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The MSI X99S MPower offers a solid range of features that will appeal to power users and those interested in overclocking their system. Creating a value-orientated overclocking-geared motherboard can be a difficult task, but MSI has minimised that risk...
There are a few reasons to maybe prefer the MSI X99S MPower Review over similarly-priced offerings such as Gigabyte's GA-X99-Gaming 5. It has an excellent EFI, which makes overclocking a quick and pleasant experience, plus it has the full complement of...
So after having a good amount of time to test and play with the X99S MPOWER it is time to give my final thoughts on it, so here goes. When it comes down to the design, it is one I am personally very fond of, it is very simple in terms of looks but the...
performance of the X99S MPower from MSI is a little bit below average and since this is an overclocking motherboard we would have liked to see it compete in the very top On another note we also had a look at power consumption and noted that this is...
As I said in my MSI Z97 MPower review I am very impressed with MSI's Overclocking Series motherboards. While the X99S MPower and Z97 MPower are based off of different chipsets they are still very much a like and have many of the same features. Instead...
Unfortunately this dichotomy raises a few questions. In 2015, most motherboards overclock the same on the CPU side for 24/7, perhaps all within 5% or 200 MHz at the absolute most, and the major factor here is more the luck or nature of the CPU itself....
Competition for the MSI X99S MPower comes from many different angles, such as the X99-SOC Champion, the X99 OC Formula and some of the more general gaming models. $300 is a big battle ground for X99, switching over from the cheaper end to the more mid-range, and the MSI X99S MPower has a number of positive points to make it worth considering.
Sporting a deep black PCB with yellow accents, powerful features, ability to handle the most extreme overclocking methods, and support of professional Xeon series CPU makes the MSI MPower serious contender for any professional workstation, monster...
MSI's own X99S Gaming 7 might have been the closest configuration match to today's tested X99 MPower, but the closest matches in both price and firmware updates came from competitors ASRock and Asus. All three boards cost around $300, and the problem for...
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