May 19 2011 review by expreview

The specs of MSI Big Bang Marshal are really amazing, this board has a 24 phase power supply, SANYAN top-grade capacitors, 12 USB3 connectors, as well as X-Fi MB2 sound card. I also has 8 PCIE slots, ready for extreme SLI and CrossFire setups. In addition you'll be able to use the Hydra technology to match multiple graphics from AMD and NVIDIA, up to eight video cards can be used. Next to that we have a a decent overclocking performance.

Compared To:

This mainboard was not compared to another board.

Some Benchmarks Tested:

3d MARK 2011, Batman Arkham Asylum, CrossFire & SLI, Hydra, PhysX, PCIE Expansion Card, Multi-screen, SuperPi.

Overclocking:

A core i5 2600K was OCed @ 5.067GHz.

3-30-2011 review by overclock3d

If you want the flexibility that an XL-ATX motherboard provides for Quad-GPU setups then the Marshal will be your choice. It's fast, looks great, has everything you could wish for and has lots of accessories. Solid overclocking capabilities are matched with high quality components. Overclocking was a joy, allthough the reviewers had a couple of issues with this version of BIOS. It's also equipped with the Lucid Hydra chip that allows you to mix graphics cards from nVidia and ATI, the reviewers have tested this feature in the past and they found out it worked amazingly well.

Compared To:

ASUS Maximus IV Extreme

Benchmarks:

3D Mark Vantage and 2011, AIDA64, Cinebench, PC mark vantage, Sisoft Sandra, wPrime.

Overclocking:

An Intel Core i5-2500K was OCed @ 5GHz.

Test Setup:

• CPU : Intel Core i5-2500K
• CPU Cooler : Noctua NH-D14
• Memory : 2x2GB Kingston Genesis DDR3 2133MHz
• Motherboard : MSI P67 Big Bang Marshal
• Operating System : Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
• PSU : Muskin Joule 1200w
• Video Card : nVidia GeForce GTX 570