MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X

[SwagBrah]

Hey guys,
I hope I'm posting this in the correct sub-forum, if not, would admins please move it.

Anyway, I'm about to upgrade my PC to 6th gen hardware.
I'm jumping from i5 4460 & asus h97m-e to
i5 6600k & a new MB which I'm troubling with ATM.

I wanted to buy ASUS Z170-A or Z170-PRO, but seeing they still use USB 3.0 instead of 3.1 and they aren't saying if their 3.1 Type C + A combo is Gen1 or Gen2.

I want the latest features, so I took a look at MSI Z170A Krait Gaming, and I really love the color scheme.
Planning on getting a white NZXT S340 case, a white ASUS GTX 1060 Dual (when it gets support), so I wanna show that nice color scheme.

I was confused, there's like 5 versions of the board:

MSI Z170 Krait Gaming
MSI Z170A Krait Gaming
MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
MSI Z170A Krait Gaming R6 Siege
MSI Z170A Krait Gaming (for Xeons)

I saw that Z170 (without A) doesn't have USB 3.1, I saw that 1 is for Xeons, and I saw that 3X and R6 Siege is the same board, it's just 1 comes with a game I don't care about, so I'm left with 2 choices:

MSI Z170A Krait Gaming
MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X

On buyer's guide of August 2016, there is MSI Z170A Krait Gaming listed TWICE.

From what I saw on MSI's site, there's not much difference between these two.
3X has Type C + A USB 3.1, while the 1st one has 2x Type A USB 3.1. (I want that Type C though, planning on getting a new phone soon (OnePlus 3 with type C)).
3X has corrected SATA ports orientation (they made problems for the 2nd GPU, I think).
Has I/O ports whiter, or so it seems from picture.
Logo is gone too. But these last 2 differences are really minor.

As for LAN and Audio, I didn't see any differences.
So, my question is, since I'd rather buy the 3X version (and it's in store right now), can I do that?
Is the 3X version of this board supported for hackintosh?
Can anyone with a little bit of experience take a look at MSI's site, and take a look at these 2 boards to clear this for me?
Or, if anyone has used this board in a build already. I couldn't find by searching, though.

 

[Going Bald]

The difference between the two in the Buyers guide is that one of them has an AsMedia USB3.0 chip and more USB3.0 ports than the other. The MSI site I cannot to does not list the 3X version, so maybe this is a Euro only board?

Regardless, if the differences are minor, then it should work as well as the ones in the Buyer's Guide.

 

[SwagBrah]

The difference between the two in the Buyers guide is that one of them has an AsMedia USB3.0 chip and more USB3.0 ports than the other. The MSI site I cannot to does not list the 3X version, so maybe this is a Euro only board?

Regardless, if the differences are minor, then it should work as well as the ones in the Buyer's Guide.

Hmm, I was looking at the Global MSI site.
In my country, there are 3 versions of the board. The Z170, Z170A & Z170A 3X. Cheapest to most expensive.
Here are the links.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-KRAIT-GAMING.html#hero-overview
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-KRAIT-GAMING-3X.html#hero-overview

The 3x has something called "Nahimic Audio Enhancer: Immersive sound quality that pushes the limits of reality".
I don't know if this would affect the audio, but I'm pretty sure they both have Realtek 7.1 ALC 1150 audio.

As far as USB goes, they both have the same ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset.
1st 1 has 6xUSB3.1 (4 back, 2 mid board) from the z170 chipset
& 2xUSB3.1 (both type A, gen 2) from ASM1142.

The 3X also has 6xUSB3.1 (2 back, 4 mid board) from the z170
& 2xUSB3.1 (1 type A & 1 type C(which I want), gen 2) from ASM1142.

The 3X board has something called TBT connector, for Internal I/O, but I don't even know what that means and I doubt it's something that can mess up a hackintosh.

Apart from these 2 things, I really don't see anything else.

I've had trouble before, picking up a board that had like 3 extra letters than the 1 recommended. (same board, but 1 was for EU, I guess), and it took a lot of time to resolve.
I'd rather wait for someone to test this 3X Krait board, or someone who can confirm it's the same as normal Krait, 99% sure.
The return policy is terrible where I live.