MSI Brings MPower Overclocking Motherboards back at Computex 2025

There was a time when products shown at Computex were divided into two categories, Gaming and Overclocking.  While gaming products would often have higher sales volumes the overclocking parts would grab headlines showing off just how well individual companies could design and build next generation computer hardware.

In fact, the Overlcocking craze was so big that MSI held their own global overclocking competitions and would even fly competitors to Taiwan to compete for massive cash prizes.  These competitions were designed to promote MSI overclocking hardware and allow hardware engineers to interview overclockers directly on how their products could be improved to be even better.

MSI MPower motherboards were used almost exclusively for these competitions and while overclocking may have fallen out of favor on the global stage it still enjoys a cult following of talented people who can do some amazing things when given the right tools.

During Computex 2025 MSI was showing a new MPower motherboard based on the B850 chipset and built with a Micro ATX form factor.  The board features a single PCI Express Gen5 video card slot and two M.2 drive locations.  To aid in memory overlocking the board is limited to only two memory slots and features a monster of a VRM to ensure accurate power delivery and hopefully break some records.

Honestly, I cannot wait to start using MPower once again.

Some of the other highlights of the MSI Computex booth include the MPG X870I Edge TI Wifi MiniITX motherboard.  This board is quite special as it comes with three M.2 connectors, USB 40G, 5G LAN Network support and WiFi 7 all on board. 

In fact, some of the features needed to be extended to a vertical daughter board while others are stacked on top of each other.  I still believe that MiniITX is the future form factor for DIY computing however, when components no longer physically fit on the PCB it might be time for an Extended MiniITX.

LCD Screens are the next frontier when it comes to custom PCs and MSI has you covered with the MAG Vision system comprised of a LCD panel and single connection to supported motherboards.  The software can then display custom dashboards or be reconfigured to display anything you want.

I was also rather impressed with the revisions that were made to the MEG PC Build chassis that was shown during CES.  The new Computex version has been reconfigured and now features a removable motherboard tray that can easily become a standalone test bench completed with everything you need from PSU to storage all on the same container.

Or, you know, you can install it back into the MEG PC Chassis but, who would want that.

The final items are quite innovative and seem to follow a similar theme.  First are new Project Zero motherboards, now with Titanium PCBs and white connectors.

Second we have a new technology called “Pin Safe”.  As many of you will recall, when components are soldered to a PCB there are two major ways for them to be secured.  First is surface mount where components are soldered to the same surface while the other is through hole where the component will pass through the PCB leaving a pin behind. 

Pin Safe is a through hole solder concept but without the pin.  As the photos show, the pad is present with solder in the middle but no wire sticking through waiting to poke you when you least expect it. 

What is interesting, is that I wasn’t aware that through hole components were a problem that needed solved but, I’m impressed with what is being done and how this technology will translate to reverse connector motherboards in the future.