuner card and a Blu-Ray disk. I use the PC as a HTPC in addition to more serious duty. I have connected my HDTV to the graphics output via the HDMI port. This works much better than my previous PC which also used an HDMI port for graphics. However, the multi-display (up to 3 displays) feature will not work well with an HTPC setup, because of HDCP restrictions. If you try to play protected content and have any displays connected to the other ports (VGA or DVI) even though you are using the HDMI port to play the content it will be prevented from playing until you disconnect the non-HDCP compliant devices!

I have had virtually no problems with my new PC and I believe that the motherboard deserves a healthy share of the credit for that.
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