Comments on: MSI Big Bang XPOWER Intel X58 motherboard review

By: Sammy Peeps

Sammy Peeps — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:23:06 +0000

No real weaknesses indeed. even the sata ports are in the right places. so many makers (yes im looking at you intel), put sata ports right under a long graphics card which is useless, even with a 90 degree designed connector.

By: David Franks

David Franks — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:22:15 +0000

Very good product, the price isnt as bad as I thought, I had surmissed it would be £320.

By: Thomas Deliber

Thomas Deliber — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:21:38 +0000

MSI rock, they really do, I loved the review of the R5870 card on kitguru last month. all their changes arent just for show or talk,. they really make a difference

By: steve

steve — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:20:56 +0000

excellent, really excellent. way out of my price range, but I can dream

By: dilbert

dilbert — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:32:12 +0000

@ Derek, normally I would agree, but I cant see there being any better 1366 motherboard on the market right now. MSI are really doing their homework before releasing these products.

By: derek

derek — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:12:06 +0000

Its impresive, but I feel ASUS still have the quality edge. the rampage board is the cream of the crop.

By: Tri Color

Tri Color — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:11:38 +0000

I currently own a gigabyte board which i love, but I want to move to 1366, I think this would be top of my list, its well priced considering the quality throughout.

By: AMD4EVER

AMD4EVER — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:10:46 +0000

I think AMD motherboards are better equipped, but this one really helps Intel 1366 buyers. so much on it and a great variety of high quality components onboard.

By: Flo

Flo — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:09:32 +0000

Its a really good looking board, I hate all the ordinary capacitors we normally see around the CPU socket, but those HIc capacitors are a huge selling point, for me anyway.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:06:52 +0000

MSI are underrated in the motherboard market, but I love to see them creating these products to go head to head with ASUS and the top level players on the market right now. This looks to be better than the Ramage from what ive seen on kitguru and other review sites.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:05:43 +0000

Good review and I was interested to see the power drain was lower than competiting products. thats always a good sign.

By: Death Dealer

Death Dealer — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:05:03 +0000

They need to realise a board like this for the 1156 platform also. that platform has such crappy boards throughout the ranges.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:04:25 +0000

hard to get in some parts of the world, so ive heard, yah.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:03:39 +0000

Seems to be low stock levels of this everywhere, must be popular or a low build rate for MSI.

By: eric k

eric k — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:02:48 +0000

That bundle is crazy good, so much in it, no wonder it costs so much. Seems a good price I think its cheaper than the asus rampage board just released.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:02:05 +0000

Very good review Zardon, thank you.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:01:34 +0000

Love the design, they look to have covered everything from design to connectivity. the OC genie is a great idea and I was surprised to hear it worked well, thats a bit of a shocker.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:59:58 +0000

Looks like a mega product again from MSI. price is high but I expected that after reading the review.

By: Tech head

Tech head — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:42:17 +0000

MSi really are pulling out all the stops recently to get seen in high end circles. I think its working !

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:41:34 +0000

bugger me with a bargepole, thats bloody impressive.