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MSI Big Bang XPower II LGA2011 Motherboard Reviews

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2012-01-19 21:15:00.0


Guru3D, HardwareHeaven, and t-break have reviewed the MSI Big Bang XPower II LGA2011 motherboard, which is based on the Intel X79 Express chipset and supports the new Intel 'Sandy Bridge-E' LGA2011 processors.

Let's see what they had to say:

  • Guru3D:

    "Luckily the "military" theme with the Gatling gun and bullet coolers didn't go over the top, it's all done subtle... and that is the word that defines the X79 Big Bang XPower II the best, subtle. Fact remains that with a much cheaper motherboard you'll achieve the very same overclocks with liquid cooling, it's however the design and sheer features that pushes the XPower II into a higher level. We like the motherboard very much and definitely can recommend it towards any enthusiast, as we assume, nobody will run a Sandy Bridge-E processor at default clock frequencies ;)"


    Click here to read the full review.


  • HardwareHeaven:

    "In terms of performance the MSI Big Bang XPower 2 doesn't disappoint. In the motherboard specific tests we saw it compete with the best that ASUS has to offer and this continued on in the other tests where the MSI was able to squeeze that little bit extra performance out of our components on a regular basis. It also overclocked far higher than any other X79 board we have tested so far.

    Added to this great performance is a decent number of SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 connectors (along with USB charge ports and ESD protection) but one of the more important features is the ability to install four high end GeForce or Radeon cards in quad SLI/Crossfire X for extreme high end GPU performance... with PCIe Gen3 support."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • t-break:

    "So what makes the MSI Big Bang XPower II such an exceptional motherboard are all the extra bells & whistles that are reserved for very high-end boards, yet it provides performance as good as any of the others. The best part is that it’s not priced to destroy your wallet. So for anybody building high-end X79 based rig who wants all the features and performance of a flagship X79 board at the price point of something more acceptable, look no further than the MSI Big Bang XPower II."


    Click here to read the full review.

This seems like an excellent motherboard, easily competitive with the best that ASUS and GIGABYTE currently have to offer.

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