MSI Big Bang P67 Marshal review @ Guru3D

Considering the recall on the 6-Series chipset several of the in-process reviews have been halted per the request of the mfg.  However in the big picture the flaw in the SATA2 controller has little effect on the review in general, especially considering that most boards will get a replacement chipset come march/april and will be back on store shelves.

One of the most anticipated motherboards from MSI is the Big Bang Marshal featuring Sandy Bridge support, Lucid PCI Express bridge chip, and 8 full length16x PCI Express video card slots.  Only 4 of them are electrically wired for 16 lanes but that is to be expected.

The board comes with 24-phase DrMOS power design, voltage monitoring points, an external overclock device called the OC dashboard, that all new EFI BIOS, dual-BIOS selectable with a simple button, and OC genie button that allows you to have say a 2500K processor run at 4200 with the flick of a switch. I'm not done though, we spot integrated audio with SoundBlaster X-Fi application (software) layer, ten SATA ports of which four are based on the all new SATA 6G. Thick heatpipe (passive and thus silent) cooling and more and more.

I'll have to admit this board will be on my top 10, once it goes back on sale.

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