Reviewers Liked
- Overclocking
- Useful software suite
- Turbo M.2 and SATA Express
- Easy to navigate BIOS
Reviewers Didn't Like
- The overall design seems to be lacking
MSI X99S MPower
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By Kitguru.net
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The MSI X99S MPower offers a solid range of features that will appeal to power users and those interested in overclocking their system. Creating a value-orientated overclocking-geared motherboard can be a difficult task, but MSI has minimised that risk...
By Bit-tech.net
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There are a few reasons to maybe prefer the MSI X99S MPower Review over similarly-priced offerings such as Gigabyte's GA-X99-Gaming 5. It has an excellent EFI, which makes overclocking a quick and pleasant experience, plus it has the full complement of...
By Play3r
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So after having a good amount of time to test and play with the X99S MPOWER it is time to give my final thoughts on it, so here goes. When it comes down to the design, it is one I am personally very fond of, it is very simple in terms of looks but the...
By Ocaholic
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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...
By ThinkComputers
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As I said in my MSI Z97 MPower review I am very impressed with MSI's Overclocking Series motherboards. While the X99S MPower and Z97 MPower are based off of different chipsets they are still very much a like and have many of the same features. Instead...
By AnandTech
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Unfortunately this dichotomy raises a few questions. In 2015, most motherboards overclock the same on the CPU side for 24/7, perhaps all within 5% or 200 MHz at the absolute most, and the major factor here is more the luck or nature of the CPU itself....
By AnandTech
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Competition for the MSI X99S MPower comes from many different angles, such as the X99-SOC Champion, the X99 OC Formula and some of the more general gaming models. $300 is a big battle ground for X99, switching over from the cheaper end to the more mid-range, and the MSI X99S MPower has a number of positive points to make it worth considering.
By Pureoverclock
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Sporting a deep black PCB with yellow accents, powerful features, ability to handle the most extreme overclocking methods, and support of professional Xeon series CPU makes the MSI MPower serious contender for any professional workstation, monster...
By Tom's Hardware
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Priced and valued $35 higher than MSI's award-winning X99S Gaming 7, the X99S MPower struggles to earn the firm a second...
By Tom's Hardware UK
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MSI's own X99S Gaming 7 might have been the closest configuration match to today's tested X99 MPower, but the closest matches in both price and firmware updates came from competitors ASRock and Asus. All three boards cost around $300, and the problem for...
By The Tech Report
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MSI's X99S MPower is a solid foundation for a Haswell-E build. It takes full advantage of the platform's capabilities while letting overclockers wring even more performance from the CPU. Nailing the formula is tricky for a board this complex, and a...
By LanOC Reviews
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I knew when going into the X99S MPower than it would most likely have the same black and yellow theme and the clean styling that I have really enjoyed with previous MPower boards. I wasn't at all disappointed. In fact I was very happy with the X99S...
By uk.hardware.info
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Recently we have published an update on our Intel X99-chipset motherboard test where we looked at a total of 20 motherboards. Just after we finished out test we received the MSI X99S MPower. In this review we cover this affordable board aimed at...
By Tom's Hardware Italy
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La MSI X99S MPower è una scheda madre venduta a un prezzo di poco superiore ai 260 euro. È basata su un chipset Intel X99 e ha il socket LGA 2011-3, per questo è compatibile con i microprocessori Intel Core i7 della serie 5000 (Haswell-E).In questa...
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