MSI Big Bang XPower Motherboard

Main Specifications

MSI Big Bang XPower motherboard main features are:

• Socket: 1366.
• Chipset: Intel X58 Express + ICH10R
• Super I/O: Fintek F71889
• Parallel ATA: None.
• Serial ATA: Six SATA-300 ports (black) supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 and two SATA-600 ports (white) supporting RAID 0 and 1 controlled by a Marvell 88SE9128 chip.
• External SATA: Two eSATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB362 chip, one of them (the black one) shared with a USB 2.0 port. The motherboard comes with one I/O bracket containing two eSATA ports, so you can convert internal SATA ports into eSATA.
• USB: 10 USB 2.0 ports, six soldered on the motherboard rear panel and four available through two headers on the motherboard. The motherboard comes with one I/O bracket containing two USB ports. Two USB 3.0 ports (the blue ones) controlled by a NEC μPD720200 chip.
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): Two ports controlled by a VIA VT6315N chip, one standard-sized soldered on the rear panel and one available through a header. The board doesn’t come with an I/O bracket to use this second port.
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC889 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 104 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 108 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs). Coaxial and optical SPDIF outputs. The audio section is available on a PCI Express x1 card that comes with the product.
• On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports controlled by two Realtek RTL8111DL chips, each one connected to the system through a PCI Express x1 lane.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply required: 2x EPS12V
• Slots: Six PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (two slots working at x16, two slots working at x8 and two slots working at x4) and one PCI Express x1 slot.
• Memory: Six DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 24 GB up to DDR3-2133 through overclocking).
• Fan connectors: One with four pins (PWM control) for the CPU and three with three pins for auxiliary fans.
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One.
• Programs included: Norton Internet Security 2010 (60-day trial), motherboard drivers and utilities.
• Extra features: External clear CMOS button, Winki, DrMOS voltage regulator circuit with military-grade components, APS (Active Phase Switching), LEDs for monitoring the active phases of the voltage regulator circuit, OC Genie with “+” and “-“ buttons, overclocking panel (OC Dashboard), overvoltage protection switches, POST diagnostics display and probes for monitoring CPU, memory and chipset voltages with a multimeter.
• More Information: https://us.msi.com
• MSRP  in the US: USD 300.00