Tuesday, August 28th 2012
MSI Big Bang Z77 MPower Generally Available
MSI, one of the world's leading graphics card and mainboard manufacturers, is extremely happy to announce the availability of the MSI Z77 MPOWER, world's first OC Certified mainboard. With the Z77 MPOWER, MSI is changing the game for everyone looking to get the best performance out of their CPU without worrying about long-term stability. Thanks to the OC Essentials, Military Class III components and Twin Frozr IV based thermal design the MSI Z77 MPOWER can withstand extreme loads in long duration overclocking tests. All in all, the MSI Z77 MPOWER promises to be the best choice for gamers and overclockers alike.
OC Certified is MSI's overclocking testing procedure where MSI's Z77 MPOWER mainboard is tested for stability with a 24-hour Prime95 stress test. OC Certified tests a mainboard in three key areas:
OC Essentials
With OC Essentials the MSI Z77 MPOWER provides all the essential overclocking tools for everyday and extreme overclocking. Easy Button III to provide on-board power and reset buttons, V-Check Points to accurately measure voltages for the CPU, integrated graphics, memory, and PCH. The two-digit Debug LED shows the exact system status while booting (for easy troubleshooting) and displays the CPU temperature when running in the OS. Multi-BIOS II is a safety feature that ensures a working BIOS even if it fails once. An Indicator light will always show which revision of the BIOS you are running. Finally, a Clear CMOS button resets your BIOS in case you pushed the settings a bit too far.
Military Class III
MSI's Military Class is the backbone of many overclocking records and also responsible for MSI's great power efficiency and overclocking stability. MSI's Military Class III components are certified to the MIL-STD-810G standard which demands the highest level of stability from components put through extreme conditions extreme heat and freezing cold temperatures, extreme temperature fluctuations and shock & drop tests.
The Z77 MPOWER is built with these Military Class III components:
- OC Performance
- Stable Power
- PWM Cooling
OC Essentials
With OC Essentials the MSI Z77 MPOWER provides all the essential overclocking tools for everyday and extreme overclocking. Easy Button III to provide on-board power and reset buttons, V-Check Points to accurately measure voltages for the CPU, integrated graphics, memory, and PCH. The two-digit Debug LED shows the exact system status while booting (for easy troubleshooting) and displays the CPU temperature when running in the OS. Multi-BIOS II is a safety feature that ensures a working BIOS even if it fails once. An Indicator light will always show which revision of the BIOS you are running. Finally, a Clear CMOS button resets your BIOS in case you pushed the settings a bit too far.
Military Class III
MSI's Military Class is the backbone of many overclocking records and also responsible for MSI's great power efficiency and overclocking stability. MSI's Military Class III components are certified to the MIL-STD-810G standard which demands the highest level of stability from components put through extreme conditions extreme heat and freezing cold temperatures, extreme temperature fluctuations and shock & drop tests.
The Z77 MPOWER is built with these Military Class III components:
- DrMOS II
- Hi-C CAP
- SFC (Super Ferrite Choke)
- Solid CAP
23 Comments on MSI Big Bang Z77 MPower Generally Available
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EDIT: Neliz, beat me to the punch on the PCB thing (thats what I get for getting coffee!). LOTS of differences between the GD65 and this board. :)
Most obviously this is from the different layout of the CPU power connector, the memory modules are much closer to the edge of the board, not a single fan header is in the same position.
So yeah, it may look like a GD65 to the layman, but it shares not much with it when it comes to the PCB.
Depends a bit on the distribution, for US, I'll have to go with Alex words that they should pop up starting today and later this week for more remote locations.
Sure they look nice and everything but they get toasty as hell under-load I find. ( like sore fingers toasty! )
Allow me to quote Earthdog:
But still, Gigabyte(and others) still use the regular kind as far as I'm aware. The heat-sinks on my board easily get to 80-90c which is just crazy.
24Hr Prime stable, I thought I was the only one with enough time to do that :respect:
Sounds like MSI is listening to what the customers want.
Ultimately customers make purchases, NOT advertisements.
I want this board. Sexy as hell. Take the heatsinks off and spray paint the yellow to blue to match my rig :)
Optimised?
I found out that it has 2xSATA 3 and 4xSATA 2.
That is the only weakness I can see for this MB. Z77 and Z68 GD65 models both have 4xSATA 3 and 4xSATA 2. I'm using 7 SATA ports on my Z68 GD65. Too bad the Mpower cut the number of SATA ports down on the Z77.
For me to buy this I'd have to upgrade my existing storage space configuration. Don't think I will be buying it any time soon. It does look like a great MB though.
Doesn't seem like it is "generally available".
$220 at Amazon. Seems kind of high.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0090Z39EA/?tag=tec06d-20