Computex 2014: MSI’s New ECO Motherboard Range
by Ian Cutress on June 6, 2014 10:54 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Intel
- MSI
- H81
- B85
- Computex 2014
As part of their display at Computex, MSI was showing a new element to their range based on low power systems. The ECO range, in a white and green, is aimed at low power scenarios, and MSI seem to focus on micro-ATX sizes for H81 and B85 chipsets.
One of the main elements to this is the MSI software, allowing users to disable unused PCIe and USB ports, or disabling fan headers. We saw the early versions of this software on the Z97 MPower Max AC, but the ECO software is more extensive in terms of options.
There still has to be a number of features on the motherboards in order to sell, but MSI is interested in comments regarding the range.
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TiGr1982 - Friday, June 6, 2014 - link
These ECO boards should accept only S and T CPU models and should not post with regular CPUs writing "Non-eco-friendly CPU detected".:)
Alexvrb - Saturday, June 7, 2014 - link
Why? They can just undervolt and if necessary drop clocks (or reduce turbo clocks). :Psheh - Friday, June 6, 2014 - link
So what are the power savings?junky77 - Saturday, June 7, 2014 - link
you would expect such things to be available 10 years agoZinko55 - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - link
I think MSI should go for a all white color scheme, i think that will look fantastic.