MSI Big Bang-XPower ATX Intel Motherboard

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Rapid set up, straight forward make, operates like a champ! technique temps are below 34 degrees C even when overclocking and killing the games, my CPU only reaches 42 degrees C on a hot day overclocking.+ the LED error code show is a main plus very good!+ the OC Dash is neat"o" wonderful way for new builders to see what's going on, fix troubles, modify voltages, and check temperatures!+USB three.+Sata 6gb/s+Very cool black and blue look had one particular challenge with the ram not getting identified, I popped it out popped it correct back in the identical spot and it worked fine... I nonetheless have no clue to this day what happened... broke my heart for a second though! Case - NZXT Apollo BLKMOBO - MSI Large Bang XpowerProcessor - intel i7 950 @ 3.75Gh OCCPU Cooler - Thermaltake SpinQ Blackwidow W/ Arctic five Thermal CompoundGFX Card - Saphire Radeon 5870 2g GDDR5Power Supply - 1250W Energy Xon by Xion XionMemory - 1x G.Skill Ripjaw series 4g Ram StickSSD - G.Skill Pro series 60gb SSDHD - WD Caviar Black 6gb/s Bare DrivePortable Drive - WD 320g Caviar Blue

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Adore this board. Have had zero difficulties. Very steady. Operating a 980x with 12GB of g-skill. none i really like the sound card strategy they took with this board

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Attempted the 22x200Ɣ.4Ghz) , was not so quite stable. Then switched more than to the 25x176Ɣ.4Ghz),viola "Rock of Gibraltar" solid.Running on air 30C~ idle, 54C~load w/ stock Heat sink which looks very comparable to the other aftermarket hsinks w/fan coolers. MSI has the most detailed paperwork and throrough site I have ever noticed for a motherboard. They have came along,long way from the easy but dependable MB in my 8 yr old E mach.Sound card is extremely very good, but may possibly have to figure out a way to get another infamous X-Fi card in there. Gaming has NO CPU bottleneck now. Any person know what uncore ratio is? Oh, and a seriously nice bundle, and fancy packaging for those who care. Its' a good function rich MB. I am thrilled with its' functionality, cooling, and power usage so far. Missed out on ุ coupon someplace along the line,my undesirable.I don't even bother with the rebates. None just feels strong. This is a good feeling possessing skilled "not so solid". I want EA would have let us know that the MOH beta over. Thought my new rig was possessing ip problems. Really like the feel of the bios, kind of ignorant to the nuances of tuning this baby. Lot additional variables than my EP45 & Q9650. I think about that following I put my TT Bigwater back in with the new 1366 base,the temps will drop dramaticaly. 4.4s awesome, but would like to see four.8GHz.I'll figure it out.The new rig:i980x (Master of the Universe,lol.)Huge Bang X-Energy MSIG.Ability Trident 6GB Ɠ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (very strong,my favorite MEM for a lengthy while)XMP profilesCorsair HX850 (get hx1000 of much better for Massive Bangs' dual 8-pin EPS setup, unsupported on mine,might have to upgradeƜ x 1TB Samsung F1's in Raid (need the Sata 6gb HDD now although)TT Bigwater as of tonight, with PrimoChill Blue UV dye bomb.(Caveat getting quite terrible vibes with the on-line co. with xoxo in its' name,want the egg would carry the fancy LCS coolant,what a nightmare)Microsoft Windows 7 House Premium 64bit OS Samsung Blu-Ray Player (go excellent with my ASUS MS238H monitor)Two Sapphire Toxics HD 5850s

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My 1st comprehensive make. This board works and appears excellent.It has a lot of nice capabilities overclocking is simple. I-7 930 - 2.8G is at 3.15G - 1.18v on air no troubles. none

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Nice board, nice capabilities, and the small clear CMOS button on the back is fairly sweet. If you read the manual, setting it up and installing issues on it will be easy. Generating them function may possibly be a bit of a challenge, but that's a separate issue entirely. It's nevertheless a sweet board. Had to flash the BIOS to v1.4b5 just before it would function correctly. Had a number of challenges prior to that, including creepy lag with everything including my mouse. The flash seemed to resolve MOST of these concerns.Now, although, I have new ones where it refuses to boot into windows, or shut down from Linux, and won't reinstall an OS from the optical drive. All have been tested elsewhere, and are working fine. I memtested my RAM overnight with no errors on every stick. Sooooo... I named MSI to figure out what to do next, or if I necessary to RMA my board.TERRIBLE consumer help knowledge. When I lastly got a live person on the telephone, the guy was exceptionally quick with me, and didn't want to truly answer any questions. He seemed exceptionally inexperienced and wanted to e mail me a pdf of 'supported RAM' that was supposed to answer all my inquiries. The answer was usually 'I sent you the PDF.' Thanks but no thanks. Currently had the PDF from their site. If you DO get this board, and uncover your self in require of assist, go to the MSI User Forums Initial. They're infinitely additional beneficial and knowledgeable, and even rather speedy about posting in threads. They helped me through the initial bits of insanity, and somehow I wish MSI would pay those guys for the awesome that they spread. Calling the MSI help quantity, although, was an absolute waste of my time, told me nothing at all that I didn't already know, and left me definitely no closer to resolving the issues I'm obtaining.

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Board looks nice and comes highly encouraged by several forum reviewers as well as purchasers on NewEgg. Nice layout and characteristics. DOA, board powered up, CPU fan runs, phase/power LEDs come on and that's it. Computer will not go into BIOS mode so there is no diagnostic and monitor does not recognize input supply and the video card is brand new also. Post error code is either E8 or 83, not certain which way to study it. Was Quite excited to place my construct collectively. HAF X case/ Intel i-7 930 processor, Corsair HX 750 Power Supply/ Corsair DDR3 Ram, but at this point it may well as properly be a lego set with some LEDs.Have repackaged board and sent to NewEgg for RMA. First expertise with MSI and NewEgg, praying and hoping to not have to go via this once again. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Client,We would like to apologize for the situation you have seasoned with this certain mb. Please email me directly by means of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your complete speak to info, subject heading "EAHBigBang". I would like to assist you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User AssistanceMSI Product Support

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Numerous features, a ton of possibilities in the bios.The pros end there although... Very first of all I had to format and reinstall windows prior to it would even boot into windows (stock settings) - I was rather angry about that but had already backed up almost everything...Was operating four.two on my EVGA board w/ 12gig 2000. On this board it will barely hit 3.six steady and that was after some large voltage alterations. As soon as I did get it operating it seemed Seriously slow. So I place left4dead2 on, running a 5970 with vsync - not a CPU intensive game by any means.. Old board was hitting the 120fps limit consistently, this 1 barely got more than 60 fps and dipped under 50 continuously and just felt generally choppy. This was felt beneath stock conditions, oc genie and manual overclock while moving card from 2nd slot ྰx) to 5th slot ྰx). Hoping I just got a bad board, NewEgg was stand up about it though and is overnighting a new board. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Consumer,We would like to apologize for the issue you have knowledgeable with this specific mb. Please e-mail me straight via usersupport2@msi.com your mb's serial number and your total contact facts, topic heading "EAHX58". I would like to support you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User HelpMSI Item Help

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My board just shipped so I know it's type of early guys but I'm so excited I just had to say something. Pros.. every thing about this board is a pro even down to the QuantumWave THX TruStudio soundcard. And by the way the OC Genie utilizes an integrated chip to auto overclock.. not a software program overclock but an Integrated Chip to automatically establish and implement an optimal overclock for your hardware and of course you nevertheless have the selection to go into the BIOS yourself and tweak. Whatever you choose. This board is in a class by itself. Take care and bless you all.PS. No I don't work for MSI or newegg. Lol It doesn't do the dishes ! LOL ! :) Fortunately I had Google Alerts scanning the Online 24ǝ for the past month. I knew the board was going to hit soon but didn't know when specifically simply because MSI kept the release date hush hush. As quickly as the MSI Xpower went on sale at Newegg I got an email alert. I ordered the board from Newegg and went back an hour later just to see if had sold out and guess what... SOLD OUT !! If any individual wants the hottest most function rich board on the market for a cost that is a steal then order it now simply because I have a feeling it's going to go up in value Soon due to it's popularity. PS I'm an EVGA fanboy typically but this board has me drooling. :)

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Lowers temperatures, OC like a champ, intuitive BIOS layout, higher excellent parts Not so flashy in appearance like ASUS, but does that genuinely matter? This a single is all power no frills motherboard. Documentation is amazing (despite some humorous Engrish at instances), and I found it far superior to ASUS Rampage III in terms of stability and temperature.

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Does a wonderful program even much better..Had a ASUS P6T go Undesirable ྯ Monthes).Went with MSI..OC Genie is the blast!...I7-920 2.66 runs at 3.two now with little heat raise.AZZA Hurrcan 2000 full tower..Corsair twin 120mm cooler..12 g Dom DDR3-1600 ram.2 EVGA 470 GTX in SLI.(See PSU Notes) Paid more for it than I need to have..Necessary it Swift ,did the stroll in regional..Price me More."..Buy it at NewEgg, would have saved 35 bucks in tax..This Board wants two 8 pin EPS and A PCI-E..Had a Corsair 850.While they make adapters.(Have them).Only the Corsair 1000 񝄐 have two 8 pin and six PCI-E.. Newegg had a fantastic deal on the 1000..This is not a con..Just Calls for excellent pre planing for energy and cooling to get Wonderful final results and hook up anything appropriate.. and I did..!! MSI Had speedy responces to all my tech concerns.Newegg Rocks..they have never ever let me down..I have Buit three 890FXA-G70's/black DEN three.four's/AZZA 1000 S full T/ ( run at three.8 )and now this Massive Bang two.66-operating at.three.2.With just beautiful final results..I "was" An Asus Fan..

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At initially i was thinking to go with Asus but decided to obtain MSI, i dont know why i bought this card but i am entirely satisfied so far. Almost everything looks wonderful on this card, i truly like the way it appears like and the design. somehow it keeps cool temp on itself and the CPU runs wonderful with this board. so far i like this mb, and i havent had any difficulty at all. Bios loading screen keeps me 4 second away from my computer :)

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Has wonderful appears, & capabilities to take it into the future as new tech becomes available. For some, bios updates may possibly be needed, but that is not uncommon now days with such variations in component selections. The earlier reviewer was so out of line in the MSI User to User forum, his thread was locked. A RAM stick wasn't fully seated & the board worked fine soon after that.

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Perfect layout, great excellent elements, and actual easy to OC. In a position to OC my i7-950 to four.2Ghz and runs at 65C and quite steady. Really like this board. All x58’s run about the identical baseline, but this is a home run for MSI, with all the PCI slots and the high quality. The OC genie is a joke. Better to leave it off if it does not function. Excellent attempt, perhaps next time. Would like additional PCI slots.

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Good layout for the motherboard. USB3 and SATA3ƖGbit/s). Very good power alternatives for overclocking and the OC Genie and OC Dashboard. Don't like the PCI-E layout for three-way SLI/Crossfire, but I will most likely never ever do that so shouldn't be an challenge. Newegg is great!

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Normally I'm an ASUS fanboy, but this board by itself tops what ASUS has out now. If you want a subsequent-gen board that supports legacy hardware, go with a GIGABYTE board. If you want one thing additional future-proof, go with this board. It's an overclockers' dream and it touts military-class reliability. To turn the method on for the extremely very first time I had to use the power button which is located on the board itself, I don't know why that is the case or why it is not pointed out. To boot from USB, I had to allow "LAN alternative ROM" below "Integrated Peripherals" in the BIOS, which is not otherwise documented. This board attributes two eight-pin CPU energy provide connections. Opt for a power provide accordingly. An eight-pin PCI-E connector will NOT perform. I think you require a peripheral-to-8 pin converter connection or numerous 4-pin connectors, due to the fact I don't see any other energy supplies which function more than one 8-pin 12v connector. Ram slots are also one-sided snap-in, so if you use a ram fan like the G.Skill Turbulence II, it will only have one particular side to clip on to.processor: Intel Core i7 X 980video card: Radeon HD 4850ram: G.Skill Trident DDR3 2000energy provide: Corsair 750TXcase: NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BKA lot more info forthcoming as I operate with it.

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Supports the i7 980x out of the box, no require to place a lesser chip in to update the BIOS. Supports 24GB of RAM (I utilised G.Skill 1066 CAS7 4GB sticks) Posted on initial attempt. Unlike my Gigabyte EX-58 UD9, which didn't post, and had to RMA. I got this one rather.. I like not having that Legacy PCI port... :) The temps, are about what I had on my Gigabyte EX-58 UD5 (with a Coolermaster V8) I see persons commenting on the NB temps.. I don't have that issue.. though my CPU cooler is a Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO so it supports Massive coolers. :) Temps are about 32C for CPU at stock. I didn't have an problem with the soundcard due to the fact I placed a Inventive Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD in there instead.. worked like a charm. The board detected my LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner and SSD. Has adequate USB ports at the back. A little on the flimsy side, but that is mostly simply because I am used to Gigabyte boards. The two fan connectors at the bottom are a pain, now I will want to extenders for my two top rated fans (using a Coolermaster HAF X case) WARNING: Do NOT use the drivers on the disk! Superior but, throw it away.. I got BSODs with them. I have However to attempt the ones on MSI's site, and I rather not. Not enough SATA ports to make use of my case completely. :*(no onboard USB three. to plug the front USB three.0s in. I haven't identified a RAID controller except on the Marvell ports ƒ).

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I liked the multi video card slots the speed fantastic MB but with all MSI boards there is always a dilemma and as u can see MSI largely supports Intel and i am not a really huge intel fan, im just saying upgrade to largely AMD they kick but now, so do that and ill get more of ur goods. :) None There was a thing with this only two of the slots worked ive tried numerous cards, and yeah its a MB difficulty Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Client,We would like to apologize for the issue you have seasoned with this specific mb. Please e mail me directly via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your comprehensive get in touch with information, subject heading "EAH7666". I would like to aid you get this resolved.Finest Regards,User SupportMSI Solution Help

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This board is wonderful Overclocked my I7 930 with ease. The OC genie button is worthless I pushed it and it only OC'ed my 930 from 2.eight ghz to 3.1 Ghz and pushed all my voltages way over the recommened protected limit.

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This board works wonderfully if you can survive its quirks. the quirks These with boot challenges. This motherboard has 3 SATA / Raid controllers integrated in it. The bootup sequence has documented challenges on bios version 1.2 and 1.3 when you have devices hooked to the marvel Sata III controller and the Intel IHC10R set for ACHI / Raid and a single of the devices on the Intel controller is a CD-Rom. It is an odd combination to realize the difficulty however it has occurred to me and many other people. It causes the system to either hang at the intel raid screen or just go black in the initial post course of action.Not Best but putting the CD-roms on the Marvel Controller and all my difficult disks on the intel controller has fixed my problems for now. A BIOS update really should resolve the situation in the future (Comon' MSI dont make me wrong).

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All the characteristics you could ask for with the exception of pci-e 3. but eh.Overclocked my I7-930 to 4GHZ 100% stable just adjusting the FSB to 183 and multi to 22. Didnt even have to mess with the voltages just left it on auto.Could get far more out the chip but im pleased were it is for now. Memory necessary some voltage uping but i assume that standard these days.Nonetheless seeking for boot priorty menu.Its in there somewere.Cat thought manual was a tasty treat. This is were the but element comes in.Following finshing my make it wouldnt post so immediately after a couple of hours of tinkering it came down to takeing the the motherboard out to inspect the pins and sure sufficient i had 5 bent ones.I was quite carefull puting the chip in and the only issue i can consider of that would have bent the pins was that they had been bent currently and i didnt notice or the quite excessive amount of force required to get the arm to lock down.Soon after borrowing someones bifocals i got it back fantastic as new and had a great sigh of relief i didnt just 300 bucks down the toilet. I dont fault MSI for the complete fiasco additional over i blame intel for the entire pinless chip rubbish.Inspect your pins! Intel Core i7-930 ʄGHZMSI Large Bang-XPower CORSAIR XMS3 6GBZOTAC AMP! GTX 480CORSAIR 850TX PS Noctua NH-D14 heatsinkSAMSUNG 24x DVD Burner COOLER MASTER HAF 932 caseWD CB 1TB sata3Windows 7 household 64