MSI's app "command center" nor Intel's XTU allow for cpu multi changes or tension adjustments? I'm guesstimating here theres a z170 chipset powering that machine,...alsoThrottleStop has plenty of options.
I'd like to see options for adjusting the OC offered by pressing that button, not software-based tools.
MSI command center does not offer any adjustments, no.
HP, Dell, any other vendor "locked out" many options that would tamper clockspeeds and all in Bios. If there was a clockgen on the board, you still would be able to control that clockgen by CPUFSB or any particular program (if that clockgen was a known one). Some custom boards of both brands where rebrands of a commercial board, and reflashing it with a commercial bios would unlock that stuff.
I think that system is pretty fast enough, that it does'nt need OC'ing at all. The button is rather a gimmick simular as any asus board having a OC button which boosts up MP and default voltage. Any pro oc'er would proberly find a way in to raise FSB / MP and all.
Oh, for sure it is fast enough, however, I have a CPU that can do 5 GHz that I'll install into the Aegis Ti, and the most it'll run is 4.6 GHz. To do so will require voltage and multiplier options, should I want to have the option of using that button, and being able to switch between stock and OC on the fly while like, in a game. I'd like the option to maximize what that button offers.
That's part of why I like this system so much in the first place; it is a basic dual-GPU box with fantastic quiet cooling, but also offers immediate OC to both CPU and GPUs by pressing the logo up from. I'd like the option to adjust the GPU OC too. It has nothing to do with what's required or needed, it's about having options. I also mentioned in the review that not all fan speeds can be adjusted, too. Again, that's about having options similar to what you'd get by buying separate components and building a system that way.
MSI offers motherboards with a dial that allow some pretty hefty OCs. Having THAT option on a system like this would be more to my fancy, even without the options to adjust voltages. And again, it's a minor detail that isn't preventing me from building and having an Aegis Ti of my own for daily use.
I'd like the added flexibility, but it is not a deal breaker for me by any means. However, there is a difference between pretty awesome and perfect.
