MSI showed at CES are series of motherboards for Intel processors codenamed Ivy Bridge. The signs feature the lga1155 socket and the new Series 7 chipset. MSI showed his new X79-moederbod.
The Series 7 chipset is also compatible with the new 22nm Ivy Bridge processors from Intel, which in april should appear. The chipset has usb 3.0 and sata-600-connectivity built in, and the signs are equipped with pci-express 3.0 slots.
The two Series of 7 signs that MSI showed the Z77A-GD65 and Z77A-GD80. The GD65 has three pci-express x16 slots and four x1 slots. The GD80 has as many x16 and x1 slots but has a slightly different sata and usb configuration. The ‘claim to fame’ of the GD80 is, however, its Thunderbolt connector, that is still not on the sign was soldered. The chip makes the GD80 board is about $ 30 more expensive than the GD65.
The new flagship from MSI, the Big Bang XPower II, that of an X79 chipset for Sandy Bridge E processors suitable. The lga2011 socket is flanked by two fold four card slots and an extensive tweeëntwintigfasige power supply. The board has no less than seven x16 slots for video cards, of which four generation 3.0 slots. There are no x1 slots are present, but up to six usb 3.0 and six sata-600 ports. Overklofeatures such as uitleespunten for voltages, extra powerconnectors and redundant bios, of course.
