[TheGoat Eater]

MSI Z77 Mpower Owners Club



Video of Alex from MSI ( MSIalex )going over the features of the board



MPower Product Page

Testing / Reviews / Write-Ups

My MPower Testing thread

reflex99's testing thread
MSI Z77 MPower IC Breakdown + fancy chart - by reflex99


Links:

Newegg promo page

Newegg

MPower Avexir memory kits


Software and Drivers

Nelly's software and driver list @ OverclockersUK


BIOS

SOP for flashing BIOS

Current Release: 17.7 (10/9/2012 )

:Notes:

Version 17.7 Release Date 2013-01-31
- Update CPU Micro Code.
- Update ME firmware.
- Improved memory compatibility.

Version 17.6 Release Date 2012-12-19
- Update CPU Micro Code.
- Update onboard Realtek LAN driver.
- Update ME version to v.8.1.20.1336.
- Improved PCI- E display card compatibility.

Version 17.5 Release Date 2012-11-13
- Support GOP detection compatibility.
- Support WinPE.
- Improved memory compatibility.
- Improved gaming keyboard compatibility.

Version 17.4 Release Date 2012-10-09
- Update CPU Micro Code.
- Update ME firmware.
- Improved memory compatibility.

Version 17.3 Release Date 2012-09-14
- Support GOP detection function.
- Improved memory compatibility.

Version 17.1 Release Date 2012-08-20
-New BIOS Release

 

[llamaboiz]

I do believe I was the first consumer to purchase (from newegg)... Therefore~

*will update with pics once ups man delivers

*

 

[trigger007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by llamaboiz

I do believe I was the first consumer to purchase (from newegg)... Therefore~
*will update with pics once ups man delivers

*

What are the other components that you are going to run with this board?

 

[gfiz]

well i bit the bullet and ordered. Have always had nothing but luck with MSI boards, going back to the NF2 days, but realized that for some reason or another, i just haven't owned one in a while and really wanted to give them another shot (despite the non-intel NIC

). And to go one step further, decided to pretty much build from the ground up, including a shiny new 680 Lightning

. Will post pics and benches later next week, probably next weekend until all my planned mods are done and system has been set up to my liking

 

[Scorpion49]

Got mine today, super pleased with it. Having to sell my folding machine and i7 980 rig hurt but this makes it better. I decided to keep my 680 lightning because of this board.

 

[trigger007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorpion49

Got mine today, super pleased with it. Having to sell my folding machine and i7 980 rig hurt but this makes it better. I decided to keep my 680 lightning because of this board.

I am jealous dude! I want this board and ram, but it is not available here in SA.

Give some feedback once you have your rig running.

 

[Scorpion49]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trigger007

I am jealous dude! I want this board and ram, but it is not available here in SA.
Give some feedback once you have your rig running.

Well, I played with it for a while last night. So far, this is one of the best boards I have ever used (and thats saying something, I have 5 high end boards in my house right now). This thing overclocks like a dream. For me, this is round 2 with an i5 3570k, I had one a few months ago and sold it because I was getting disappointing overclocks and it was terribly unstable on the Asus board I had (P8Z77-i Deluxe, also tried an ASRock board that up and died on me). I was able to dial this 3570k in at the 4.6ghz I wanted at 1.195v in about 5 minutes and stress tested it for a few hours without a single crash.

The BIOS is a little weird for me, somehow it seems to be at a lower resolution than the last MSI board I used (X79MA-GD45) so its really hard to navigate, although I think that has to do with my catleap only accepting 16:9 inputs from the GPU, it might be scaling it to fit somehow.

It is very quick and responsive, coming from a Rampage III extreme daily driver machine the native SATA III you can really feel a difference in, especially on boot up. Cold boot takes this board like 3.5 seconds compared to the other machine that putzed around for nearly 5 minutes initializing all of its controllers and stuff.

Another REALLY nifty feature I've noticed is the debug LED displays CPU temperature as soon as its POST loop is done, I have never seen this before and it is an excellent feature because I can just glance over and see the temp while gaming or whatever. I haven't really had time to do any kind of benchmarks with it but these are just my initial impressions. I'm extremely happy with it for the price, I had to buy something reasonable since I was putting everything on my credit card.

 

[trigger007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorpion49

Well, I played with it for a while last night. So far, this is one of the best boards I have ever used (and thats saying something, I have 5 high end boards in my house right now). This thing overclocks like a dream. For me, this is round 2 with an i5 3570k, I had one a few months ago and sold it because I was getting disappointing overclocks and it was terribly unstable on the Asus board I had (P8Z77-i Deluxe, also tried an ASRock board that up and died on me). I was able to dial this 3570k in at the 4.6ghz I wanted at 1.195v in about 5 minutes and stress tested it for a few hours without a single crash.
The BIOS is a little weird for me, somehow it seems to be at a lower resolution than the last MSI board I used (X79MA-GD45) so its really hard to navigate, although I think that has to do with my catleap only accepting 16:9 inputs from the GPU, it might be scaling it to fit somehow.
It is very quick and responsive, coming from a Rampage III extreme daily driver machine the native SATA III you can really feel a difference in, especially on boot up. Cold boot takes this board like 3.5 seconds compared to the other machine that putzed around for nearly 5 minutes initializing all of its controllers and stuff.
Another REALLY nifty feature I've noticed is the debug LED displays CPU temperature as soon as its POST loop is done, I have never seen this before and it is an excellent feature because I can just glance over and see the temp while gaming or whatever. I haven't really had time to do any kind of benchmarks with it but these are just my initial impressions. I'm extremely happy with it for the price, I had to buy something reasonable since I was putting everything on my credit card.

Awesome! Would you recommend the 3570K or 3770K for this board?

 

[Scorpion49]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trigger007

Awesome! Would you recommend the 3570K or 3770K for this board?

It depends, straight gaming and light use - 3570K. If you're doing encoding, video editing, productivity types of stuff the 3770k may be worth the extra $110 to you. I only use it for internet and games, so it wasn't worth the extra cash to me.

 

[TheGoat Eater]

Scorpion - can we get a picture of the setup? I have yet to see all three cased together

 

[Scorpion49]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoat Eater

Scorpion - can we get a picture of the setup? I have yet to see all three cased together

Sure, give me a little while to set it up for a picture, my camera is really terrible so the lighting has to be just so.

EDIT: here they are, please bear in mind I simply pulled my old board and put this one in. The white stuff will be going and I think I will be using a different case as well.

 

[TheGoat Eater]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorpion49

Sure, give me a little while to set it up for a picture, my camera is really terrible so the lighting has to be just so.
EDIT: here they are, please bear in mind I simply pulled my old board and put this one in. The white stuff will be going and I think I will be using a different case as well.

*Pictures*

Hot damn man I love it - so clean and tidy

... Now is it weird when I saw this my mouth started salivating ( and *** is that about LOL).

 

[trigger007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorpion49

Sure, give me a little while to set it up for a picture, my camera is really terrible so the lighting has to be just so.
EDIT: here they are, please bear in mind I simply pulled my old board and put this one in. The white stuff will be going and I think I will be using a different case as well.

Looks pretty neat! What case are you using?

 

[Scorpion49]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trigger007

Looks pretty neat! What case are you using?

Its an NZXT Switch 810. I am trying to find a reverse ATX case though, or possibly an FT02.

 

[TheGoat Eater]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorpion49

Its an NZXT Switch 810. I am trying to find a reverse ATX case though, or possibly an FT02.

What will your cooling setup be fore the system?

 

[Scorpion49]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoat Eater

What will your cooling setup be fore the system?

Waiting to see what case I end up with, or it I change it at all. I really want a nice reverse ATX with a window but thats a lot to ask of the current industry.

 

[reflex99]

As you noticed already I have an Mpower.

Got a CPU incoming, so I should have some interesting content within a few days.

I am excited. This will be my first "real" system since I took it apart last January.

 

[SonDa5]

Add me to the list.

These are some photos from the first one that I had.

No Prime95 stability testing sticker on the back of the PCB.

Nasty kink in the SuperPipe.

Because of the kink I did an exchange for another.

I have the 2nd one but I haven't had time to put it all together. Hope to have it up and running and will post photos, benchmarks, ect.

 

[Blacksetter]

My MPower will be here this afternoon. I chose this board over the Sabertooth because of 100% stress testing.... I hope I can join the owner's club!

 

[trigger007]

All these photos are killing me.... but hey, don't stop with the photos please!

I would really like to have this board.