MSI Z87 MPower

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Dual Card SLI Support.
Killer Nic e2200.
Sound Blaster Cinema.

Cons:

Lack of BCLK adjustments.
Getting lost in the UEFI menus.

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Last revision on April 17, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Dual Card SLI Support
Killer Nic e2200
Sound Blaster Cinema
Onboard Video
16Phase DigitALL PWM
Gold Plated Audio Sockets
Separated Audio Electronics
Massive 812 Power Phase
Military Class 4 Hardware and Solid Caps for long life Performance
Great overclocking abilities
MSATA Support

Reviewers Didn't Like

Lack of BCLK adjustments
Getting lost in the UEFI menus
Only four fan headers
Active cooling would be nice on this class of board
No documentation on PCIE lane allocation

Expert reviews and ratings

An excellent motherboard from MSI, the Z87 XPower is definitely worth buying if you’re a hardcore enthusiast or extreme...

By Kitguru.net on July 12, 2013

As overclockers we often demand more from our hardware and want something that is specially built to help us reach insane levels regardless of what hardware we are planning to run. Causal overclockers and hardware enthusiasts will often look to the...

By hardwareasylum.com on July 11, 2013

100

If you are looking for an exceptional performance to value ratio motherboard with excellent features and software, the MSI Z87 MPower will easily meet those demands. Discuss in the...

By Pureoverclock on June 20, 2013

I don't think there's any compelling reason to move from an Ivy Bridge or even a Sandy Bridge based system to a Haswell system-- there simply isn't enough performance and feature differential to justify it. On the other hand, if you're building a new...

By Benchmark Reviews on June 01, 2013

MSI is a very well known and popular motherboard manufacturer and has been in the business since 1986. In its history MSI has shipped over 150 million motherboards making it one of the largest motherboard manufacturers in the world. While it has...

By HardOCP on October 15, 2013

The MSI Z87 Mpower Motherboard is a Overclockers board on a budget and loaded with features. For this it deserves the Bjorn3D Golden Bear Award...

By bjorn3d.com on August 19, 2013

Today we have another selection of Z87 based boards to look at. These are mid-high end models and each offers something different for the consumer. So let's get started on the ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional, ASUS Maximus VI Gene and MSI Z87...

By HardwareHeaven on July 13, 2013

MSI Z87 MPOWER Motherboard Review, Design and Testing Performance Posted by: Alex July 7, 2013 in Motherboard , Review Leave a comment Testing Performance: To test the capabilities of the motherboard...

By extremespec.net on July 07, 2013

Before continuing with our final thoughts on this board, we would like to take this opportunity to give our friends at MSI a hearty “Thank You” for giving us the opportunity and pleasure of reviewing their latest refresh of the MPower series, the Z87...

By PCPer on July 05, 2013

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...

By uk.hardware.info on July 03, 2013

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