MSI X99A Tomahawk

Overview

Reviews

If you are looking for a fully-featured X99 motherboard the MSI X99A Tomahawk is a great choice. Again it will give you all of the features you need, without all of the extras you don’t need.

-- As reviewed by ThinkComputers

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

3
Average:

0
Bad:

0

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Last revision on August 25, 2018

Reviewers Liked

Easy UEFI interface
Power consumption
Oversized VRM Heatsink
Flexible PCI Express Layout
Clean Audio

Reviewers Didn't Like

Does not support 4way graphics
No WiFi
Red sockets on I/O shield seem out of place

Expert reviews and ratings

If you are looking for a fully-featured X99 motherboard the MSI X99A Tomahawk is a great choice. Again it will give you all of the features you need, without all of the extras you don’t need.

By ThinkComputers on January 26, 2017

Looking back on our time with the MSI X99A Tomahawk there really is not much to be found to nit-pick over. Sure, the layout of the PCIe x16 ports means 4-way GPU configurations is impossible. Sure the M.2 port will be limited to x2 mode when used with a...

By realhardwarereviews.com on January 11, 2017

"Overall this is a great quality board with more features than the Fatal1ty....

By PC Authority on January 10, 2017

The X99 platform was revived this year with the launch of Broadwell-E CPU class, even if the chipset is the same. Yet, some manufacturers designed new motherboards adding new features to them.MSI did it also and a new member of its LGA2011 series is...

By reviewstudio.net on November 16, 2016

To anyone but the well-informed techie, MSI's X99 portfolio is extensive and potentially overwhelming, thus making sense of which board is most suitable can be tough. MSI's X99 range contains no less than 21 SKUs (!).The MSI X99A Tomahawk fits somewhere...

By Kitguru.net on October 12, 2016

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By PC Authority on January 10, 2017

MSI X99A Tomahawk came hard middling in all respects. High functionality, average overclocking capabilities, the average supplied and average cost. In fact it is just a good motherboard is suitable in the case on this basis is not planned for a...

By hw4all.com on December 27, 2016

For a board targeted at casual gamers, The MSI X99A Tomahawk motherboard packs a serious punch, good overclocking potential, and more than enough features to handle the majority of users out there. The ability to use both M.2 and U.2 drives at the same...

By proclockers.com on December 16, 2016

The MSI X99A Tomahawk is a surprisingly well rounded motherboard and ticks more boxes than it might first appear to. You get the full array of overclocking and testing tools including a CMOS clear switch and dual-BIOS, an RGB LED header, some snazzy...

By Bit-tech.net on November 23, 2016

In this review we looked at the MSI X99A Tomahawk Arsenal Gaming motherboard and after having used the board for several weeks I have come to the conclusion that it really is a good design for gaming on the X99. The board gives you everything you “need”...

By hardwareasylum.com on September 19, 2016

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