MSI has finally announced two new motherboards in its latest Z87 MPower brand, the Z87 MPower MAX and Z87 MPower. Both motherboards are built specifically for enthusiasts and overclockers.

MSI Z87 MPower MAX Motherboard

he Z87 MPower MAX features 20 (8+12) VRMs further boosting the overclocking capabilities of the board. Along with these, MSI Z87 MPower would use Hi-C Caps, Super Ferrite Chokes, Digital PWM, Enhanced Dual BIOS and the OC essential features which include Clear CMOS switch near at the I/O plate, Debug LED, Easy button 3, Multi BIOS II, V-Check Points and more. Overclockers can add additional power to the processor with Dual 8-Pin connectors which is the same scheme as their XPower Z87 motherboard.

The electrical components are well hidden beneath the large U-shaped heatsink block referred to as “M” cool design. The Z77 MPower used heatpipe cooling system which ran through a set of heatsink, it could be possible that a similar cooling mechanism is featured on the new Z87 MPower motherboard. The motherboard does retain its black and yellow design scheme. Another heatsink would be allocated to the PCH that comes with a striking half “M” design scheme that looks nice.

In addition to the Z87 MPower MAX, MSI is also readying the Z87 MPower which is a slightly cut down version of the MAX variant and detailed by OverClex. The board would cost 229 Euros compared to the 249 Euro cost of the MAX variant and would feature a 16 Phase Digital PWM while the MAX variant comes with a much beefy 40 Phase PWM supply.

MSI Prepares Z87 MPower Motherboard Minus the “MAX”

The Z87 MPower would feature 20 (8+8) VRMs further boosting the overclocking capabilities of the board. Along with these, MSI Z87 MPower would use Hi-C Caps, Super Ferrite Chokes, Digital PWM, Enhanced Dual BIOS and the OC essential features which include Clear CMOS switch near at the I/O plate, Debug LED, Easy button 3, Multi BIOS II, V-Check Points and more. Overclockers can add additional power to the processor with Dual 8-Pin connectors which is the same scheme as their XPower Z87 motherboard.

The electrical components are well hidden beneath the large U-shaped heatsink block referred to as “M” cool design. The Z77 MPower used heatpipe cooling system which ran through a set of heatsink, it could be possible that a similar cooling mechanism is featured on the new Z87 MPower motherboard. The motherboard does retain its black and yellow design scheme. Another heatsink would be allocated to the PCH that comes with a striking half “M” design scheme that looks nice.

The MSI Z87 MPower MAX motherboard has been previewed by our friends at OCaholic. The motherboard was already unboxed and detailed last week but now we get to see more high-definition shots of the board itself.

MSI Z87 MPower MAX Detailed – A Treat For Enthusiasts

The Z87 MPower MAX would feature 20 (8+12) VRMs further boosting the overclocking capabilities of the board. Along with these, MSI Z87 MPower would use Hi-C Caps, Super Ferrite Chokes, Digital PWM, Enhanced Dual BIOS and the OC essential features which include Clear CMOS switch near at the I/O plate, Debug LED, Easy button 3, Multi BIOS II, V-Check Points and more. Overclockers can add additional power to the processor with Dual 8-Pin connectors which is the same scheme as their XPower Z87 motherboard.

The electrical components are well hidden beneath the large U-shaped heatsink block referred to as “M” cool design. The Z77 MPower used heatpipe cooling system which ran through a set of heatsink, it could be possible that a similar cooling mechanism is featured on the new Z87 MPower motherboard. The motherboard does retain its black and yellow design scheme. Another heatsink would be allocated to the PCH that comes with a striking half “M” design scheme that looks nice.

MSI’s upcoming Z87-GD65 Gaming motherboard has been pictured and detailed CoolEnjoy. Last week, we also got to see MSI’s Z87-G45 gaming motherboard which shares a similar design scheme from the Z87-GD65.

MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Motherboard For Gamers Detailed

Just like its predecessor aka the Z77A-GD65, the new motherboard carries the same Dragon (Red/Black) design theme. Even the dragon logo embedded on the PCH looks the same so other than offering compatibility with the latest Haswell processors, the latest Z87 PCH allows for native USB 3.0 and SATA 3 ports that offer superior and faster connectivity and transfer rates over their predecessors.

Other notable features include the addition of the latest Audio boost chip (Sound Blaster Core) which would offer enhanced audio quality to users through the 7.1 channel audio jack. An 8-Pin power connector provides juice to the CPU socket while a few switches which include OC Genie 4, Power On/Off, Reset, Debug LED are located at the bottom of the board while a clear CMOS button is placed at the I/O panel. There’s also a Multi-BIOS switch located near the DIMM slots. The MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming comes with the military class IV components  which include a 12 Phase VRM with super ferrite chokes and solid state capacitors to deliver best stability to users.

Expansion slots include three PCI-e 3.0 x16, three PCI-e 3.0 x1 and an M-PCI-e combo slot near the top most PCI-e 3.0 x16 slot. The Z87-GD65 Gaming motherboard supports both SLI and CrossFireX multi GPU functionality. Storage options include 6 SATA 6 GB/s ports while I/O includes 6 USB 3.0 ports, LAN powered by Killer ethernet chip (killer E2200), VGA, DVI, HDMI, Gaming device port (to reduce peripheral lag) and LAN ports.

MSI Z87 MPower MAX has been unboxed and fully detailed by Egypthardware who got the board for review. The Z87 MPower and Z87 XPower from MSI are top of the line boards built for overclockers and enthusiasts and equipped with some of the most reliable components available in the MSI’s Military Class IV feature set.

MSI Z87 MPower MAX Detailed – A Treat For Enthusiasts

The Z87 MPower MAX would feature 20 (8+12) VRMs further boosting the overclocking capabilities of the board. Along with these, MSI Z87 MPower would use Hi-C Caps, Super Ferrite Chokes, Digital PWM, Enhanced Dual BIOS and the OC essential features which include Clear CMOS switch near at the I/O plate, Debug LED, Easy button 3, Multi BIOS II, V-Check Points and more. Overclockers can add additional power to the processor with Dual 8-Pin connectors which is the same scheme as their XPower Z87 motherboard.

The electrical components are well hidden beneath the large U-shaped heatsink block referred to as “M” cool design. The Z77 MPower used heatpipe cooling system which ran through a set of heatsink, it could be possible that a similar cooling mechanism is featured on the new Z87 MPower motherboard. The motherboard does retain its black and yellow design scheme. Another heatsink would be allocated to the PCH that comes with a striking half “M” design scheme that looks nice.

MSI has launched their new GX70 Gaming notebook that combines some of the most powerful hardware components available on mobile platform. With the combination of latest and most powerful mobile hardware from AMD, the GX70 Gaming notebook is officially recommended to play Crysis 3 which is also bundled with the notebook.

MSI Unleashes the GX70 Gaming Notebook For Serious Gamers

The MSI GX70 Gaming notebook is powered by AMD’s Richland based A10-5750M Quad-Core processor. The CPU is clocked at a base frequency of 2.5 GHz and turbo’s all way upto 3.5 GHz. It comes with an 4 MB of L2 cache, a 35W thermal design envelope. In addition to its discrete graphics solution, the A10-5750M comes fused with an  integrated Radeon HD 8650G that offers display connectivity through Mini Display Port, HDMI, and D-Sub on the GX70 Gaming notebook.

In low intensive applications, the Radeon HD 8650G plays a primary role but in gaming the task is handled over to the much powerful Radeon HD 8970M solution. The Radeon HD 8970M codenamed “Neptune” is based on the latest Solar System series from AMD. The HD 8970M is the successor to the 7970M however specifications wise it isn’t much different at all. The Radeon HD 8970M is based on the same Pitcairn architecture used on the 7970M featuring 1280 (1D) stream processors,  80 texture mapping units and 2GB memory that runs across an 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface. The HD 8970M comes with faster clock speeds that allows for greater performance as indicated by the slide below:

MSI’s upcoming Z87-G45 gaming motherboard have been spotted at various Chinese forums but due to NDA those sites are now removing the pictures. We were fast enough to grab a few of these screenshots which show the upcoming Z87-G45 Gaming motherboard from MSI.

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Motherboard Spotted and Tested

Redquasar revealed one of the two Z87 gaming motherboards from MSI. We assume that this would be the MSI Z87-G45 Gaming since its packed with a few features compared to the flagship Z87-GD65 Gaming. Just like its predecessor aka the Z77A-GD45, the new motherboard carries the same Dragon (Red/Black) design theme. Even the dragon logo embedded on the PCH looks the same so other than offering compatibility with the latest Haswell processors we don’t think the motherboard has much to offer.

Other notable features include the addition of the latest Audio boost chip (Sound Blaster Core) which would offer enhanced audio quality to users through the 7.1 channel audio jack. An 8-Pin power connector provides juice to the CPU socket while a few switches which include OC Genie 4, Power On/Off, Reset, Debug LED are located at the bottom of the board while a clear CMOS button is placed at the I/O panel. There’s also a Multi-BIOS switch located near the DIMM slots.

Last month, we learned that MSI was preparing a new flagship overclocking motherboard known as the Z87 XPower. Since then, MSI has revealed various teasers including a video and several photos and another photo has just been released by MSI Facebook page which gives a more detailed look at the upcoming monstrosity.

MSI Z87 XPower – The Big Daddy of Z87 OC Motherboards?

The latest teaser photo of the MSI Z87 XPower shows the most distinctive feature of the board which is its X logo that is embedded on both sides of one of the three heatsinks situated on top of the Military Class IV components which include SFC’s (Super Ferrite Chokes), Black Solid state capacitors and a total of 16 VRM power phases that would deliver unprecedented amount of power and stability to the Haswell CPU core.

The Z87 XPower is packed with an impressive feature set including OC Genie 4 engine that allows user to adjust between gaming and default mode. In gaming mode, the motherboard would automatically adjust clock speeds to provide users with the most performance out of their PCs when needed while gaming. One can also spot an abundance of super ferrite chokes next to the four DDR3 DIMM slots and also a variety of overclocking friendly features such as Power On/Off, Clear CMOS, Voltage adjustments, clock adjustments and voltage measurement points. I can also spot a BCLK adjustment switch that would allow users to adjust the CPU via motherboard in real-time. This would come quiet handy for overclockers. The heatsink layout is not pictured entirely like the Z87 MAX MPower but shows that MSI would stick with the yellow and black color theme and it looks great. The socket is LGA 1150 which supports the upcoming Haswell 4th generation processors which were recently overclocked to 7 GHz showing their overclocking prowess.

MSI has recently been teasing their upcoming Z87 motherboards through Facebook. They posted a teaser picture of their upcoming Z87 XPower board only a day ago showcasing its new Military Class 4 components. Today, MSI has released another teaser photo of their upcoming motherboard known as the Z87 MPower MAX.

MSI Z87 MPower MAX Teased – Comes With Military Class 4

While the Z87 XPower makes use of a total of 16 VRMs, the Z87 MPower MAX would feature 20 (8+12) VRMs further boosting the overclocking capabilities of the board. Along with these, MSI Z87 MPower would use Hi-C Caps, Super Ferrite Chokes and more features that would be revealed during the next month. Overclockers can add additional power to the processor with Dual 8-Pin connectors which is the same scheme as their XPower Z87 motherboard.

The electrical components are well hidden beneath the large U-shaped heatsink block. The Z77 MPower used heatpipe cooling system which ran through a set of heatsink, it could be possible that a similar cooling mechanism is featured on the new Z87 MPower MAX motherboard. The motherboard does retain its black and yellow design scheme. Another heatsink would be allocated to the PCH although its design is yet to be seen. The motherboard includes a three PCI-e 3.0 x16 and a few PCI-e x1 3.0 slots along with the addition of an M-Sata slot to support MSATA SSDs or WiFi modules. You can see the other teaser photo below:

Last week, we reported that MSI may possibly be preparing a new overclocking motherboard known as Z87 Xpower. Based on the Z87 chipset, the new motherboard would be part of XPower Series, the MSI series of motherboards build specifically for overclockers and enthusiasts aiming to break the world records.

MSI Z87 XPower – The Big Daddy of Z87 OC Motherboards?

MSI released a teaser video for their upcoming Z87 XPower motherboard at the end of a large X sign was spotted on one of the motherboard’s heatsink indicating that a new flagship motherboard launch could be imminent. MSI has been, since then teasing new pictures on their official UK page and just recently did they dropped the bomb by showcasing that the upcoming motherboard would be using their Military Class 4 components which includes SFC’s (Super Ferrite Chokes), Black Solid state capacitors and a total of 16 VRM power phases that would deliver unprecedented amount of power and stability to the Haswell CPU core.