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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

MSI Updates Its AMD X670 and B650 Mobos to Cut Boot Times in Half

MSI speeds AM5 booting

MSI boasts an update for its AMD X670 and B650 motherboards that will “reduce boot times by 50%.” Unfortunately, the PCs and components maker hasn't gone into the technicalities of its new “Memory Context Restore” BIOS option, but it was gracious enough to provide a chart and system configuration details.

No one likes waiting around, so shaving several seconds off a PC’s cold boot time will be a change welcomed by many PC users. MSI’s test system was pretty powerful, featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk WIFI motherboard, and the Kingston 2x16GB EXPO DDR5-6000 kit.

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