By Darren Allan
MSI has just revealed a new top-of-the-range enthusiast-targeted motherboard which isn’t just good – apparently it’s godlike, and comes with some interesting extras including the ability to act as a Wi-Fi extender.
The Z270 Godlike Gaming motherboard is the ‘one board to rule them all’ according to MSI’s press spiel, and it certainly looks pretty tasty. While the company hasn’t yet revealed the full specs, it’s clear that there are four reinforced PCIe x16 slots, along with one PCIe x1 slot. And you get three Turbo M.2 slots (with M.2 Shield).
But the most interesting innovation here is the incorporation of Killer xTend technology for connectivity tricks. The motherboard comes with three Killer Ethernet ports alongside a Killer Wireless-AC 1535 Wi-Fi module, allowing the PC to act as a network switch and Wi-Fi extender.
In other words, you hook up the motherboard to your internet connection via one Ethernet port, and you can plug other devices into the PC via the other two Ethernet connectors to get them online. Or alternatively other devices can hook up via Wi-Fi, and you can use the Godlike Gaming motherboard as a Wi-Fi extender (with throughput of 867Mbps) as mentioned.
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Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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