MSI X99S MPOWER, Intel X99 Mainboard - Socket 2011-V3 [7885-012R ]

However, all power users and hardware fools who opt for a Haswell-E / X99 team, in return not only the brachialste, never before encountered in the consumer area of processor performance, no, they also acquire more features, over which yesterday was rumored still awesome as "tomorrow": How Intel Hexa Core and octa-core monsters come first with integrated DDR4 memory controller so that X99 motherboards have appropriate RAM banks in which the faster while energy-efficient DDR4 RAM potters.

In addition, many X99 boards have the next-gen interface for SATA SSDs called Express (SATAE) and M.2 (NGFF), the first time with the Z97 chipset and the Intel-1150s mainstream processors ("Haswell Refresh" / "Devil's Canyon") reached the market. But unlike the latter, the Haswell There are not only 16, but a full 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes available, so the fastest M.2 SSDs also via 4 lanes can be connected (via compatible motherboard slots) with maximum speed without abzuzwacken data lines to the graphics card.

When MSI X99S MPOWER is an excellently equipped X99 motherboard that provides an ideal base for the mega strong Extreme processors, the Core-i7-5000er series with its 6 or even 8 cores. The black and yellow board comes with eight DIMM slots for up to 128 GB DDR4 memory in super speedy quad-channel mode. As sound chip Realtek ALC1150 is at Bo (a) rd, which can output over five audio jacks and an optical S / PDIF connector 7.1 sound.

The further connectivity falls off on the high-end chipset much more than adequate, the ATX mainboard provides a total of (partly external, partly internal) 12 (!) USB 3.0 ports and six USB 2.0 ports available and manages hard drives and SSDs over ten SATA 6G ports (incl. RST and partly RAID support) and a SATAe- or a M.2 slot (PCIe 3.0 x4). Expansion cards come in two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots and video cards are four PCI-Express slots available in Standard 3.0.

The MSI X99S MPOWER also impresses with Gigabit LAN, many practical on-board overclocking buttons "Audio Boost", "Military Class 4" components "OC Genie 4", "Click BIOS 4", "Easy Button" "V-Check Points", "Clear CMOS button" and many other useful features.

Technical details:

     Format: ATX
     Color: Black, Yellow
     Chipset: Intel X99
     Base: 2011-V3 (for Intel's "Haswell-E" CPUs)
     RAM: 8x DDR4 (max 128 GB.)
     Quad-Channel
     Slots (physical):
     4x PCIe (3.0) x16
     Compatible Multi-VGA configurations: 3-way SLI, 3-way CrossFireX
     2x PCIe 2.0 x1
     Internal connections:
     10x SATA 6G (2x SATA Express thereof)
     1x SATA Express (2x SATA 6G-compatible, shared M.2)
     1x Turbo M.2 NGFF (PCIe 3.0 x4; shared with SATA Express)
     4x USB 3.0 (2x header)
     4x USB 2.0 ports (2 header)
     5x fan (4-pin)
     1x TPM
     Power / reset / LED / Front Audio
     External ports:
     1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
     8x USB 3.0 (4x them by VIA805 and 2x by ASM1024AE)
     2x USB 2.0
     1x Gigabit LAN
     1x S / PDIF optical
     5x audio (7.1, Realtek ALC1150)
     Power supply:
     1x 24-pin ATX
     1x 8-pin ATX 12V
     1 x 4-pin ATX 12V
     Compatibility: Windows 8.1, 8, 7