MSI has made a 105W TDP mode available on its motherboards, for use with AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs. The new 105W AMD CPU mode can unlock up to 13% higher performance, as it allows these new CPUs to crank up their clock speeds higher than when using their stock 65W TDP modes.

TDP stands for thermal design power, and refers to the heat output of the CPU, which also correlates with the power draw. The AMD Ryzen 9700X and 9600X only have a 65W TDP by default, compared to 105W on the previous Ryzen 5 7600X, which has a place on our guide to the best gaming CPU. The new mode is likely to come at the cost of higher power consumption, but gives users the option of extracting more performance from their new chips.

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