titleThis weekend the first motherboard we took a look at was the MSI Z87-G45 Gaming, MSI’s lower priced gaming model. Along with the gaming product line they also have a line they are calling MPower that is focused more on the overclocking community and general enthusiasts. There are two models the Z87 M Power and the Z87 MPower Max, today I am going to dive in and take a look at the Z87 M Power. I’m excited to see what sets it apart from MSI’s gaming boards.

Product Name: MSI Z87 MPower

Review Sample Provided by: MSI

Written By: Wes

Pictures by: Wes

 

Specifications

CPU Support

4th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors

CPU Socket

LGA1150

Chipset

Intel® Z87 Express Chipset

Graphics Interface

3 * PCI-E  3.0 x16 slots with 4th Gen Intel® Core™ processors,  AMD CrossFire / NVIDIA SLI Support

Display Interface

1* DisplayPort, 2 * HDMI - Requires CPU Graphics

Memory Support

4 DIMMs, Dual Channel DDR3-3000(OC)

Expansion slots

4 * PCI-E x1 slots

SATA / mSATA

8 * SATA 6Gb/s, 1 * mSATA

SATA RAID

RAID 0,1,5,10 - Available at ports SATA1-SATA6

USB / IEEE 1394

8 * USB 3.0, 8 * USB 2.0

LAN

Killer™ E2205 Gigabit Ethernet

Wireless

Wi-Fi IEEE 802.1 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, Intel® WiDi

Audio

8-channel HD Audio with Sound Blaster Cinema