Allgemein | + | - | |
The Z77 MPower is MSI's most beautiful motherboard they ever made. It is an high end motherboard that comes with some nice features though in my opinion MSI could have done better. MSI chose to not overload this board with features to keep a low price tag especially for overclockers and enthusiasts but they added Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules still. It doesn't really fit, if I was MSI I would have made two version of this board then, one like it was supposed to be and one Wi-Fi/Bluetooth edition. I think this would have made it even more interesting because they were then able to lower the price even more. I would have also improved the bundle which is as poor as possible. Though the Overclocking Guide is really nice and well made there are only four V-Measure cables while you have seven voltage reading points on the board. You also get only four SATA cables while the board has six SATA connectors. | -
Kickass Design - Price |
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Layout | + | - | |
Generally the
MSI Z77 MPower's layout has been well thought. Once more practical are
the angled SATA connectors that you can find on almost all motherboards
now out there but MSI added something more, they also angled the USB3 connector. There are also practical power- and reset-buttons
along with a clr_CMOS which one is on the back panel very accessible.
Furthermore there even is a debug display which is very useful in case you should
have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Totally
you find three PCI Express Gen3 x16 slots, which have been very well
positioned. Between the two main PCIe 16x you
will find two slot space to provide good airflow for a simple dual graphics
card setup. I don't think you will make more than a two graphics card setup with
this motherboard anyway because SLI is only up to two cards (8x/8x) and only
CrossFire is up to three cards (8x/4x/4x). Otherwise you have four PCIe Gen2 x1
connectors. |
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Angled SATA and USB3
connectors
- Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display / CLR_CMOS - 6x USB 3.0 - Bluetooth/Wi-Fi - 2x BIOS |
- Bluetooth/Wi-Fi? - PCIe-6pin power plug instead of Molex? |
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Page 2 - Specs and Delivery | Page 5 - Conclusion |
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