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MSI X370 Xpower Titanium gaming

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So as thread saying i was wondering if this board is good for my next build to replace my current rig.

I was thinking to buy this board when AMD Raven Ridge shows up. But there are some builder in my country that saying that this board has a bad vrm design, so i try to do a little research and found this, i quotes this from Kitguru,

"The 6+4-phase power delivery system will be split as six phases for the CPU and four for the SOC voltage rail. MSI uses an International Rectifiers IR35201 PWM controller which can manage up to eight phases. The presence of 3+2 (CPU+SOC) International Rectifiers IR3598 dual/doubler MOSFET drivers shows that MSI is leveraging phase doubling to drive the MOSFETs.

For the CPU power delivery section, six NIKOS PowerPAK PK616BA and twelve NIKOS PowerPAK PK632BA are combined. The SOC section gets four PK616BA MOSFETs and four PK632BA.

MSI’s power delivery system seems a little light for a flagship, overclocking-geared design. ASRock and ASUS offer higher total phase counts on their competitors while also using efficient Texas Instrument NexFET power blocks (MOSFETs).
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Ok so i am not a factory guy and i dont know what is this nikos or mosfets or ir pwm thing are.

Hope to get a reply soon, and thanks ^.^
 
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I'd be interested in an answer to this too, as I just purchased this board.

The way I read it, it's weak "for a flagship." Which is like saying it's slow for a Ferrari. But anyone who knows more, please do weigh in.
 
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Bumping this with some research of my own.

From what I can tell from a few forum threads, this will never be an issue with present Ryzen CPUs as you will hit the OC-wall way before you hit the power limits. Future-gen Ryzen CPUs may differ, but for now it's fine.

I personally changed the board in my order to a GIGABYTE Aorus Gaming 5, but unless you plan to keep the board a very long time, it's probably a non-issue. Just seems like they cheaped out a bit too much in an important spot for a $300.00 board, personally speaking.
 
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I like this board because of his cousin board(Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM) and also since i will be using an APU in the future, i want my board to use 4k capable at 60ps/60hz and of all board i search, only this thing has it.
 
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If you're just using an APU, the VRM section will serve you fine I am reasonably confident.

If you plan on actually gaming at 4k 60FPS though you will need more than an APU. For workstation tasks though, that will do fine.
 
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If you're just using an APU, the VRM section will serve you fine I am reasonably confident.

If you plan on actually gaming at 4k 60FPS though you will need more than an APU. For workstation tasks though, that will do fine.

Thanks for the answer, but i will wait for another just to make sure. Thanks again
 
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Not sure if you really need such a high end board for an APU. Seems like a waste of money to me.
Raven Ridge won't be that power hungry and neither will be 4K capable for gaming.

I honestly believe you will be much better off buying a cheaper board and something like a 1400 and a dedicated GPU.
 
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Just out of curiosity, why that board if you'll use an APU? What will you do with the computer?
 
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Just game, not gonna doing extreme OC or workstation. i Have a good experience with current APU build so my next rig gonna be a same apu only better architecture, faster and many more. Also the board support HDMI 2.0. Onboard Graphics

• 1 x HDMI™ 2.0 port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60Hz*
• 1 x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60Hz*
* Only support when using a 7th Gen A-series/ Athlon™ processors
* Maximum shared memory of 2048 MB

I have checked other high end mobos(Asus Rog Crosshair vi hero, Asrock x370 taichi, Gigabyte X370 gaming K7) but non have those ports.

And other reason, maybe because the board feel Premium and few have this thing, i never had a luxury of having premium board before @_@, so for once i want to.
 
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Just game, not gonna doing extreme OC or workstation. i Have a good experience with current APU build so my next rig gonna be a same apu only better architecture, faster and many more. Also the board support HDMI 2.0. Onboard Graphics

• 1 x HDMI™ 2.0 port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60Hz*
• 1 x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60Hz*
* Only support when using a 7th Gen A-series/ Athlon™ processors
* Maximum shared memory of 2048 MB

I have checked other high end mobos(Asus Rog Crosshair vi hero, Asrock x370 taichi, Gigabyte X370 gaming K7) but non have those ports.

And other reason, maybe because the board feel Premium and few have this thing, i never had a luxury of having premium board before @_@, so for once i want to.

It's alright then , just pointing out that is not your best cost/performance option.
 
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that vrm section has been validated for use so it would be fine under normal use, under heavy overclocking at high volts and current draw the vrm (cheaper version) will heat up more and its V output would droop considerably more the the asrock or asus version.
are you expecting world record overclocks or to push boundaries because a reasonable oc should be fine with enough cooling otherwise watch temps and dont push too far.
 
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It's alright then , just pointing out that is not your best cost/performance option.

If you better options, please share i will look into it.

that vrm section has been validated for use so it would be fine under normal use, under heavy overclocking at high volts and current draw the vrm (cheaper version) will heat up more and its V output would droop considerably more the the asrock or asus version.

So it is true that msi use bad vrm design. Ok thanks buddy
 
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If you better options, please share i will look into it.

I have already said in one of my previous comments.

You are looking at around 550$ for this motherboard and Raven Ridge ( it's price is going to probably be around 250$). And keep in mind that it's GPU will be around the level of a GTX 1050ti at best.

Within that amount of money you can fit an R5 1400 , 150$-ish motherboard which will work just fine , and something along the lines of an RX 570 / GTX 1060 3GB.

This will give you substantially better performance. Altough even with this you are still quite a long way from being able to game at 4K 60fps , that is unless you begin to greatly compromise on game settings.
 
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Good advice but i think i will wait for a little longer but thanks again:lovetpu:
 
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