Overclocking

MSI has made a few changes to its Click BIOS X recently that revolve around its OC ENGINE technology and the separation of the base clock frequency to the rest of the system, opening it up as a more viable and simple way to overclock your CPU, as it's now not tied to the rest of the system clocks. In the main overclocking section, heading to Advanced CPU Configuration and then AMD Overclocking, under Precision Boost Overdrive we now have options called PBO BCLK Booster 1 and BCLK Booster 2, the former bumping the base clock to 103 MHz and the latter to 105 MHz, although MSI states that 105 MHz may not be stable on in CPUs that didn't do so well in the silicon lottery. As well as the EFI, there are now the base clock overclocking jumpers on the PCB too, even on its B850 Max series boards.

In general the EFI is well laid out for overclocking with the main page here giving quick access to the usual settings such as memory profiles, memory speed and voltages. Under Advanced CPU configuration and AMD Overclocking as well as the Advanced section's similar AMD Overclocking page, Eco Mode is no longer usable for the simple reason MSI now includes the more granular Config TDP, which gives more options.

Coupled with the fact that Curve Optimizer and Curve Shaper are also located in the main overclocking section, there's little point using this second duplicated page under the advanced menu. For memory overclockers there are plenty of timings and other options found in the Advanced DRAM Configuration page, and for loadline calibration and current/temperature protection options these are all under DigitALL Power.