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September 2013
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The editors liked
Good Layout for Supercooling
Large 20-Phase PWM
Killer Nic e2200
Sound Blaster Cinema
Gold Plated Audio Sockets
Separated Audio Electronics
Benchtop Controls
Crossfire and SLI ready
Sound Blaster Cinema Audio
Click BIOS IV
10 USB 3.0 ports
OC Genie
Dual BIOS protection
Solid capacitors and SFC Chokes
PCIE Gen 3.0
Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN
3000MHZ (OC) DDR3 support
Onboard buttons for power and direct
Support for M.2 drives
Deep overclocking features
Heatsinks built for liquid cooling
Four PCI Express x1 slots
Eight rear USB 3.0 ports
Onboard mSATA connector
Low-profile Mpower heatsinks ease installation of large coolers
Generous in-box accessory mix
Robust overclocking features
Overbuilt voltage regulation sections ensure that pushing the limits under LN2 is possible
Packed with high-end features to keep your system stable
HUGE accessories package
Wide-open BIOS ready for tweaking to the limit
All fans independently controll
Big and bad. More SATA 6G and USB 3.0 ports than anyone could actually use
Improved ClickBIOS 4 is more informative and easier to use then previous MSI efforts
Button panel
POST code readout
MSATA connector
Et cetera
Very good bundle of Windows utilities
Killer NIC and excellent audio
WiFi and Bluetooth included
The editors didn't like
Location of cpu voltage test points
Lack of BCLK adjustments
Getting lost in the UEFI menus
Some minor bugs with MSI Command Center software
Other boards have more SATA ports
Selection of in-box extras could be better
SATA Express supported via optional add-on
Top x1 slot nearly blocked by heatsink
A few features seem superfluous
Mixed overclocked performance (will be improved with newer BIOSes now in testing)
No Intel Thunderbolt
Color scheme used may not appeal to all
What
Only four fan headers?
Active cooling would be nice on this class of board
performance as well as power consumption could definitely be improved Metro Last Light Low SiSoft Sandra Arithmetik Dhrystone SiSoft Sandra Multimedia Floating Point SiSoft Sandra Cryptography SHA 256 wPrime 1024M Bioshock: Inifinite Low Overclocki...
One of the best looking Z87 motherboards, Great overclocking results, Easy to overclock (advanced features too), Excellent features layout and choices, Lots of bundled accessories, WiFi/Bluetooth module
Average stock results
MSI first introduced the MPOWER line under the Z77 chipset and have had plenty of success so it makes total sense to expand this product range with the successor – Z87. The MPOWER MAX is clearly designed to meet overclockers needs. Only essential feat...
Abstract: Situated barely below the priciest premium boards, which typically exceed $300, high-end Z87 Express-based motherboards offer enthusiasts almost everything they could want except for three-way SLI support. We put four of these platforms to the test. We'...
After getting hands on with the MPOWER MAX, is it really worth the £210 price tag? Does it deliver in the key area's it's designed to? Well let's knuckle down and get through the good and bad points. Starting with the most striking part of the MPOWER M...
Abstract: On 1 June 2013, Intel introduced the fourth generation of its Core processors , also known as Haswell. That day we published a group test of 33 motherboards, but as the prices weren't known at the time, it wasn't possible to draw accurate conclusions ye...
fantastic bundle, built to overclock, excellent memory performance with manual overclocking, great BIOS design, recovered well automatically from failed BIOS settings,
didn't accept the 2,933mhz XMP profile on the G.Skill memory, stiff competition from the likes of Gigabyte and ASUS, Kitguru says: We love this board – for the price it offers exceptionally good value for money, Rating: 9.0, Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
The MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX is certainly able to battle against the ASUS and GIGABYTE boards we have reviewed last weekend. The box presentation is fantastic and the bundle is the best of the three we have had for review. MSI include everything but the kitchen...
Abstract: Today Intel introduced the fourth generation of its Core processors , also known as Haswell. The desktop processors in the Haswell generation use a different type of processor socket, called Socket 1150. That means if you want to use one of the new proc...
The MPower series board comes in 3 variety, you may refer to the model comparison table.The MPower MAX retails at about RM 1000 while the MPower (non MAX) retails at about RM 800 with slightly different features. You could settle for the cost-effective al...
Good pricing, Excellent memory overclocking, Unique yellow and black colour scheme, Included many accessories, Great software package, Intelligent UEFI BIOS, Informative user guide manual, LucidLogix Virtu MVP software is included
Mixed overclocking performance, might be due to the overheat PWM, Can't adjust memory timings in the OS at the time of writing, MSI Z87 MPower MAX received Gold Award from OCDrift.com, Disclaimer: OCDrift.com gives out our own award based on the Hardware
Priced at RM999 (SRP), MSI Z87 MPower MAX is an excellent board for mild overclocking. Although I am not quite comfortable with the heat it generated when overclocked during the stress/ stability test, overclocking on the memory was awesome. An active coo...
There comes a time for us reviewers that no matter how good a product is, there will always be a factor that you just can't measure in numbers. The MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX is a fine example of when a company is confused of what audience to target and ends up g...