MSI Readies Big Bang XPower X58 Motherboard - Page 2

monkey_mo · Jan 29, 2010, 01:32 AM

So is that lucid hydra chip then coming on any X58 board? Looks like that is not the case, well at least from msi's roadplan.

steelkane · Jan 29, 2010, 05:14 AM

Over the years I've bought many different MB,, asus has been the top RMA board for me. Any board is hit or miss. msi is stepping up there game.

TIGR · Jan 29, 2010, 09:16 AM

It's pointless to speculate on the chipset cooling until we see a final production model and get some tests done on it. The X58 certainly can get hot with a heavy PCI-Express load, despite the memory controller being on the CPU.

It's also pointless to choose a board based on brand alone. I've seen terrible Asus boards and a couple awesome Foxconns. Brand means something but choose a board for its particular model, not its brand.

Initialised · Jan 29, 2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jjFarking

OMG. I hope those DIP switches aren't a sign of things to come..

Bring on the Old School Overclocking!

PP Mguire · Jan 29, 2010, 12:21 PM

Lets not and say we never even gave it a thought.

INSTG8R · Jan 30, 2010, 05:41 PM

Hmm well seeing as my personal MoBo fave is now dead(Abit) This looks like not a bad choice for my next upgrade I have been avoiding for lack of something that piques my interest. Never been a fan of Asus and Gigabyte have burned me in the past(not too mention I have no love for their BIOS's in the OC dept.) so MSI look like they may have my interest.

Hunt3r · Jan 30, 2010, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by INSTG8R

Hmm well seeing as my personal MoBo fave is now dead(Abit) This looks like not a bad choice for my next upgrade I have been avoiding for lack of something that piques my interest. Never been a fan of Asus and Gigabyte have burned me in the past(not too mention I have no love for their BIOS's in the OC dept.) so MSI look like they may have my interest.

And like DFI?

shevanel · Jan 31, 2010, 11:35 AM

i will never buy a msi board again... simply for the customer service i recieved from them.

this board does look nice and i hope its of better quality.. they seem to want to offer the enthisiast all they want but they need to work on their customer service and QA

majestic12 · Jan 31, 2010, 12:19 PM

Those heatsinks that are on the prototype look identical to the ones on the Pro-E and my X58M. As long as the thermal paste is decent, the temperatures are suprisingly acceptable (the ICH10R chipset on mine hovers in the upper 40's to lower 50's at load). I'm confident the final product will be cooler.

MSI has been hit or miss with my experience. Their best stuff has been their video cards -especially the twin frozr designs. I've gone through two of their motherboards and although one was a lemon, I would be happy to buy another one of their motherboards if they continue making good products for great prices... -I feel they've really got some snazzy motherboards as of late. This thing will definitely cater to those who want stable juice with a nice overvolt.

xrealm20 · Jan 31, 2010, 03:11 PM

MSI seems to have been coming out with a bunch of quality boards recently, let's hope they can keep the quality up.

Hunt3r · Jan 31, 2010, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xrealm20

MSI seems to have been coming out with a bunch of quality boards recently, let's hope they can keep the quality up.

MSI is now one of the best brands in the area of hardware

Meizuman · Jan 31, 2010, 09:35 PM

Would this be the first mobo with decent on board sound card...?

Hayder_Master · Feb 1, 2010, 09:25 AM

sorry is anyone now use a word "big bang" as something new now

popswala · Feb 1, 2010, 07:26 PM

Its lookin sweet. I've never had a problem w/ an MSI board. That's all I stick with. Yea, sometimes u do get a dud but u can't down them cause of that.

It sure is nice seeing them away from there ugly board colors. I wanna see green instead of blue. All u see is blue or red. Kinda throws off ur color scheme if ur doing one.

roast · Feb 1, 2010, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by btarunr

Please read the article.

I did...
I'm not talking about the VRM cooler, I'm talking about the X58 -ICH chipset cooling, unless thats what you meant in the first post.

The chipset cooling doesnt seem to be adequate. Im aware that the VRM coolers have not been added yet.

btarunr · Feb 2, 2010, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roast

I did...
I'm not talking about the VRM cooler, I'm talking about the X58 -ICH chipset cooling, unless thats what you meant in the first post.

The chipset cooling doesnt seem to be adequate. Im aware that the VRM coolers have not been added yet.

No you didn't. Article said:

Quote:

it doesn't seem to have been pictured with its final chipset-VRM cooling

.

roast · Feb 2, 2010, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btarunr

No you didn't. Article said:

.

And I had assumed that had just been regarding the VRM cooling part.

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Jan 29, 2010, 01:32 AM	#26
monkey_mo Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So is that lucid hydra chip then coming on any X58 board? Looks like that is not the case, well at least from msi's roadplan.

Jan 29, 2010, 09:16 AM	#28
TIGR Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Minnesota, USA Posts: 2,098 (1.20/day) Thanks: 739 Thanked 1,030 Times in 598 Posts System Specs	It's pointless to speculate on the chipset cooling until we see a final production model and get some tests done on it. The X58 certainly can get hot with a heavy PCI-Express load, despite the memory controller being on the CPU. It's also pointless to choose a board based on brand alone. I've seen terrible Asus boards and a couple awesome Foxconns. Brand means something but choose a board for its particular model, not its brand.

Jan 29, 2010, 12:21 PM	#30
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Jan 31, 2010, 11:35 AM	#33
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Jan 31, 2010, 12:19 PM	#34
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