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Review: MSI Big Bang Marshal (B3) Motherboard |
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Posted by Winston
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:03 |
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Features and Specifications
Taken from MSI's website ...
Features
- Military Class II components: Top quality & stability
- OC Genie II: Auto OC to boost performance in 1 sec
- ClickBIOS: Easy-to-use UEFI BIOS interface
- Super Charger: fast charge iPad/iPhone/smartphone
- THX TruStudio PRO: deliver the fullest audio experience
- Support USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gb/s
Overview
B3 Stepping Ready
To fix Intel’s 6 Series chipset design error, the SATA problems in its 6 Series chipset, MSI implements the latest Intel B3 Stepping 6 Series chipset on its P67/H67 mainboards for fixing SATA problems in the Intel Series 6 chipsets. Consumers can now identify the latest MSI P67/H67 mainboards equipped with the Intel B3 Stepping chipset with the MSI B3 Stepping Ready logo. This provides a more confident way to identify your next-generation P67/H67 mainboard.
Military Class II
The perfect trinity of quality, stability and efficiency all exist at one mainboard to meet end user expectations. The MSI Military Class II series products provide the long lifespan, unparalleled quality, extreme performance and ultimate efficiency.
Tech Specs
| CPU (Max Support) |
Intel Core i3/i5/i7 |
| AM3 CPU Ready |
N/A |
| FSB / Hyper Transport Bus |
100MHz |
| Chipset |
Intel® P67 (B3 Stepping) |
| DDR2 Memory |
N/A |
| DDR3 Memory |
DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/1866*/2133*(OC) |
| Memory Channel |
Dual |
| DIMM Slots |
4 |
| Max Memory (GB) |
32 |
| PCI-Ex16 |
8 |
| PCI-E Gen |
Gen2 (2x16, 2x8, 4x1) |
| PCI-Ex4 |
N/A |
| PCI-Ex1 |
N/A |
| PCI |
N/A |
| IDE |
N/A |
| SATAIII |
4 |
| SATAII |
4 |
| RAID |
0/1/5/10 |
| LAN |
10/100/1000*2 |
| TPM |
1 |
| USB 3.0 ports (Rear) |
8 |
| USB 2.0 ports (Rear) |
2 |
| Audio ports (Rear) |
6+Coaxial/Optical SPDIF |
| Serial ports (Rear) |
N/A |
| Parallel ports (Rear) |
N/A |
| 1394 ports (Rear) |
1 |
| eSATA |
2 |
| Display Port |
N/A |
| VGA |
N/A |
| HDMI |
N/A |
| DVI |
N/A |
| VGA Max Share Memory (MB) |
N/A |
| DirectX |
N/A |
| Form Factor |
XL-ATX |
| DrMOS |
Y |
| APS |
Y |
| Sideport Memory |
N/A |
| SLI |
Y |
| 3-way SLI |
N/A |
| Hybrid SLI |
N/A |
| CrossFire |
Y |
| Hybrid CrossFire |
N/A |
| D-LED2 |
N/A |
| Green Power Genie |
N/A |
Intel P67 Chipet
Information taken from Intel's website ...
For a smarter PC experience, look for the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family and the Intel® P67 Express Chipset. This new PC platform features improved adaptive performance that adds speed when you need it for a better PC experience. We call that smart performance at its best. You will call it amazing.
Block Diagram
| Support for 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family |
Supports 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel® Pentium® processor, and Intel® Celeron® processor. Intel® P67 Express Chipset also enables overclocking features of unlocked 2nd generation Intel Core processor family. |
| Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST)Ψ |
With additional hard drives added, Intel® RST provides quicker access to digital photo, video and data files with RAID 0, 5, and 10, and greater data protection against hard disk drive failure with RAID 1, 5, and 10. Support for external SATA (eSATA) enables the full SATA interface speed outside the chassis, up to 3 Gb/s. |
| Intel® Rapid Recover Technology (Intel® RRT) |
Intel’s latest data protection technology provides a recovery point that can be used to quickly recover a system should a hard drive fail or if there is data corruption. The clone can also be mounted as a read-only volume to allow a user to recover individual files. |
| Serial ATA (SATA) 6 Gb/s |
Next generation high-speed storage interface supporting up to 6 Gb/s transfer rates for optimal data access with up to 2 SATA ports. |
| Serial ATA (SATA) 3 Gb/s |
High-speed storage interface supporting up to 4 SATA ports. |
| PCI Express* 2.0 Interface |
Offers up to 2.5 GT/s for fast access to peripheral devices and networking with up to 8 PCI Express* 2.0 x1 ports, configurable as x2 and x4 depending on motherboard designs. |
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