MSI X99S MPower Review
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 15.10.14Page:
Conclusion
| Allgemein | + | - | |
| The X99S MPower from MSI is an overall good X99 overclocking motherboard. Therefore you get a plethora of features and also the price is a solid hint towards this boards high-end ambitions. Next to a really attractive design, which has been kept in black and yellow in this case, there are obviously also the different overclocking related buttons, which are typical for MSI's MPower series motherboards. Having a closer look at PCI Express expansion slots reveals you can go for 4-way-GPU setups at max. Overall it looks like MSI has geared this board towards using it in combination with an Intel Core i7-5820K CPU, since the price as well as the scaled down number of PCI-Express lanes suite the features on this board. | -
Design - Layout |
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| Layout | + | - | |
| Generally the MSI X99S MPower's layout has been well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors. Since there are the different overclocking buttons on this motherboard, there are also practical power and reset as well as a clear CMOS buttons. As already mentioned there is a total of four PCI Express x16 slots, but only a maximum of three graphics cards can be installed at the same time. Nevertheless it's rather unlikely, that this is a knock out criteria when buying a motherboard for most users, since running four way GPU setups is something that definitely not everybody has the funds for. In order to provice flexibility regarding storage devices there is one M.2 slot as well as one SATA Express port. | - Angled SATA connectors
- 4 x Full-Size PCI Express slots - Space around the CPU socket - M.2 - SATA Express |
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| Performance | + | - | |
| Having a closer look at our performance ratings, we find the X99S MPower score seventh in the case of our 2D rankings. When it comes to 3D performance this board scores seventh again out of ten boards tested. Overall 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 board is not the most energy efficient. The reason for that is simple: there are lots of features on high-end motherboards which all need that little bit of extra power. | - wPrime | - Power Consumption | |
| Overclocking / BIOS | + | - | |
| As you might be expecting it from MSI, you get a really good BIOS. It offers not only a lot of tuning and tweaking options but is also very easy to use. Especially with the entry screen with which MSI is trying - and also succeeding - to add elements which make the BIOS much easier to use for unexperienced users as well. | - Clear arrangement | ||
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| Should you be looking a X99 overclocking motherboard then the X99S MPower is definitely an interesting model worth checking out. Checking prices we find the MSI X99S MPower selling at 237 Euro, which is actually a really good price for an X99 overclocking motherboard. | -
Overclocking - Enthusiast - Workstation |
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| Rating | |||
| We give the MSI X99S MPower very good 4.5 out of 5 stars. | |||
Author: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
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