Msi h110m pro vh plus review

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Back IO

Audio

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• 3x Analog Audio Jack Misc

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• 2x PS/2 Network

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• 1x RJ-45 USB

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• 2x USB 2 Type-A
• 2x USB 3 Gen 1 Type-A Video

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• 1x HDMI Out
• 1x VGA

Internal Connections

Fans

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• 2x 4-pin Fan Header Misc

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• 1x Chassis Intrusion Header
• 1x Serial Header
• 1x TPM Header Power

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• 1x 24-pin ATX Power
• 1x 4-pin 12V Power Storage

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• 4x SATA3 USB

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• 2x USB 2 Header
• 1x USB 3 Gen 1 Header

Misc. Information

PCB Color Brown Other Colors

• Black

Network

Wired Amount Chip Speed For IPMI 1x Realtek RTL8111H 1000 Mbit No

Expansion Slots

Slots

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• 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 @ x16
• 2x PCI-E 2.0 x1 @ x1 Crossfire & SLI AMD Crossfire No Nvidia SLI No

Audio

Audiochip Realtek ALC887 Audio Channels 7.1

Memory

This board has 2 slots with the following specifications:

Slot Protocol DDR4 Slot Type 288-pin DIMM Maximum Speed 2133 MHz Maximum Capacity 32 GB Maximum Channels 2 ECC support No

Reviews

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Despite what may seem like a long list of Cons, most mainstream users won’t care about them, but they will definitely appreciate the Pros. If you’re building on the cheap, the H110M Pro-D may have all the features you’re likely to need, especially if you plan to install a discrete graphics card. This board definitely deserves an award; whether it is the specific H110 option I will personally recommend may depend on the power and temperature numbers from at least one more competing product, but this is absolutely not a bad choice.

Pros

• + Audio
• + Diagnostic LEDs
• + Installation
• + LAN
• + Performance
• + Price

Cons

• - No HDMI
• - No M.2
• - No RAID
• - No VGA
• - Only two RAM slots
• - Power consumption
• - Temperature

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MSI H110M Pro-D Motherboard Review

In the recent How To Choose A Motherboard article, I made an assertion that essentially boils down to “stock performance really isn’t affected by the motherboard.” No one called me on it in the comments, but is it really true? Clearly, I’m not talking about features, and you’ll need a more advanced board if you want things like M.2 slots or support for multiple graphics cards. If you want to build a gaming machine on a very tight budget, do you have to fit a Z170 or even H170 board into your build, or will H110 suffice? Although H81 boards only provide PCIe 2.0 connectivity for the graphics card, H110 provides a full 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0. The difference hasn’t been huge (only a few percent, so far), but it’s there.

Today, I’m looking at a board which shouldn’t take any performance hit at all. I chose the cheapest H110 board (including shipping) that Newegg offered when I ordered: the MSI H110M Pro-D. I’ll be using a more powerful graphics card (a GTX970) in today’s tests, and running the Extreme preset of the Heaven benchmark; and will also run accelerated PCMark 8 tests as well. I put that same graphics card on another H170 board, so let’s see if performance suffered. Since I did not test my previous H170 samples with a GTX970, I’m going to take this opportunity to use the ASRock H170Pro4S - a more detailed review of that board (and its non-S brother) will be forthcoming.

Specifications

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MSI H110M PRO-DForm FactorMicro-ATXSocket1151ChipsetH110Voltage Regulator4+2P/S 2 Ports1USB Ports2x USB3.0 + 4x USB2.0Network Jacks1x RJ45eSATA Ports✗Digital Audio Out✗Digital Audio In✗Analog Audio3VideoDVI-DOther I/O Panel✗PCIe 3.0 x161PCIe 3.0 x40PCIe 2.0 x160PCIe 2.0 x12Legacy PCI0USB 3.0 Headers1 (2 ports)USB 2.0 Headers1 (2 ports)SATA4M.2✗Fans1x 4-pin CPU, 1x 4-pin chassisS/PDIF/ I/O✗Internal Buttons✗Internal Switch✗Diagnostics Panel3x Diagnostic LEDsLegacyCOM headersChipset SATA4x SATA 6Gb/sChipset RAID Modes✗Add-In SATA✗Primary LANRealtek RTL111HSecondary LAN✗Wi-Fi✗Bluetooth✗HD Audio CodecALC887DDL/DTS Connect✗Warranty3 years

Hardware

This is one sparse board: there is only a single DVI-D video connector on the rear panel, which leaves a gaping hole where many boards have additional connectors like HDMI, DisplayPort, and/or VGA. This is not a HTPC-friendly board unless you add a discrete graphics card. If you plan to use it in a business box to replace an older system, note that you cannot use a VGA adapter with a DVI-D connector.

This micro-ATX board has an austere and clean layout that was not intended to win any fashion awards; its theme is black and white, with the only color on rear panel audio jacks and USB connectors. There are, however, three diagnostic red LEDs to help identify a CPU, RAM, or VGA issue on POST.

The codec is the ALC887, an upper-mainstream part, with 90dB S/N on the input, and 97dB S/N on the output. While not professional quality, most gamers using motherboard-based sound will find it sufficient. For networking, MSI chose Realtek’s RTL811H gigabit LAN controller.

In the box, you get the board, driver CD, I/O plate, two SATA cables, and… no manual! There’s only a quick-start page. Once again, this board is sparse. The diagrams on this page have call-outs in forty-one languages, and include features not even on this particular board, such as how to install a M.2 card. However, the diagrams are very clear, particularly for the front panel connectors - I found it sufficient.

Beginning from the back, the left edge starts out with the front panel audio and COM1 headers, with a TPM header behind that. Next comes the USB 2.0 header, then the row of four SATA 6Gb/s headers. The Chassis Intrusion header is behind the row of SATA connectors. In the front corner, there are two front panel headers, one for a speaker and 3-pin power LED, and one for everything else, including a 2-pin power LED. The 24-pin ATX power connector is in the middle of the front edge. To its left is the USB 3.0 header. To its right, fairly close to the corner, are the three diagnostic LEDs, indicating VGA, RAM, and CPU issues on POST. The CR2032 battery is between the CPU socket and the PCIe X16 slot, and will not be blocked by a graphics card; the CLR_CMOS pins are next to it, and do not include a jumper cap. The CPU fan header is on the right edge behind the DIMM slots, and the SYSFAN1 header is behind the rear audio jacks and to the right of the PCIe X16 slot. The 4-pin CPU power socket is on the right edge with plenty of finger space around it.

The two DIMM slots accept DDR4, and have latches on both sides. MSI doesn’t list the number of phases on its site, but from the number of chokes, they appear to have used a 4+2 arrangement on this board.

Firmware

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The MSI UEFI is as clean and austere as the board itself ,and the Hardware Monitor even lets you adjust fan settings. As I poked around, I discovered a couple of things where defaults might not have worked. For example, on one of the screens, Win8.1/10 WHQL Support was disabled, so I turned it on. Also, while the boot page is otherwise pretty typical, this is also where hard drive priority is set.

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Joe Trott is an Associate Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews motherboards, specializing in budget Intel chipsets.

• jist02 I am curious about this comment: "I discovered a couple of things where defaults might not have worked. For example, on one of the screens, Win8.1/10 WHQL Support was disabled, so I turned it on." Why do you believe this should be enabled? What does it do so that Windows 10 might not have worked without enabling it? Reply
• DarkSable I'd love some more research into why that performance gap exists - my best theory is that the bios is more rudimentary, and so is perhaps missing power-saving features like Intel speedstep? Reply
• joex444 I've been saying the same thing. The H110 has a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot which is connected to the CPU just like Z170, so why would you expect the H110 to perform any differently? The memory controller is also on the CPU, and the same Intel SATA ports are provided just without the RAID BIOS. For the large portion of users which build a system with a locked CPU, two memory sticks, a single GPU, an SSD, and a HDD... the H110 meets those requirements. The only downside is the relative lack of USB 3.0 ports, though for most of these users their requirements are 1 keyboard, 1 mouse, and the ability to connect a flash drive or external drive. The former are handled via USB 2.0, leaving two USB 3.0 ports for devices occasionally used. Reply
• turkey3_scratch I thought it was a GTX 970 that was going to be used, not a GT 740? Reply
• Onus It was a GTX970; that's an error on the chart. I'm going to be looking a little more into that performance gap when I look at a couple more H110 boards in the very near future (they're on their way); in fact that's specifically why I wanted at least one more. ASRock has historically offered slightly less performance, but uses less power, so their implementation could be the opposite of what this MSI sample showed (better performance, more power used). A small clock difference might have been there too, and unfortunately I don't think I noted it. As to the WHQL, I might be concerned that certain drivers might not load or might not be found. If I see something similar to that on another incoming board, I will try to remember to reload it twice, with the settings each way. There's a niche test I'd like to do if I can find a specific product I ordered; a programming cable used with handheld ham radios, of a type known to be problematic due to driver issues. Reply
• turkey3_scratch I'll look forward to those also! Great review Onus :) Reply
• Valantar This was very interesting. I'm looking forward to the follow-up! On one hand, it's not really surprising that a motherboard with no functional limitations for the relevant use cases and with fewer onboard components should perform as well, if not better than a more fully loaded alternative. After all, more onboard stuff means more work for the system, busier interconnects, and so on. On the other hand, I wonder if there's a link between the increased power consumption and the increased performance. Might the H110 board somehow be ignoring the power limits of the CPU? Otherwise, shouldn't the power deltas between idle and Prime95 be virtually identical with identical CPUs? Prime95 stresses neither IO, RAM or PCIe, so the list of reasons for increased power consumption outside of the CPU itself is short ... Skylake ditched the FIVR, right? So, might this board somehow be overvolting the CPU? Not that that should matter for performance unless it's running above stock clocks as well, but I can't make sense of this otherwise. Did you by any chance log CPU frequencies during benchmark runs? Reply
• littleleo

  18605070 said:

I am curious about this comment: "I discovered a couple of things where defaults might not have worked. For example, on one of the screens, Win8.1/10 WHQL Support was disabled, so I turned it on."

Why do you believe this should be enabled? What does it do so that Windows 10 might not have worked without enabling it? WHQL is the Acronym for Windows Hardware Quality Labs. Where hardware and drivers are tested for Windows compatibility. For this motherboard I believe that is to enable full UEFI support. Why it is listed like that on MSI motherboards I have no idea. Reply

littleleo

I love this, this was a great idea, and I'm really looking forward to more comparisons based on the various chipsets. I think it could be eye opening. I wonder if the additional features the feature rich chipsets like the H170 and Z170 slows down the performance on the board? Next time perhaps instead of DX9 you can use DX12.

Ideally when I am choosing a motherboard I 1st find out the CPU the customer wants to run. Then I get the list of the features the customer has to have, then the additional features he would like to have on top of that. Then I would choose the chipset has those features and look at that class of motherboard with that chipset. Then I would find the models closest to the price target of the customer. Then if there is a brand preference that should reduce the options to 1-3 models. Then the customer can choose the final model and go from there. Of course in the real world what usually happens is the guy pops in and says I have this much what can I get, lol.

What graphics card is supported by MSI H110M motherboard?

Any PCIe graphics card will work in an MSI H110M Pro-V motherboard. Intel Core LGA1151v1 CPUs (6th or 7th gen Core) will work in an MSI H110M Pro-V motherboard. Technically the best (most powerful) supported graphics card is an RTX 4090, but it will be severely bottlenecked by any compatible CPU in almost any task.

How to update BIOS MSI H110M Pro VD Plus?

In order to update the BIOS, you have to go to the official website of MSI. Select your motherboard and from the Downloads section choose BIOS. Download the files in a pen drive. Now shut down your computer, insert the pen drive and turn ON your computer, in that specific order.

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