Big Bang XPower II: Motherboard Intel X-79 Premium dari MSI

Big Bang X-Power II telah hadir di meja pengujian kami! Motherboard premium MSI yang menggunakan chipset Intel X79 ini mengusung slogan “For Xtreme Only”. Akankah performa produk MSI ini sesuasi dengan slogannya? Silahkan simak review kami berikut ini untuk menemukan jawabannya!

Big Bang X-Power generasi pertama merupakan salah satu motheboard Intel X-58 terbaik di kelasnya. Dengan ekspetasi cukup tinggi, MSI menghadirkan Big Bang Marshall untuk chipset Intel P67. Ternyata Big Bang Marshall tak mampu menyaingi kesuksesan Big Bang X-Power pertama. Kini MSI menghadirkan motherboard dengan titel Big Bang X-Power II, akankah motheboard ini sesukses X-Power yang pertama? Ataukah mengikuti jejak Big Bang Marshall? Inilah yang akan kita buktikan dalam review lengkap berikut ini !

Big Bang X-Power II mengusung beberapa fitur baru dari MSI. Salah satunya adalah Military Class III. Penggunaan komponen yang lebih baik dari Military Class II berarti meningkatkan durabilitas dan kestabilan dari sistem yang digunakan.

Chipset X79

Spesifikasi Big Bang X-Power II

CPU

• Supports 2nd Generation Intel® Core i7 processors in LGA2011 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• Intel® X79 Chipset

Main Memory

• Supports eight unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2133*/2400* (OC) DRAM, 128GB Max
– Supports Quad channel mode

Slots
• 4 PCI Express gen3 x16 slots
– PCI_E1 supports up to PCIE x16 speed
– PCI_E5 supports up to PCIE x16 speed when PCI_E3 is empty, or supports x8 speed when PCI_E3 is occupied
– PCI_E3 & PCI_E7 support up to PCIE x8 speed
• 3 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots
– PCI_E2, PCU_E4 & PCI_E6 support up to PCIE x1 speed

On-Board SATA

• SATAII controller integrated in Intel® X79 chipset
– Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
– Supports four SATAII ports (SATA3~6) by X79

• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® X79 chipset
– Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
– Supports two SATAIII ports (SATA1~2) by X79

• SATAIII controller integrated in ASMedia® ASM 1061 chipset
– Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
– Supports four SATAIII ports (SATA7~10)

• RAID
– SATA1~6 ports support Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (AHCI / RAID 0/1/5/10) by Intel X79

USB 3.0
• 1 USB 3.0 internal connector by NEC® D720200
• 4 USB 3.0 rear I/O ports by NEC® D720200

Audio

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC892
– Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
– Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
– Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec

LAN

• Supports dual PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Intel 82579V and 82574L.

IEEE1394 / FireWire

• VIA® VT6315N chipset
– Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
– Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.

Internal I/O Connectors
– ATX 24-Pin power connector
– 2 x 8-pin Power connectors
– CPU x 1 / System x 5 FAN connectors
– Front panel audio connector
– Front panel connector
– 1 x Chasis intrusion connector
– 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
– 1 x USB 3.0 connectors
– 4 x Serial ATAII connectors
– 6 x Serial ATAIII connectors
– 1 x IEEE1394 connector
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
– 1 x Power button
– 1 x Reset button
– 1 x OC Genie button
– 2 x Base clock buttons
– 1 x Multi BIOS button

Back Panel I/O Ports
– 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard port
– 1 x Clear CMOS button
– 1 x Coaxial SPDIF port
– 1 x Optical SPDIF port
– 1 x IEEE1394 port
– 2 x RJ45 LAN Jacks
– 6 x USB 2.0 ports
– 4 x USB 3.0 ports
– 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack

BIOS
• The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

Dimension
• 34.5cm(L) x 26.4cm(W) XL-ATX Form Factor
Mounting
• 12 mounting holes.