Muscle-Flexing: 6 Dual CPU Boards

MSI 694D Pro: Fire Wire (IEEE1394) Included

The MSI has been very well equipped. It has an additional Ultra DMA/100 controller, putting a total of 8 IDE ports at your disposal. In addition, the manufacturer has integrated a Fire Wire building block (IT) which allows hard drive or DVD cameras to be hooked up. There's one catch to the Promise controller, though - you can't just turn it off. Useful features - LEDs inform you about the current state of your system. This board's performance, when compared to the competition, is pretty paltry - the MSI is stuck in last place very often.