It took me awhile to commit to this MSI board. I mulled
it over for days, with the ASUS P9X79 series being the
other top contender. Originally I had wanted to liquid-
cool the motherboard chipset and topmost MOSFETs
and these water blocks are only manufactured for select
boards. (I abandoned this idea later for fear of crowding
the motherboard).
More importantly, this was one of the few X79 boards
with manufacturer-tested 64GB RAM kits (see the
memory section for more info) available. With a vast
array of features including USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/sec,
RAID, 4-way SLI, Firewire, military-grade MOSFET
capacitors, PWM fan compatibility, UEFI , and
overclocking utilities, the Xpower II is a flagship board
that fills the large motherboard compartment of my
Cosmos II case.
With so many computer being built with Asus
motherboards I wanted to do something a little
different. Time will tell if this was the right decision.
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