MSI Big Bang Fuzion LGA 1156 Intel P55 / Lucid Hydra 200 ATX Intel Motherboard. MSI, a leading high-performance mainboard company, today unveiled the 2nd Big Bang branded mainboard, Big Bang-Fuzion, following the great success of the surpassing Big Bang-Trinergy powered by nForce 200 SLI processor. MSI Big Bang-Fuzion, featuring the Hydra technology ever created, can offer serious gamers the most flexible upgradeability on 3D performance, allowing users to install cross-vender GPU in a single system. The epochal technology can perform scalable rendering by load-balancing graphics processing tasks. Besides, it can deliver near-linear gaming performance upgrade to break through the performance barrier with two or more graphics cards.
In addition, the extreme high performance mainboard delivers the out-of-the-world experience through performance enhancement and intense industrial components like 100% Hi-c Cap and Super Ferrite Choke which maximizes system performance with higher heat resistance, lower ESR and double life-span than normal solid capacitors, compared to another competitors'.
When it comes to gaming audio, the Quantum WaveTM audio solution offers the optimal sound quality when gaming or playing music through external speakers or headsets. With the advanced Creative EAX Advanced HD 5.0 and THX TruStudio PC audio tech, Big Bang-Fuzion can deliver a clear and truest audio experience. It also allows users to enjoy unparalleled in-home entertainment and full HD content.
As the newest member of MSI’s premier gaming brand, Big Bang-Fuzion also comes equipped with external OC Dashboard, V-Kit, built-in chip-driven OC Genie auto overclocking technology for overclocking enthusiasts. Functioned MSI's exclusive DrMOS power supply modules and SuperPipe cooling technology, Big Bang-Fuzion is definitely a gamers' dream and sets the standard for gaming motherboard that worldwide hardcore gamers will love. The availability date of Big Bang-Fuzion is mid Jan 2010, and it will be another unique choice for a gaming systems.


Specifications:

CPU:
• Supports Intel® i3 / i5 / i7 based processors & Pentium G6950 in LGA1156 package.

Chipset:
• Intel® P55 Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec.
- 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
- Integrated AHCI controller.

Main Memory:
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/1800*/2000*/2133*/2300* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max
- Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size
- Supports Dual channel mode

Expansion Slots:
• 3 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots
- PCI_E2 / PCI_E4 / PCI_E5 slots will be x16/ x16/ x0 or x16/ x8/ x8
- supports ATI® Crossfire™ & Hydra N-mode, A-mode & X-mode
• 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
- Only PCI_E1 supports installing the QuantumWave Audio card
• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface

On-Board IDE/SATA:
• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron® 363.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.

• SATAII controller integrated in Intel P55/JMicron® 322 / 363 chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports (SATA1~SATA6) by P55
- Supports four SATAII ports (SATA7~SATA10) by JMicron 322, support SATA RAID 0/1/JBOD.
- Supports two eSATA / USB combo port by JMicron 363.
- Supports AHCI controller with AHCI / SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by P55.
- SATA7 & SATA8 support RAID 0/1 & JBOD mode by 1st JMicron® JMB322
- SATA9 & SATA10 support RAID 0/1 & JBOD mode by 2nd JMicron® JMB322

Audio:
• QuantumWave Audio card
- Creative EAX Advanced HD 5.0
- THX TruStudio PC
- Creative Alchemy
- 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec with jack sensing
• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC889
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec
* For better audio performance, we recommend installing THX

LAN:
• Supports two PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL

IEEE1394/FireWire
• VIA® VT6315N chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.

Internal I/O Connectors:
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 4 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 10 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
- 1 x GreenPower Button
- 1 x Reset Button
- 1 x Power Button
- 1 x Clear CMOS Button
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x OC Genie Button
- 1 x Over-Voltage switch & 1 set voltage check point
- 1 x CPU Phase LED Panel

Back Panel I/O Ports:
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 2 x eSATA / USB Combo ports
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN Jacks
- 1 x D-LED2 panel connector

BIOS:
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

Dimension:
• 30.5cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor