MSI Big Bang Marshal P67+Hydra motherboard

[tecmo34]

Here is an image of teh MSI Big Bang Marshal P67+Hydra motherboard in it's glory with 8... count them 8 PCIe slots!!

Why you need 8 PCIe slots is beyond me, since any GPU worth it's weight is a dual slotted card, so actually, it is a 4-way SLI / Crossfire board IMO.

Here are some of the other features...
■a 24-phase DrMOS PWM design
■Military Class II components,
■two 8-pin CPU power connectors and one 6-pin plug for supplying graphics cards
■switches for disabling out PCIe x16 slots
■voltage read points
■three BIOS's.
■OC Genie II one-button overclocking function
■four SATA 6.0 Gbps and four SATA 3.0 Gbps ports
■eight USB 3.0 connectors
■dual Gigabit Ethernet
■7.1 channel audio
■two eSATA ports
■Power, Reset, Clear CMOS and OC buttons
■the ClickBIOS (UEFI).

Source: http://semiaccurate.com/2010/12/28/msi-shows-its-big-bang-marshal-board/

 

[jonpaul37]

Straight up teasing me!!! I am waiting for Sandy Bridge release to buy a motherboard/CPU. Will likely go with the ASUS P67 Deluxe and i7 2600K and every second that goes by is killing me because I have everything else ready to go!

Rig will be as follows:

Cooler Master HAF 922
Corsair HX 850
ASUS P67 Deluxe
Intel i7 2600K
ASUS GTX 570 X 2
G.Skill DDR3-1600 4GB CL 7
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Crucial 64 GB SSD SATA-6

I will stick with Stock cooling for now until I need better...

Any Idea on what the price will be for the MSI Big Bang Marshal P67+Hydra motherboard?

 

[stingstang]

Sticking with my P45 and going to be plenty happy about it. You power users are just sluts.

 

[jonpaul37]

Sticking with my P45 and going to be plenty happy about it. You power users are just sluts.

HA! LOL, I am going from ASUS P5Q Pro P45 with Q6600 to Sandy Bridge so i can safely say it is within respectable bounds of a well deserved upgrade. Don't get me wrong, P45 and Core 2 Quad was VERY nice to me but I get the feeling that the setup in my previous post will serve me well for at least 3 years without even the slightest prospect of an upgrade... That is, unless every future game released is using the same engine as Crysis.

Ps. Who you callin a slut, i prefer whore

 

[joelmartinez]

I think I'll go with the Gigabyte P67 boards but not sure if I want to upgrade from my i5 750+GA-P55A-UD4P It's working fine for me now and the only reason I would upgrade would be to brag

 

[bigft910]

Im going for the MSI mobo since there is a good combo deal

 

[joelmartinez]

I'm definitely not buying SB now I'm waiting for the LGA 1366 replacement (I'm going to upgrade to a 30'' ultrasharp after I get that board and a screaming graphics card)