Board Software

MSI's software package comes with many tools, some created by the company itself and others by third party developers. Make power adjustment settings, update the software and BIOSes (of your installed MSI VGA, etc.), or launch Intel-based utilities inherent to the platform itself over separately removable software installations; you only have to run and keep what you want.


The onboard KillerNic E2005 gets its own software as does the onboard Realtek ALC1150 audio CODEC. The latter uses software designed by Creative.


Board-level clock tweaks and such are available via a customized version of Intel's XTU tool that boots up to feature MSI's branding.


The options provided here are pretty extensive and cover every aspects of the system, including voltages, timings, and clocks for both CPU and memory. You will also have access to all the normal power-related options that will help you push your system to the limit.


There is a Fast Boot tool that can help you get into the BIOS should rebooting take place too fast for your keyboard to be useful. MSI's own MSI GAMING app also makes an appearance. It introduces quick clock profile changes. Includes changes to CPU, memory, and VGA, should you decide to use an MSI GAMING VGA, changing profiles does require a reboot for the settings to be fully applied. Each profile offers modest clock increases and works flawlessly. You will find that enabling an overclocked profile will have the board tell you that OC Genie is enabled, and not to make any changes in the BIOS directly, but what it won't tell you is that you can boot into BIOS to disable the profile by clicking the OC Genie button located in the top-left corner of the BIOS screen.