PRESS RELEASE
Changes the overclocking game
MSI, the most popular overclocking brand is exited to introduce an all-new standard for overclocking stability. MSI's OC Certified standard is the new baseline for overclocking mainboards. the new MSI Z77 MPOWER, which is OC Certified, is submitted to a Military grade stress-test for overclocking. Where other motherboard manufacturers only test for a limited duration, every MSI Z77 MPOWER is submitted to a 24 hour OC stress-test. Only mainboards surviving 24 hours of Prime95 while heavily overclocked. The conditions of the OC Certified test are rigorous high temperature, no airflow testing
OC Certified, the new standard
OC Certified is MSI's OC testing procedure where each Z77 MPOWER mainboard tested for stability with a 24-hour Prime95 stress test.
OC Certified test a mainboard in three key areas:
- OC Performance
- Stable Power
- PWM cooling
OC Performance means all OC Certified tests are run at a minimum of 4.6 GHz CPU speed. Stable Power is tested by running Prime95 for 24-hours in these conditions. The PWM cooling test ensures that, even without airflow in a high-temperature room (30°C) without airflow from a CPU cooler.
Military Class testing
OC Certified is a major extension of MSI's Military Class III certification. Military Class III certified mainboards already have their component quality tested in rigourous tests to ensure all-round stability. OC Certified puts these components to the ultimate test. When an MSI Z77 MPOWER passes the OC Certified test it is able to run in overclocked conditions in high temperatures with little to no airflow . Final OC results of course vary with the component quality of the entire system, but at least you can count on your mainboard not being the limiting factor.
OC Certified: Z77 MPOWER
MSI's first OC Certified mainboard is the Z77 MPOWER. Built from the ground up for overclocking the new MSI Z77 MPOWER is designed to deliver extreme CPU and memory performance. When combined with MSI's Lightning series graphics cards, it can deliver unprecedented performance.
About MSI
In the past 25 years, MSI always strived to provide digital products based on its core values -"Innovation" and "Style". The results are products with superior performance, trusted reliability, excellent user experience and expressive style. MSI mainboards and graphics cards are found among the top 3 in the world because of their great quality and maximum productivity. Our hard work have led us to become one of the finest brands in the industry with accumulated sales in more than 120 countries, 150 million mainboard users and 100 million graphics card users worldwide. MSI has won nearly 8,000 award recognitions from 350 media in 50 countries worldwide. MSI will continue to pioneer in in the field of global consumer electronics technology with the needs of hardware enthusiasts, gamers and consumers at its core. For more information about MSI, visit www.msi.com.
