1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:09,200 Bang. Yeah. Okay. Sort of related. This 2 00:00:05,279 --> 00:00:10,960 is the Big Bang Marshall. So, this has a 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:15,440 three-year warranty. It is an MSI motherboard for gaming. It uses the B3 4 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:20,480 revision chipset, which means that it doesn't have the SATA 2 bug that plagued 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:22,800 the original P67 boards. And it supports 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:29,279 Intel Core i7, Core i5, and Core i3 processors on the LG 1155 platform. from 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:30,640 Crossfire X and SLI technology are both 8 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:37,760 supported by this particular motherboard. And this is all about 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,600 gaming. Check out that board. It looks 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:43,600 awesome. But we'll look at the board more later. Let's look at the features 11 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:48,079 first. So, here we go. It features the military class 2 concept from MSI, which 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:51,680 means you got super farite chokes, uh, highly conductive tantelum core 13 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:55,440 capacitors, as well as solid capacitors for up to a 10year lifetime on this 14 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:58,640 particular board. Top stability and quality. That's good. Ultimate 3D gaming 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:07,520 performance. You can see they got four graphics cards installed on it right here. Okay. USB 3.0 and SATA 6 3 GB or 16 00:01:04,479 --> 00:01:09,760 SATA 36 GB per second. Click BIOS which 17 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,960 means it has a UEFI BIOS which is fully compatible with your mouse for changing 18 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:17,280 all your BIOS settings and inner workings and whatnots. Okay. Finally, uh 19 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:23,439 this I already outlined when we were talking about military class 2 Sound 20 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,960 Blaster XY MB2. So it features EAX 21 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:28,240 Advance. I don't know what MB2 stands for. If anyone knows what MB2 stands 22 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:32,880 for, please leave it in the comments and somebody thumbs it up, please, so we can 23 00:01:29,759 --> 00:01:36,079 all see it. Next on the back, we have 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,439 Dr. Moss 3in-1 server grade MOSFETs. MSI 25 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:41,119 has been using these for a number of generations now, and they keep stepping 26 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:45,200 up their game, providing better power delivery to your CPU with every 27 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:48,720 generation of products. Super Pipe is something I'm a big fan of. Uh, it 28 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:53,680 probably performs better, but really it just looks sweet because it's got big 29 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:56,479 old fat thick heat pipes. OC Genie 1sec overclocking. This is another feature 30 00:01:55,119 --> 00:01:59,920 I'm actually a big fan of. You just press the button and it overclocks and 31 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:04,240 then you can grow into the more advanced overclocking features of the board that 32 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:07,680 you choose. OC dashboard is kind of useful. I have one with my Big Bang X 33 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:13,440 power. You can like press the button and change the B clock and whatnot. 24 phase 34 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:20,720 Dr. Moss PWM. So 24 power phases on this board. Is it overkill? Yes. 35 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:23,760 Is it cool? Yes. Eight PCIe 60 slots. Is 36 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:27,360 it overkill? Yes. 37 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:29,280 Is it necessary? No. Is it cool? Yes. 38 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:34,879 Multibios. So, we have multiple BIOS chips on this particular board. PCIe 39 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:39,519 ceasefire is what they're calling their switches for turning on or off your PCIe 40 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:44,720 slots. This allows you to more easily diagnose your uh any video card issues 41 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:48,720 or display issues you may be having with your motherboard. Dual eight pin CPU 42 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:53,040 power connectors allow you to deliver a whole lot of juice to your CPU should 43 00:02:50,959 --> 00:03:00,120 you desire. And let's go ahead and open up the box, shall we? 44 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,120 First, we have 45 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:05,080 dramatic pause accessories, 46 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:12,239 including a big start guide, which is the size of me 47 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:15,920 and the size of the board, but bigger. It shows you all the whatnotss that are 48 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:19,040 on it. Okay. more of the exactly the same stuff that was already on the 49 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:22,400 packaging. Thank you, MSI. All right, so let's put this over here just in case we 50 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:26,720 can't, you know, see the board well enough on our own. All right, next we 51 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:29,760 have the OC dashboard right there. Plus, minus mode. You can use it to change a 52 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,680 bunch of different settings. It plugs in via this. Okay, it's actually kind of 53 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:39,920 useful. I have used it in the past. There's the cable for it. Okay, next we 54 00:03:36,239 --> 00:03:42,080 have one of those ESATAs as well as uh 55 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:47,280 an adapter plug from the Molex power here which plugs into your power supply 56 00:03:44,319 --> 00:03:50,239 to dual SATA powers. So, this is actually a really cool little thing cuz 57 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:55,920 you can just take bare hard drives and plug them into the back of your system and easily access the data with the 58 00:03:53,519 --> 00:03:59,760 included ESATA cable. Is that an ESATA cable? It's not even SATA cable, is it? 59 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:04,640 What in the heck? Oh, yeah, it is. Okay. ESATA to SATA cable and then um this 60 00:04:02,799 --> 00:04:13,280 particular little power adapter. All right, good feature. Next, we have a USB 61 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:15,439 3.0 IO panel as well as another one. So, 62 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:20,239 you can plug in two via the internal headers for up to four additional ports 63 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:25,759 coming out the back of your case. We've got one, two, three, four SATA 36 GB per 64 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:32,400 second uh SATA cables as well as a couple of Molex power to SATA powers. Uh 65 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:34,160 we have an IO shield. We have uh V 66 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:38,000 checkpoints. Okay, so these can be plugged in to check voltages. We've got 67 00:04:36,479 --> 00:04:42,160 the M connector, which allows you to plug in your front USB, your speakers, 68 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:49,199 your front power, all that good stuff a little bit more easily. SLI connector. 69 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:52,560 No idea, guys. Sorry. Looks like a pass through for something. So, there's a 70 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:58,320 little rubber grommet and then there's a little spot to put the rubber grommet and something probably passes through to 71 00:04:55,360 --> 00:05:03,759 the back. Okay. Uh, quick installation guide, drivers and utilities. 3D Mark 11 72 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,800 serial. Very nice inclusion so you can benchmark your new high performance 73 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:11,919 system as soon as you get your Big Bang Marshall setup. Here's an overclocking 74 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:16,240 guide. Look at that. That's kind of neat. I've never seen this included 75 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:20,080 before. Overview, some OC info about the new P67 platform, military class 76 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:24,240 materials, multi graphics cards, gaming design, PCIe ceasefire. So, they show 77 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:29,840 you how to use the overclocking features of this board. That's actually a very 78 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:34,960 helpful inclusion because a lot of guys produce uh overclocking boards, but not 79 00:05:32,479 --> 00:05:42,160 a whole lot of them actually document in such a detailed manner what to do. Huh. 80 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:48,560 So, it supports up to four-way ATI Crossfire X and NVIDIA SLI. So, it does 81 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:50,880 not prov it does not support 82 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:55,919 uh who as well as uh yeah, it does not support greater than two-way NVIDIA SLI 83 00:05:53,840 --> 00:06:00,400 because it actually uses a Lucid Hydrolologics chip in order to get all 84 00:05:57,919 --> 00:06:05,199 those PCIe lanes split out rather than using an NF200 chip software 85 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:09,919 applications as well as the Big Bang Marshall user guide. 86 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:14,240 The box got a little bit demented in shipping, but we'll we're not going to 87 00:06:11,919 --> 00:06:17,600 take off any marks for that one today. I mean, I never take marks off a product. 88 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:21,759 That's just not really something I say. Oh, marks off for this. So, I won't be 89 00:06:19,919 --> 00:06:27,600 taking off any marks. It's okay. Just let it fall. It's all good. Okay. The 90 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:29,440 Big Bang Marshall. This is a massive, 91 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:32,960 massive motherboard. So, actually, give me two seconds. I'm going to go find a 92 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:38,880 board to compare for you guys. This is an XLATX board, which makes an ATX board 93 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:44,800 look like an MATX board. So, this is a standard size motherboard. 94 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:48,800 And this is not a standard size motherboard. So you will need a special 95 00:06:46,479 --> 00:06:56,400 case in order to run your Big Bang Marshall motherboard if you get one, 96 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:58,160 which you lucky dog. Good work. Okay, 97 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:01,680 I'm just going to take off the 1 second overclocking 98 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:04,560 sticker so we can have a more clear look at the motherboard itself. So why don't 99 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:09,360 we start right here in the middle with the socket. This is our LG 1155 socket. 100 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:14,000 It uses a load socket, which is good, I'm led to understand. Okay, we have our 101 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:18,000 24-phase power design all around it. But you can actually see that all of the 102 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:20,800 heat sinks, all of the power components, all that stuff is actually very low 103 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:24,960 profile around that socket. So, you should be able to install some pretty 104 00:07:22,639 --> 00:07:30,080 exotic cooling solutions on this board without any clearance issues whatsoever. 105 00:07:27,039 --> 00:07:33,039 I love the overall look of MSI's recent 106 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:36,560 uh MOSFET North Bridge uh heat sinks. Look at this super pipe. It's like 107 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:41,759 ridiculous. It's like look at it compared to like a thick stubby finger. 108 00:07:39,039 --> 00:07:45,440 It's like huge. like awesome. I love super pipe. Probably does nothing for 109 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:50,080 performance, but it's there and it's cool, so let's not knock it. All right, 110 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:57,039 let's have a look here. So, we've got our two eightpin CPU power connectors. 111 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:59,360 Okay, moving along, we have our Where is 112 00:07:57,039 --> 00:08:05,680 the CP? Oh, yeah, our CPU fan connector. We've got support for dual channel DDR3 113 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:09,919 memory. Okay, this allows us to turn on 114 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:12,240 and off PCI graphics 1 2 3 or 4. Okay, 115 00:08:09,919 --> 00:08:18,000 so this is on. So clearly this is not on. Okay, we have um moving down we have 116 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:21,039 our voltage checkpoints which hopefully there's some documentation somewhere in 117 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:25,840 the motherboard manual or something like that for which ones are which. We have 118 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:29,039 our 24 pin power connector in its ideal location along the right hand edge of 119 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:33,279 the board. We've also got a couple of USB 3 front panel connectors. So these 120 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:39,360 can be used to plug into the front of your case or into those included back 121 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:42,880 panel brackets. SATA 36 Gbit per second 122 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:45,120 port. So we have two running off of the 123 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:50,000 Intel chipset as well as two running off a third party looks like a Marll 124 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:52,560 chipset. Then we have four SATA 2 3 GB 125 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:57,519 per second ports as well. Front panel USB. This is an innovation. 126 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:01,600 Here they are at the front of the board. I like that. So this is actually closer 127 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:05,360 to your front panel than having it all along the bottom edge where we would 128 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:09,519 typically find USB 2 headers. I like that a lot actually. We've got a power 129 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:15,760 connector reset or power connector power switch reset switch. We've also got OCG 130 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:19,760 button as well as a multibios button. So presumably this will select one of our 131 00:09:17,519 --> 00:09:25,360 multibios chips to boot from. And this one is going to one-touch overclock your 132 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:28,160 system. Here we have our uh post indicator LED. So that'll tell 133 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:32,160 you if you have any problems with your board when you're trying to boot up. And 134 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:35,600 finally moving along, we have our front panel connectors. So, that's your power 135 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:41,600 switch, power LED, all of that good stuff. We have uh some more LED stuff. 136 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:48,399 We've got FireWire. We've got front panel audio. There's the X5 MB2 sticker 137 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:54,240 that appears to be on the board. Okay. PCI Express slots. So, eight. Because 138 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:58,080 this is a non-standard board, it is actually nine PCI slots high, but 139 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:04,160 they're not using the first one that there's potential for here. There are 1 140 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:07,920 2 3 4 5 6 7 eight PCIe 141 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:10,320 16X slots. However, they do not all run 142 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:14,320 at PCIe16x. So, let us pull up the manual and we'll go through that for 143 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:20,480 you. So, running in two-way mode, you would use the top PCIe1x 144 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:24,240 top PC1 top PCIe 16X slot and then the 1 145 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,920 2 3 and then the fourth PCIe1X slot. So 146 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:32,000 that means if you're running two-way, you could all you could use even triple 147 00:10:28,079 --> 00:10:34,640 slot graphics cards such as the ASUS um 148 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:38,640 triple slot GTX 470. So remember it supports Crossware, Fire, and SLI in 149 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:43,120 two-way mode. In three-way mode, you would use this one, this one, and this 150 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:47,519 one running in 8,8 mode. And in four-way, you would use 151 00:10:45,279 --> 00:10:51,680 this one, this one, this one, and this one. All running in 8X mode. So for the 152 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:55,680 full guide, you can actually consult this. I mean, this is fantastic. their 153 00:10:53,440 --> 00:11:00,399 little overclocking guide here to find out what bandwidth each slot is going to 154 00:10:58,399 --> 00:11:05,040 run at in the various graphics configuration modes. Okay, so here we 155 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:08,240 have an an auxiliary power connector. This is a six pin PCIe power connector. 156 00:11:06,959 --> 00:11:14,480 So if you are going to load it up with graphics cards, it's definitely a good idea to plug that in to keep your 24 pin 157 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:18,480 power connector from getting fried from so much current running through it to 158 00:11:16,399 --> 00:11:21,680 power these cards. Other than that, I think that's pretty 159 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:25,760 much everything there is to say about the Big Bang Marshall. On the back, you 160 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:30,399 find more power circuitry. You find your standard back plate as well as not a 161 00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:34,000 whole lot else. You can see that all of the coolers are held on with screws. So, 162 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:38,000 that means you don't have to deal with any stupid push pins, which I hate. And 163 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:41,600 I really do prefer to see these spring-loaded screws because you won't 164 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:46,640 run into any issues with them getting worn out if you ever have to take them off and put them back on, say to replace 165 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:53,440 a thermal compound or whatever else the case may be. on the back. Yes, that is 166 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:57,120 eight USB 3.0 ports. Yes, this board 167 00:11:53,440 --> 00:12:01,360 supports a total of no fewer than 12 USB 168 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:03,839 3.0 ports. Pretty sweet. Okay, so we've 169 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:10,000 got a PS2 uh keyboard mouse combo port. We've got uh digital audio out in 170 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:14,639 coaxial and optical flavors. FireWire, 171 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:17,839 esata x 2, gigabit Ethernet x 2, as well 172 00:12:14,639 --> 00:12:21,040 as 7.1 audio. So, thank you for checking 173 00:12:17,839 --> 00:12:22,800 out my unboxing of the MSI Big Bang 174 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:28,480 Marshall. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for unboxings, reviews, 175 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,480 and other computer videos.