Temperature Shock testing: Sudden thermal changes which can normally wreak havoc on electrical components are fully tested on these components to ensure they can last through some of the worst conditions like what the extreme enthusiasts community may employ them for.When MSI puts military class components to the fire they are not joking as they come to the table claiming to have passed multiple tests following Mil spec (MIL-STD-810G) Tests including: Features & Specifications Military Class Components Now lets take a look at what makes the Xpower a buying decision worth considering for your extreme needs. This is actually the highest price board to date but I have not seen the Maximus Extreme model from ASUS which is worth noting that the formula model is only 10 dollars cheaper so the Extreme will likely surpass the Xpower but time will tell. The board comes in at a price of $379.99 on Newegg or. Ok now that part is out of the way lets dig into what is the MSI Z97 Xpower AC and see just what makes it tick. *Disclaimer: World records are not included with purchase and actual tuning ability and work will be required alongside good parts to acquire such lofty goals* That being said the board we have in front of us today is designed to ensure you can squeeze every ounce of performance out of your CPU and should you get a awesome gem of a CPU it has all of the necessary parts in place to ensure that you can freeze it and tear through the perceived limits toward world record glory. At least for now those days are gone and its all very heavily based on the quality of the chip to control just how far your overclocking journey will go. And with recent chipset and CPU revisions it has become a game of binning chips to find a good one rather than tuning all night and days on end with a QX9650 because you know theres more in it, or getting a specific board because it tends to clock better. Now days overclocking is simple, they even have buttons to do overclocks for you. It used to be back in the old days (not that long ago but it makes it feel more special to reference as so) that overclocking required a ton of work, modding and hacking away at things to make it happen. Oh Overclocking, it seems to be whats makes the world go round some days and something that many motherboard manufacturers have really started to embrace as easier ways were found to do it.
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