Photos of MSI Z370 motherboards for Intel Coffee Lake processors have surfaced on the web. It looks like MSI will release no less than nine different Z370 motherboards.
Apparently Canadian computer store NCIX is showing the the sales prices of these motherboards, as Videocardz has spotted.
The flagship mobo is a Z370 Godlike Gaming with PCIe x16 slots not less than Ethernet jacks and luxurious Audio / DAC, WiFi and sure LED lighting. NCIX holds a asking price of 649 Canadian dollars, which is about 450 euros.
Then Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon features three PCIe-x16 slots, two reinforced and is showing two M.2 connections. It has a single Ethernet port. A 802.11ac WiFi add-in module is available as well. The asking price is 250 Canadian dollars, say roughly 175 euros.
Then the Z370 Gaming M5 again has 3x PCIe x16 slots The motherboard sells at 265 Canadian dollars, roughly 185 euros.
The Z370 SLI PLUS again has 3x PCIe x16 slots and shows two M.2 connectors. Prices at 198 Canadian dollars, roughly 140 euros this might be a nice alternative.
The always black and white Z370 Krait Gaming comes fitted with three PCIe x16 slots, two reinforced, and two M.2 slots. The price is 212 Canadian dollars, which is about 145 euros.
Even cheaper will be the Z370-A PRO, with two PCIe x16 slots and likely SLI / CFX support (SLI remains to be a qustion mark as the Z270 did not support it) Manufacturers have to buy a SLI license from Nvidia. NCIX priced this product at 159 Canadian dollars for the motherboard, just over 100 euros.
A notch smaller is the micro-ATX form factor Z370M Gaming Pro AC. The motherboard has two PCIe x16 slot slots two M.2 slots and is fitted with 802.11ac WiFi. It’s price is TBA.