Product Gallery - MSI Big Bang Trinergy
The Quantum Wave audio card comes with 7.1 channel audio output (analog) but also coaxial and optical TOSLINKs are present. A very nicely added bonus alright. Despite looks of a dedicated soundcard, it's merely an application layer addon -- main sound is still handled by the motherboards integrated Realtek ALC889 -- yet enhanced by Creative and THX.
Also you will spot a OC Dashboard device that enables users to do some quick, on-the-fly overclocking but also functions as Debug PORT during boot up. You guys know the POST LEDs with error codes right ? Well, during the POST and boot sequence this device will display the status codes.
Within windows however, the device allows for real-time statistics but also overclocking. You can tweak voltages on all primary parts and increase the base clock. We'll demonstrate this with the help of a video later on. It's a bit of a gadget granted -- but a very nice one.
So here we have the motherboard itself, it's an impressive and daunting looking motherboard alright. Pricing for this really high-end motherboard will be high-end as well, expect 250~300 USD. Some of the more notable features are:
- 4x DDR3-2133OC
- 2x GB LAN
- 3x PCI-E16
- 8x SATA
- 2x eSATA / USB combo ports
- 8xUSB
- S/PDIF
- DrMOS
- OC Genie
- V-Kit
- APS
- SuperPipe Cooling
- NF200 bridge chip
- OC Dashboard
- Quantum Wave SoundCard
From left to right that's a PS2 keyboard and mouse connector. Then I count a total of eight USB 2.0 ports, 1x firewire, 2x eSATA / USB combo ports, 2x Gigabit Ethernet. The weird looking connector is a port for the OC Dashboard external controller (D-LED2 panel connector).
