MSI Big Bang XPower II X79 Monstrosity Smiles For The Camera

[laszlo]

you can't pass through airport security with this

is designed at al-qaeda instructions packed with explosives and at a certain received command from them kabum

 

[Hayder_Master]

Like the top heat sink, munigun disgn, great look and also the idea have good cooling performance.

 

[badtaylorx]

i dont get it......wont those crayons melt on the southbridge???

 

[D4S4]

WTF?!?!?! if they want some military bs so desperately, they should bundle an airsoft gun with the mobo ffs. shit i'd actually be happy to buy that, but this... ain't no way in hell.

 

[DanishDevil]

IMO, they took a wonderfully all black board and bundled a pack of Goldenrod Crayola Crayons.

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Boy these asian companies are really disconnected from the western consumer. All we do is bitch about how horrible these designs are and all they do is not fucking notice.

 

[radrok]

Rampage 4 is the way, ASUS always got it right with motherboard design
If I wanted some crayons I'd ask my nephew

 

[heky]

WTF, what is wrong with you people, i couldnt care less how the board looks. Its not like i am gonna look at it all day long. The board should perform awesome, not look awesome! The board could look like a pile of shit, it doesnt matter if it performs!

 

[Damn_Smooth]

WTF, what is wrong with you people, i couldnt care less how the board looks. Its not like i am gonna look at it all day long. The board should perform awesome, not look awesome! The board could look like a pile of shit, it doesnt matter if it performs!

I actually do look at my board quite a bit. I agree that performance is the most important issue, but I still don't like the way that these SB-e boards are being developed. I don't see the need for bullets and guns and fans and nonsense.

 

[Bundy]

I'm a bit disappointed that their primuim OC model, like Gigabyte, is XL-ATX. I understand to some extent their motives but that does not change that it will not fit in my case.

 

[_JP_]

WTF, what is wrong with you people, i couldnt care less how the board looks. Its not like i am gonna look at it all day long. The board should perform awesome, not look awesome! The board could look like a pile of shit, it doesnt matter if it performs!

Just so happens a motherboard is the centerpiece of your system. If I'm going to pay around €250 for a motherboard, I will want to look at it (and for it to stand out). This is a board for enthusiasts. You know what enthusiasts also have? Chassis with acrylic windows in the side panels. I can't see you being taken seriously by your peers when you show up at any event saying that you have a gatling for a VRM cooler. That might work for 5 to 10 year olds, but then again, they would more interested in the gun, rather then what the heck a VRM is.

EDIT: Water cooling blocks FTW!

 

[bostonbuddy]

yeah the crayons for bullets might be cool to a 9yo, what 9 year old is gonna be buying this board tho.

 

[EarthDog]

I'm a bit disappointed that their primuim OC model, like Gigabyte, is XL-ATX. I understand to some extent their motives but that does not change that it will not fit in my case.

The UD7 is XL-ATX?

 

[burtram]

The ammo belt heatsink looks like a packet of yellow crayons.

was my first thought exactly. haha

 

[AnnCore]

The ammo belt heatsink looks like a packet of yellow crayons.

That and my wife's lipstick in a six-pack.

 

[deleted]

What's with the placement of the supplemental PCIe 6-pin? It's going to be covered in any configuration that actually requires it.

 

[popswala]

I like the gatlin cooler over the vrm but the crayons gotta go.

If there gonna stick nothin but pci-e's on a mobo, Why not make the board longer to be able to utilize them instead of half. Its a waste of space and plastic. I doubt your gonna stick 6-7 single slot 580's on a board. If I got a extreme board like this, I'd rather have a pci1 at the top of the pci-e instead of it gettin buried on almost all boards. And yea I know a pci1 will go on a pci-e lol.

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Whatever. Who cares. Gigabyte boards have been pretty well ignored since their UEFI was no show and now it's a horrendous "3d" mess. MSI hasn't impressed for a long time and this just shows they aren't getting any better. If these brands fade away who gives a shit. Biostar and ASRock will fill in their market share just fine. The hard way is the only way for a company to learn anything.

 

[micropage7]

seriously, Gigabyte must have err on their design department

 

[Frizz]

Why do Motherboard Manufacturers continue to insist that us gamers/system builders have a fetish for bullet casings? IMO unless they are actual bullets then they look fkn terrible, why don't they just give us a free NERF gun in our motherboard box

 

[Major_A]

What happened to actually putting on functioning heatsinks? There was a time (P4 days mostly) where the northbridge heatsink was huge, and typically had a fan. I'll take function over form any day of the week.

EDIT
Damn, I just noticed the power for the CPU. How much juice does the Sandy Bridge E need?

 

[jalex3]

So the trend is to make all the "highest end" and most expansive boards appeal to 12yo boys?

 

[ensabrenoir]

What happened to actually putting on functioning heatsinks? There was a time (P4 days mostly) where the northbridge heatsink was huge, and typically had a fan. I'll take function over form any day of the week.

EDIT
Damn, I just noticed the power for the CPU. How much juice does the Sandy Bridge E need?

Either Intel wasn't playing around when they made this an extreme chip or this thing just ain't for the green of heart.

 

[micropage7]

why don't they just give us a free NERF gun

yep, much better than that

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

This looks like a beast!