However, it's not quite time to spray and pray just yet. There is still one more crucial piece of the puzzle before your new build is complete. The dreaded BIOS update… Ok, that’s probably a little overdramatic, but there was a time that BIOS updates were the cause of pain for man...
But this memory has a limitation, and that is, it can be infected by BIOS rootkits. To eliminate this problem, the successor to BIOS is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface orUEFI. If anything goes wrong while updating BIOS, it may cause serious damage to your motherboard. Why Update BIOS ...
1.Go to Bios Advanced settings: Go to advanced\PCH configuration\PCI express configuration First check whether PCIe Speed is using the Latest as Motherboard Support (min : Gen2 , or latest like Gen3) Go to Advanced\Onboard Devices Configuration. Second,...
This is the overclocking guide for Z390 CPU with MSI BIOS. The data and results in this article are recommended values that were tested from our end. If you are a new player in this field, you can follow the steps and directly adopt the values to test them yourself. Those with more s...
Have you reset the bios to defaults (F5 key)? It's possible your memory is plug and play at 2666MHz? Please list your memory kit. While the cpu supports 2400MHz by default, it can run memory much faster. Your Z390 motherboard should be rated to run 4266MHz memory, so anything u...
The main specification-related differences between Z370 and Z390 are CNVi Support and USB 3.1 Gen 2 Ports. However, there are many other changes from an engineering and efficiency standpoint from MSI that should have both gamers and power users excited.
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This is why it is extremely vital to figure out whether your BIOS version supports the new CPU you want to upgrade to. Go back to CPU-Z and the mainboard tab, verify the BIOS version and compare it with the information provided on the motherboard’s official product page. ...
Click here to overclock We've been working on a brand new build here in the office. It's based on our Strix Z390-I Gaming motherboard and uses Intel's 9th Generation Core i7-9700K CPU. This eight-core processor has a 3.6GHz base frequency, and when all its cores are active, Turbo...
MSI has introduced 9 models of Z390 motherboards for the new 9th Gen processors. Here we show you how to overclock Core i9-9900K to 5.0GHz+. This overclocking guide works for all MSI Z390 series. It is also perfect for entry-level overclockers. You can p