BIOS Overview

MSI's EFI is generally pretty good and visually appealing thanks to its somewhat recent redesign and high-resolution interface. The EZ Mode page has a decent array of features that will mostly remove the need to delve deeper in to the EFI menus for most. You get a good range of PBO options from the drop-down menu, you can adjust the boot priority, set the memory profiles and have direct access to the favorites section, fan control, PBO preset and the search function.

The fan control section or Hardware Monitor, is pretty decent and includes the ability to switch between voltage and PWM mode, alternative temperature sources to control your fans, spin-up and spin-down time adjustment and has the unique ability to add and remove fan curve adjustment points all while having real time rpm reading for each fan header including the EZ Conn fan. Our only gripe here is the fan curve axis, where the left and right Y-axis have different scales, but both refer to fan speed, while the X-axis refers to temperature, but isn't a 0-100 scale. You'll need to pay careful attention to what each fan curve point reads when you set it as it can be confusing.

The search function is very handy as settings you search for aren't just listed, but can be fully adjusted from within the search box too, removing the need to be forwarded to that setting's section. The overclocking section is where you'll want to be for most manual overclock or PBO tweaking sessions, but there is the usual AMD Overclocking section too, both of which we have more details on later.