review MSI NF980-G65 Motherboard Review

When I mentioned that MSI's APS (Active Phase Switching) does not function properly in their forum, I was threated by administrators to keep it quiet. They removed all the posts related to in which situations APS does not function which is when you try to undervolt the processor (or basically change anything in that section of the BIOS I believe) for further power savings!

In addition to that, earlier BIOS versions allowed APS to function even when the processor was undervolted, overclocked or overvolted. As a coincidence, the samples they send to testing/reviewing sites had this feature working fine.

As a matter of fact, one can simply gain more power savings by undervolting the processor compared to using APS (and that can be done practically on any board!)

All considered, APS is a marketing gimmick only and you shouldnt fall for that! This was unfortunately a feature which I had in my decision criteria for this board

Message I got at MSI forum from an admin:
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Author: Bas

APS does'n work when you undervolt.
Open another topic about this and find yourself removed from the forum.
If you have a problem with this talk to MSI, there is nothing we users can do.
As you posted bashing towards MSI your topic was locked.
Opening another as you just did is considered you don't obey the rules.

We do not allow such behavior in the forum.
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