The VRM Plus Board: A Comprehensive Look at MSI's Latest Creation
MSI has been making waves in the PC component world with their latest creation, the VRM Plus board. This powerful board is designed to deliver high-end performance and features that cater to enthusiasts and content creators alike. One of the notable aspects of this board is its use of IR International Rectifier 3555 MOSFETs for voltage regulation, which provides a reliable and efficient way to manage power delivery.
The VRM Plus board also features a 35A 8+4 EPS 12-volt configuration, making it an ideal choice for demanding workloads. Additionally, the board includes a 6-pin PCI power connector, supporting four PCIe slots of varying lengths (16x and 3x). This allows users to configure their system with multiple GPUs, taking full advantage of the VRM Plus's capabilities.
In terms of memory support, the VRM Plus board offers 40MB of L3 cache at 133MHz, providing a significant boost in performance. The board is powered by two-phase VRM VMMV RM modules, which deliver stable and efficient power delivery. With 16 stages of power management, the VRM Plus can handle demanding workloads with ease.
One notable feature of the VRM Plus board is its heatsink design. Unlike previous iterations, this version features a diced-in heatsink design that provides improved thermal performance. The heatsink's surface area allows for better heat dissipation, while the metal top cover and branding ensure a premium look and feel.
The VRM Plus board also includes built-in overclocking capabilities, utilizing a lookup table to apply customized voltages and frequencies. While this feature is convenient, we would recommend manual overclocking to truly unlock the board's potential. With its powerful configuration and features, the VRM Plus is an attractive option for enthusiasts and content creators.
The M2 Heat Shield: A New Twist on Thermal Management
MSI has also been working on improving thermal management in their laptops, particularly with regards to the heat shield design. In this iteration, they've switched from stainless steel to aluminum for the heat shield, which provides significantly better thermal conductivity. Additionally, the new pads are thicker and designed for flush contact with components, ensuring optimal heat transfer.
The M2 Heat Shield represents a significant improvement in thermal management, and MSI's efforts to address the challenges of HDR displays. While it may not be directly applicable to consumer laptops, this technology will undoubtedly play a role in the development of future high-end gaming laptops.
The Titan Laptop: A Glimpse into MSR's Future Plans
MSI has also been teasing their latest creation, the Titan laptop, which promises to deliver high-quality HDR displays. This device is an important milestone for MSI, marking their entry into the high-end display market. With limited production quantities and a focus on thermals, the Titan laptop represents an interesting development in the world of gaming laptops.
The Titan laptop's primary feature is its use of HDR displays, which offer improved color accuracy and contrast. While not currently available to consumers, MSI plans to roll out this technology in future laptops at more affordable price points. The company has been working on addressing thermal challenges associated with HDR displays, ensuring that the display can be safely integrated into the laptop.
In conclusion, the VRM Plus board and the M2 Heat Shield represent significant advancements in power management and thermal management, respectively. MSI's efforts to improve these areas will undoubtedly benefit their customers and provide a competitive edge in the market. The Titan laptop offers a glimpse into the company's future plans, with their focus on HDR displays and thermals. As always, we'll be keeping a close eye on MSI's developments and sharing our findings with you.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: eneveryone we were at the msi booth at CES 2018 looking at two primary products one is a prototype the other one is in front of me that's the Z 370 god-like motherboard for Intel's of course coffee-like platform it's got some interesting power design we'll be talking about we've got most of the information on this one and it's definitely a flagship probably in the 500 ish dollar range so we'll be getting to that after this before that this coverage is brought to you by Thermaltake and the flow liquid cooler the flow is a 360 millimeter radiator with three ring RGB LED fans you can program the fans our custom lighting through software and then of course benefit from the larger radiator size and cooling performance learn more at the link in the description below so for these III 70 godlike board this is a brand that has existed in the past or MSI they're bringing it back for coffee lake they've got a couple of key features here obviously this has a lot of the gamer embellishments on it with for example caution ultimate power and things like that the most interesting feature on the MSI motherboard is probably the network switch that's built in the network switch basically it's three Ethernet ports on the back of the board and you can plug a console or some other device into the board and then out of it will come the signal that goes back to the router so you can actually use the board as a switch itself or another device at the base of it it's an 18 phase so it has it's a doubled eight phase VRM plus two for the memory and they're using IR or international rectifier 3555 MOSFETs for it with a 35 201 controller which we've seen actually pretty frequently in the last couple months for the that's also IR by the way for the voltage controller other than that memory support is 40 133 megahertz at its max for this board officially and that is powered by the two phase vr m v mm v RM other information those are 60 amp hour stages so the 35 55 or 60 amp stages can handle plenty of power it's spread out over 16 of them for V Corps and the the heatsink on this one is getting closer to what we're looking for it's so it is it's kind of diced in a way that it's not just a big block this time it does actually have some surface area to it and then it's got the usual covers for IO cover and for the kind of metal top cover with all the branding on it so it's getting there it's looking better than previously for power configuration this one is an 8 + 4 for EPS 12-volt there's also a 6 pin PCI power for the PCIe slots of which there are 4 16 length slots so those would be by 16 and then 3 by eights by 1688 all the way down the board which is definitely on the high end for PCIe electrical wiring so a lot of the boards do by fours in there as well so that's kind of cool if you like doing a 4-way set up for GPUs other than that most the board's kind of covered at this point there's kind of the expected USB 3.1 gen2 and support for all that stuff that you've seen basically every board at this point it has the built-in overclocking switch it uses a lookup table so you turn it to different numbers it checks a lookup table it applies that overclock your cpu and whatever else and then you're pretty much good to go obviously we would recommend you manually overclock these boards it's decently powerful but it is an expensive board so might be something we look at in the future with build Zoid to analyze the BRM for its actual high-end overclocking capabilities the I mentioned the m2 heat shield since we've done that in the past or these this time are they're aluminum instead of the previous which was a stainless steel so aluminum significantly better thermal conductor than stainless steel for the gen one and they're also using slightly thicker their old pads which is just good for ensuring that there's flush contact with all the components and of course I've talked about the difference of cooling and vs. controllers in the past so we won't go through that again but those are all of the main changes on this one and for the other item the prototype that I mentioned that is a new edition of the Titan laptop which is the sort of Halo product that we've seen in the past the mechanical keyboard all that stuff just ignoring all of those features for a moment this is a product where MSI is trying to introduce HDR displays to laptops we one we can't film it with HDR display and two it's relevant because we don't have an HDR camera and probably 99% of you don't have an HR display either but the idea is they're putting HDR displays and laptops right now it's extremely limited there are five of them in existence there are two here and there are prototypes so it's a little while out sort of long-term view and besides trying to go for HDR 100 Hertz displays which would be crazy if they can pull it off and eventually roll it out into smaller consumer laptops that are more affordable and not just halo products but they're starting there because they've limited quantity so MSI has told us that they are ready to go they're just waiting for their suppliers to produce enough of the panels to use in laptops at the laptop sizes and major challenges for HDR displays have included primarily thermals so you have obviously a higher power higher quality display sitting in your laptop which is pretty enclosed they have to deal with thermals so that's been the main thing they've been dealing with and they're trying to work towards obviously making sure that the display can sit in there without burning out so it'll be a little while waiting on supply and working on the thermal challenges but it's something to keep an eye out for if you're interested in that kind of thing ultimately means HDR is coming to consumer in a much greater way for the next few years so that's it for Emma sighs sweet as always you can check links in the description below for other articles from CES you can subscribe to us for additional coverage at the show and help us out directly on patreon.com slash gamer xanaxs thank you for watching I'll see you all next timeeveryone we were at the msi booth at CES 2018 looking at two primary products one is a prototype the other one is in front of me that's the Z 370 god-like motherboard for Intel's of course coffee-like platform it's got some interesting power design we'll be talking about we've got most of the information on this one and it's definitely a flagship probably in the 500 ish dollar range so we'll be getting to that after this before that this coverage is brought to you by Thermaltake and the flow liquid cooler the flow is a 360 millimeter radiator with three ring RGB LED fans you can program the fans our custom lighting through software and then of course benefit from the larger radiator size and cooling performance learn more at the link in the description below so for these III 70 godlike board this is a brand that has existed in the past or MSI they're bringing it back for coffee lake they've got a couple of key features here obviously this has a lot of the gamer embellishments on it with for example caution ultimate power and things like that the most interesting feature on the MSI motherboard is probably the network switch that's built in the network switch basically it's three Ethernet ports on the back of the board and you can plug a console or some other device into the board and then out of it will come the signal that goes back to the router so you can actually use the board as a switch itself or another device at the base of it it's an 18 phase so it has it's a doubled eight phase VRM plus two for the memory and they're using IR or international rectifier 3555 MOSFETs for it with a 35 201 controller which we've seen actually pretty frequently in the last couple months for the that's also IR by the way for the voltage controller other than that memory support is 40 133 megahertz at its max for this board officially and that is powered by the two phase vr m v mm v RM other information those are 60 amp hour stages so the 35 55 or 60 amp stages can handle plenty of power it's spread out over 16 of them for V Corps and the the heatsink on this one is getting closer to what we're looking for it's so it is it's kind of diced in a way that it's not just a big block this time it does actually have some surface area to it and then it's got the usual covers for IO cover and for the kind of metal top cover with all the branding on it so it's getting there it's looking better than previously for power configuration this one is an 8 + 4 for EPS 12-volt there's also a 6 pin PCI power for the PCIe slots of which there are 4 16 length slots so those would be by 16 and then 3 by eights by 1688 all the way down the board which is definitely on the high end for PCIe electrical wiring so a lot of the boards do by fours in there as well so that's kind of cool if you like doing a 4-way set up for GPUs other than that most the board's kind of covered at this point there's kind of the expected USB 3.1 gen2 and support for all that stuff that you've seen basically every board at this point it has the built-in overclocking switch it uses a lookup table so you turn it to different numbers it checks a lookup table it applies that overclock your cpu and whatever else and then you're pretty much good to go obviously we would recommend you manually overclock these boards it's decently powerful but it is an expensive board so might be something we look at in the future with build Zoid to analyze the BRM for its actual high-end overclocking capabilities the I mentioned the m2 heat shield since we've done that in the past or these this time are they're aluminum instead of the previous which was a stainless steel so aluminum significantly better thermal conductor than stainless steel for the gen one and they're also using slightly thicker their old pads which is just good for ensuring that there's flush contact with all the components and of course I've talked about the difference of cooling and vs. controllers in the past so we won't go through that again but those are all of the main changes on this one and for the other item the prototype that I mentioned that is a new edition of the Titan laptop which is the sort of Halo product that we've seen in the past the mechanical keyboard all that stuff just ignoring all of those features for a moment this is a product where MSI is trying to introduce HDR displays to laptops we one we can't film it with HDR display and two it's relevant because we don't have an HDR camera and probably 99% of you don't have an HR display either but the idea is they're putting HDR displays and laptops right now it's extremely limited there are five of them in existence there are two here and there are prototypes so it's a little while out sort of long-term view and besides trying to go for HDR 100 Hertz displays which would be crazy if they can pull it off and eventually roll it out into smaller consumer laptops that are more affordable and not just halo products but they're starting there because they've limited quantity so MSI has told us that they are ready to go they're just waiting for their suppliers to produce enough of the panels to use in laptops at the laptop sizes and major challenges for HDR displays have included primarily thermals so you have obviously a higher power higher quality display sitting in your laptop which is pretty enclosed they have to deal with thermals so that's been the main thing they've been dealing with and they're trying to work towards obviously making sure that the display can sit in there without burning out so it'll be a little while waiting on supply and working on the thermal challenges but it's something to keep an eye out for if you're interested in that kind of thing ultimately means HDR is coming to consumer in a much greater way for the next few years so that's it for Emma sighs sweet as always you can check links in the description below for other articles from CES you can subscribe to us for additional coverage at the show and help us out directly on patreon.com slash gamer xanaxs thank you for watching I'll see you all next time\n"
