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03-06-2010, 03:00 AM
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First Look - MSI Big Bang Xpower!
Finally the 1366 brother of the well known Trinergy and Fuzion Big Bang MSI motherboards! The Big Bang Xpower!
Put out to compete with the Gigabyte X58A UD9 and the Rampage 3 Extreme, the first thing that came to my mind was the "normality" of the size of the motherboard. despite the fact that MSI managed to squeeze in 6 PCIe slots, put the same required dual 8pin cpu power pins and an additional 6 pin pcie pin for extra pcie power. As i only have the X58A UD9 to compare at the moment, the UD9 comes with 7 pcie slots to boot, powered by dual 4pin molex connectors instead of one six pin. It has the dual 8pin power for cpu but the board comes in e-atx size. The Xpower touts "server" grade cpu pwm circuitry and components. Soon i will be putting that up to the test against the UD9 to see if it can hold under normal air cooling with the 980X all cores and all threads enabled. The board comes with OC dashboard, 4 different sli and xfire links, with an attachable thx soundcard with lots of goodies and pins where we can actually just stick a multimeter in to test the various voltages! Until then, here are the first look pics!        |
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Intel Core i7 980X Gulftown - Cooled by K|ngp|n's F1 Extreme NightRaven Edition Mainboard
Gigabyte X58A UD9, MSI Big Bang Xpower Graphics Card
Gigabyte 5870 SOC, MSI Lightning Graphics Cards Memory
Gskill Trident Tri Channel + Pi S Dual Channel Display
Samsung & Acer Storage
Intel SSDs + Seagate HDDs Optical Storage
By LG PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W Audio
By Creative OS
Windows XP Pro SP3 & Win 7 Ultimate 64Bit |
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03-06-2010, 03:01 AM
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     MSI read my mind! spare inductors  just in case! not included in normal retail sets Last edited by NightRaven : 03-06-2010 at 03:34 PM. |
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Intel Core i7 980X Gulftown - Cooled by K|ngp|n's F1 Extreme NightRaven Edition Mainboard
Gigabyte X58A UD9, MSI Big Bang Xpower Graphics Card
Gigabyte 5870 SOC, MSI Lightning Graphics Cards Memory
Gskill Trident Tri Channel + Pi S Dual Channel Display
Samsung & Acer Storage
Intel SSDs + Seagate HDDs Optical Storage
By LG PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W Audio
By Creative OS
Windows XP Pro SP3 & Win 7 Ultimate 64Bit |
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03-06-2010, 04:39 AM
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nice board..spare mosfets! lol..my first time seeing such stuff bundled in a mobo..
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Asus P6X58D Premium Graphics Card
XFX GTX260 Memory
Team Extreem Dark PC3 1600Mhz 3 X 2GB Display
LG W 2343T Storage
WD 640GB Caviar Black, WD Elements 1TB, Seagate FreeAgent 500GB, Seagate Expansion Drive 320GB Optical Storage
Samsung 22X SataII DVDRW Casing
Lancool K62 PSU
Seasonic M12II Modular 620W Audio
Onboard audio, ATP 3 2.1 speakers OS
Win7 Home Premium 64Bit |
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03-06-2010, 07:29 AM
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A sea of blue. nice. waiting for NR's review
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Intel Core i7 980X @ 4Ghz w Corsair H50 Mainboard
MSI Big Bang Xpower X58 Graphics Card
Powercolor HD 5970 2GB DDR5 Memory
G.Skill 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 @ 7-8-7-24 Display
Dell U2711 LCD (2560x1440) w Lifecam HD 5000 Storage
1 Intel Gen2 SSD 80G (OS) 1 x WD Velociraptor 450GB, 2 x 1TB Samsung F3 , 1 x 2TB WD Green (EARS) Optical Storage
2 HP 1270i 24x SATA DVD Writer w Lightscribe Casing
Coolermaster Haf X PSU
Corsair HX 850 modular PSU Audio
Fubar II w Ageo M & Sennheiser RS170 OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit |
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03-06-2010, 07:44 AM
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Kudos to NightRaven.
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Pentium 4 640 3.2Ghz Mainboard
MSI P4N Diamond Graphics Card
HIS HD4850 IceQ 4 Turbo Memory
Patriot 4GB Storage
Seagate 250GB Optical Storage
BenQ DW1625 DVD Writer Casing
Cooler Master Cavalier T01 PSU
Seasonic M12II-520Bronze Audio
Creative Sound Blaster Live OS
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03-06-2010, 07:44 AM
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wow u really are a NR.... working in wee hours... haha
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E2180 @ 3Ghz with Xigmatek Dark Knight@1.28Vcore Mainboard
MSI P35 NEO 2-FR Graphics Card
Palit GTS250 512mb Memory
OCZ Platinum DDR2 800 1Gbx2 Display
Samsung XL2370 Storage
WDC 250Gb, Samsung spinpoint F3 Optical Storage
LG GH22NP Casing
Coolermaster Scout PSU
Acbel E2 470W Audio
ONBOARD OS
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03-06-2010, 08:08 AM
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haha thanks fellas. i do think the spare inductors are only for me or for the extreme overclockers and should not come in normal retail sets. not sure if MSI expect us to burn something but spare mosfets are always good!
Last edited by NightRaven : 03-06-2010 at 03:35 PM. |
Processor
Intel Core i7 980X Gulftown - Cooled by K|ngp|n's F1 Extreme NightRaven Edition Mainboard
Gigabyte X58A UD9, MSI Big Bang Xpower Graphics Card
Gigabyte 5870 SOC, MSI Lightning Graphics Cards Memory
Gskill Trident Tri Channel + Pi S Dual Channel Display
Samsung & Acer Storage
Intel SSDs + Seagate HDDs Optical Storage
By LG PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W Audio
By Creative OS
Windows XP Pro SP3 & Win 7 Ultimate 64Bit |
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07-06-2010, 03:05 PM
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Any idea on its local price and availability?
According to another review (refer to link below), the suggested US retail price is US$300. Based on the current USD-SGD conversion rate and adding GST, it should be below S$460.. very close to the recent locally released Asus P6X58D-E but way ahead in features. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/artic...therboard/1015 |
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07-06-2010, 03:12 PM
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saj282 wrote:
Any idea on its local price and availability?
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Intel Core i7 980X @ 4Ghz w Corsair H50 Mainboard
MSI Big Bang Xpower X58 Graphics Card
Powercolor HD 5970 2GB DDR5 Memory
G.Skill 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 @ 7-8-7-24 Display
Dell U2711 LCD (2560x1440) w Lifecam HD 5000 Storage
1 Intel Gen2 SSD 80G (OS) 1 x WD Velociraptor 450GB, 2 x 1TB Samsung F3 , 1 x 2TB WD Green (EARS) Optical Storage
2 HP 1270i 24x SATA DVD Writer w Lightscribe Casing
Coolermaster Haf X PSU
Corsair HX 850 modular PSU Audio
Fubar II w Ageo M & Sennheiser RS170 OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit |
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08-06-2010, 12:11 AM
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saj282 wrote:
Any idea on its local price and availability? |
Processor
Intel Core i7 980X Gulftown - Cooled by K|ngp|n's F1 Extreme NightRaven Edition Mainboard
Gigabyte X58A UD9, MSI Big Bang Xpower Graphics Card
Gigabyte 5870 SOC, MSI Lightning Graphics Cards Memory
Gskill Trident Tri Channel + Pi S Dual Channel Display
Samsung & Acer Storage
Intel SSDs + Seagate HDDs Optical Storage
By LG PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W Audio
By Creative OS
Windows XP Pro SP3 & Win 7 Ultimate 64Bit |
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08-06-2010, 12:22 AM
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Wow so late still got review.
Nice looking forward to it! Spare inductors..interesting!
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4GB DDRII 800mhz Kingston @ 850mhz Display
Samsung 2233SW 21.5" Storage
Western Digital Black 640GB X2 Raid 0 Optical Storage
Samsung DVDRW Casing
CoolerMaster CM 690 PSU
Corsair HX850 Audio
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08-06-2010, 08:01 AM
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zhehao wrote:
Wow so late still got review.
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Processor
Intel Core i7 980X @ 4Ghz w Corsair H50 Mainboard
MSI Big Bang Xpower X58 Graphics Card
Powercolor HD 5970 2GB DDR5 Memory
G.Skill 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 @ 7-8-7-24 Display
Dell U2711 LCD (2560x1440) w Lifecam HD 5000 Storage
1 Intel Gen2 SSD 80G (OS) 1 x WD Velociraptor 450GB, 2 x 1TB Samsung F3 , 1 x 2TB WD Green (EARS) Optical Storage
2 HP 1270i 24x SATA DVD Writer w Lightscribe Casing
Coolermaster Haf X PSU
Corsair HX 850 modular PSU Audio
Fubar II w Ageo M & Sennheiser RS170 OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit |
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14-06-2010, 02:02 PM
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pa9797 wrote:
Should be this week. SRP will be around $569 I think |
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14-06-2010, 03:23 PM
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Hallo
NR shu shu, long time liao still no figures from u 
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14-06-2010, 04:29 PM
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longsiew wrote:
Hallo |
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Core i5-750@ 4ghz w/ Corsair H50 & 2 Scythe Gentle Typhoon in push-pull Mainboard
MSI P55-GD65 Graphics Card
MSI R5870 Lightning Memory
4GB Team Xtreem DDR3-1600 CL8 Display
Dell U2311H Storage
Samsung F3 1TB Casing
HAF 932 PSU
Corsair HX750 OS
Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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