CMOS battery placement with three primary PCIe x16 slots populated
Lack of second wired GigE NIC
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MSI definitely released a unique motherboard in the sense of its colour scheme. As I mentioned right at the start, I was unaware that MSI were going to bring another motherboard to the market that has an overclocker-orientated (as well as high-end...
Performance wise, there's a lot to like with the Z170A XPOWER Gaming Titanium Edition. It's fast at stock speed and overclocks well and very easily too - made even easier by a wealth of overclocking tools, both software and hardware based such as the...
I previously had Z97 XPower and left me a great impression. When Z170A XPower Titanium arrived on my desk I was extremely curious to test it at once. And the surprise was to see another great overclocking motherboard from MSI. The manufacturer brought...
The bold gamble has paid off because the MSI Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium Edition is a unique board in many respects and it delivers comprehensively from a performance perspective.Performance from the board is good. There is nothing to suggest that...
There are many places we could start when it comes to summing up the MSI XPOWER Titanium, but we think the most obvious place, if only because it's been staring at us from the top of the page, is the looks.MSI have been extremely brave with the...
MSI went above and beyond with the Z170A-XPower Gaming Titanium Edition motherboard, constructing a unique product in a "tough to differentiate" marketplace. From the unboxing, the board stood out with its silver colored PCB and "shiny" chokes. MSI...
the MSI Z170 XPower Titanium Edition's layout has been well thought Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors that you can find on almost all motherboards nowadays Other than that there is an internal USB31 header We always love it when we...
In the past MSI has divided its overclocking and gaming motherboard product lines and its obvious to see why such decisions have been made Overclocking predominately focusses on the enthusiast who demands on-the-fly tools and features for...
Out of the gate, I will be willing to concede that I was really looking forward to reviewing this board. In the past, I looked at the overclock-centric MPower and XPower and in the end, really liked the results of those boards. The MSI Z170A XPower...
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