MSI has released the first details about its upcoming entry-level motherboard based on Intel’s 7-series chipset, the B75MZ-P45. The motherboard is a micro-ATX form factor board and provides out-of-the box support for Intel’s upcoming 22nm Ivy Bridge CPUs as well as the current Sandy Bridge CPUs.

The MSI R7970 Lightning graphics card that officially debuted late last week has now proven its might as it gets overclocked way beyond any HD 7970 graphics card has been. This was made possible by the card’s custom PCB design and of course the GPU reactor module that many did not pay that much attention to previously.

MSI has now officially launched its top of the line R7970 Lightning graphics card that features an Unlocked BIOS, Digital PWM Controller, and Enhanced Power Design and the company’s proprietary "GPU Reactor" power supply module which enhances the quality of current flowing to the GPU for better overclocking potential.

If you have noticed it, MSI’s R7970 Lightning graphics card had an unusual cutout on the back of its PCB and the card’s specifications mentions a feature called ‘GPU Reactor’. Well, as it turns out, the cutout was a provision for that ‘GPU Reactor’ which in turn is actually an add-on PCB that packs a battery of tantalum capacitors.

Since it’s only a month more to go before motherboard manufacturers release their own designs for Intel’s Ivy Bridge CPUs, details about certain models are already starting to surface. The latest addition to the detailed list is MSI’s own Z77A-G45 and ZH77A-G43 which are the company’s affordable LGA1155 motherboard offerings for Ivy Bridge.

At this year’s CeBIT, MSI displayed a complete lineup of its GCN-based HD 7000 graphics cards that belong to the Lightning, Twin Frzr and Hawk series and all incorporate the company’s custom coolers.

Here are the first pictures of MSI’s unreleased motherboard for both Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge CPUs with the LGA1155 socket design. The board is presumed by sources to be the Z77A-GD55, MSI’s more cost-effective offering based on Intel's Z77 "Panther Point" chipset.

The upper range of AMD’s Southern Islands GPUs based graphics cards is now complete. The next thing to look forward to is the Pitcairn and Cape Verde GPUs that will be the basis of the HD 7800 and HD 7700 graphics cards. Luckily, we don’t have to wait that long as info on the roadmap slide released by MSI shows that the cards are just around the corner.

Back at CES, people saw a very interesting display - an MSI WindPad 110W running Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Although Android is indeed optimized to run on tablets, the point if interest here is that the MSI WindPad was running on AMD’s Brazo APU which by default is not supported by Android.

If you remember just at the start of the year, an overclocker by the name of HiCookie managed to overclock Intel’s Core i7-3930K CPU to an impressive 5654.7 MHz frequency and along with that broke a number of world records on Super Pi 1M, Super Pi 32M and PiFast. Now, an overclocker by the name of Turn&Burn has brought to our attention his achievement which he apparently did just a few days later after the previous record was set.

MSI joins the list of manufacturers who today has officially unveiled their own Radeon HD 7970 graphics card that sticks to AMD’s reference design.

MSI has made available for pre-order its Wind U180 netbook that comes with Intel’s latest Cedar Trail Atom processor, the N2800 which boast two cores that run at 1.86GHz, GMA 3650 HD graphics and a total of 1MB L2 cache. The processor is based on the new 32nm process and is able to handle up to four threads and 1080p video playback support.

MSI comes out with another 3D gaming mean machine notebook, the GT783. Powered by Intel’s quad core Core i7 processor (6MB cache, 2.00GHz) and Nvidia’s GTX 580M discrete graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 memory, the notebook is able to handle all modern games in high-quality 3D and high resolution.

MSI has officially and proudly announced its flagship motherboard for Intel’s enthusiast grade CPUs, Sandy Bridge-E. Built on the XL-ATX form factor and based on the X79 chipset, the Big Bang-XPower II comes heavily equipped with features that can give overclockers and other enthusiast the ability to perform almost anything be it a 4-way CrossFire/SLI setup or extreme CPU overclocking.

Since AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 launched last December 22, all reviews and benchmarks have revolved around AMD’s provided reference design cards. Adding to the model restriction, it seems it has been hard for reviewers as well to get their hands on more than two samples at a time leading to 3-way and 4-way CrossFire benchmarks being hard to find.

MSI has announced its latest offering in the All-in-One PC segment, the Wind Top AE2071 that comes powered by Intel’s second generation Core processors and features energy saving technologies that allows the PC to consume 30% less energy compared to other solutions.

MSI has announced two new products that aim to change the way users interact with their PCs. Introducing the MultiConnect panel that brings Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support to a system and MSI’s latest innovation, the Voice Genie that allows users to perform tasks such as powering on/off of the system via voice commands.

Although MSI already provided a complete lineup of motherboards for Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E platform, it didn’t stop the company from releasing another one that caters to the same enthusiast grade CPUs.

With the recent launch of Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores graphics card, partner manufacturers are now racing to get their custom models out in the market. MSI is one of them formally announcing the launch of its N560GTX-448 Twin Frozr III Power Edition graphics card that also comes in a special OC edition.

The first wave of the X79 series of motherboards for Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E LGA2011 processors are starting to hit like storm and MSI is not letting the others beat it into showcasing its own offerings for the new enthusiast platform as it now announces its official lineup of X79 series of motherboards that includes the X79A-GD65 (8D), X79A-GD65, X79A-GD45, and X79MA-GD45.

MSI has published in their Facebook page the first pictures of their top of the line motherboard, the Big Bang XPower II that is based on the X79 chipset and made to house Intel’s upcoming enthusiast grade Sandy Bridge-E processors.

MSI is sure to throw its own micro-ATX motherboard for the LGA2011 Sandy Bridge-E processors and proof of that is the X79MA-GD45 motherboard that as of now is only the second board in the micro-ATX form factor to be confirmed for the upcoming processors from Intel apart from ASRock’s X79 Extreme4-M.

MSI has announced its latest solution for the business environment, the Wind Top AP2011, an all-in-one PC that comes with a 20-inch (1699 x 900) LED backlit multi-touch display and is powered by the second generation of Intel’s core processors.

MSI has announced its latest gaming laptop offering, the GT780DX that features Intel’s second generation Core i7 quad-core processor, a nVidia’s GeForce GTX 570M discrete graphics card with 3GB of GDDR5 memory, up to 32GB of RAM and a 17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) LED backlit display. 

MSI has announced the latest addition to its motherboard lineup for Intel’s Sandy Bridge LGA1155 processors, the Z68MA-G43 (G3) mATX motherboard that as the name implies is based on the Z68 (B3) chipset and features support for the latest PCI-Express Gen 3 that delivers 32GB/s of bandwidth.

Another one of MSI’s motherboard has been seen smiling for the camera and it goes by the name X79A-GD65 8D and as its name suggest, is based on Intel’s X79 chipset that will cater to the upcoming Sandy Bridge-E LGA2011 processors.

Just a while ago, MSI’s PR team released a slide presentation detailing how around 40 of Gigabyte’s existing motherboards that are claimed by its manufacturer to be PCIe Gen. 3 ready do not meet the requirements to pass for the claim. Now Gigabyte responds by providing its own slide presentation of no more than five slides explaining the details in an attempt to make its claim for its motherboards be plausible.

MSI has again unleashed a formidable graphics card that targets to provide better 3D HD gaming performance. Introducing the GeForce GTX 560 Ti equipped with 2GB of GDDR5 memory and MSI’s exclusive design Twin Frozr II dual-slot graphics card cooler plus military class components that can sustain high level performance to satisfy serious enthusiasts.

In either an attempt to really educate consumers or to just plainly reveal the other’s bluff claims, MSI has released very important information that disproves Gigabyte’s claim that as many as 40 of the latter party’s motherboards are ready for the 3^rd generation of the PCI-express.

MSI adds another performance notebook to its lineup with the announcement of the GT780DX gaming laptop that features a 17.3-inch full HD/HD+ (1920x1080/1600x900) LED backlit display and a second generation Intel Core i7 processor that are both housed by a stylish metal chassis.