Recently we have published an update on our Intel X99-chipset motherboard test where we looked at a total of 20 motherboards. Just after we finished out test we received the MSI X99S MPower. In this review we cover this affordable board aimed at overclocking and compare it to all other X99 boards we have already tested.

In our previous test we have already covered a few motherboards that are aimed at overclocking, the ASUS Rampage V Extreme, Gigabyte X99-SOC Force and the MSI X99S XPower AC. These three board all have one disadvantage in common, they cannot be called affordable by any stretch of the imagination. Obviously the CPU that will be used with these boards is not cheap as well, but in many cases there is functionality on a motherboard of that price that you will never need or use. As an example the XPower features a 802.11ac WLAN-adapter, but we doubt if any overclocker will actually use WiFi.