As you saw from the pictures in Morry's article, the MSI Z170A-XPower Gaming Titanium Edition is a gorgeous looking motherboard and a shoo-in to power modders systems for this generation as it will lend great character to any inventive build you might construct. Looks are not everything in a motherboard however, enthusiasts also want to know how well it performs. [H]ard|OCP have also recently reviewed this motherboard which earned a Gold Award from their team as well but some of their experiences differed. For instance they saw a stable overclock of 4.7GHz @ 1.45v with the memory at DDR4-2666, albeit with some small problems which they discuss, a bit better than the 4.5GHz Morry achieved. They also had some issues with the sensors and Command Center software which you should read about in addition to Morry's discoveries.
MSI, keep doing what you are doing as some of us are not cultural illiterates!
"MSI has a goal to be the number one motherboard maker in PC Gaming. To that end MSI has been rebranding and the Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION motherboard is an example of this shift in focus. This new XPOWER series retains much of its heritage but shifts gears towards being an upper echelon gaming oriented solution."
Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM @ eTeknix
- Gigabyte Z170x-Gaming 7 Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets
- GIGABYTE Z170X Gaming G1 @ [H]ard|OCP
- Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GAMING G1 (Intel LGA-1151) @ techPowerUp
- Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 @ Kitguru
- MSI Z170A GAMING PRO @ techPowerUp
- ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6+ Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets
- MSI Z170A Gaming M7 Motherboard Review @ Neoseeker
It’s shoo-in, but you’re
It’s shoo-in, but you’re probably using the Canadian spelling. 🙂
d’oh, that’s an eggcorn.
d'oh, that's an eggcorn. fixing
I have mine at 4,8Ghz with an
I have mine at 4,8Ghz with an air cooler(70c max on 1hour stress test). I am using the knob OC at 8 on a i7-6700K. Its was to easy so i dont see the need to go with the bios fiddling. It just worked from the start.