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MSI MPG Z590 Carbon EK X Review
VRM Temperatures & Power Consumption »Overclocking
The MSI MPG Z590 Carbon EK X proved to have good headroom for overclocking. I was able to achieve 5.2 GHz at 1.38 V core voltage. Overclocking is largely limited by temperature as the 10 core Intel Core i9-10900K will overpower any ambient cooling solution. Depending on settings, the system will either crash or severely drop frequency.
For memory overclocking, the MSI MPG Z590 Carbon EK X did well, reaching 4000 MHz at XMP timings and voltages on my Trident Z Neo kit, and it was able to pass my MemTest 64 validation without errors.
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