Anschlüsse und I/O

Totally MSI provided the Big Bang XPower with eight SATA ports whereas all of which are angled by 90 degrees an located below the DIMM-slots. This means that there will be no issues when installing oversized graphics cards. Meanwhile standard are the Start-, Reset- and CLR-CMOS-buttons which can be found next to the DIMM-slots too. A bit special with the Big Bang XPower are the "+" and "-" Button next to the power and reset button. They're special because they are touch sensitive and you can increase or decrease the BCLK whilst you're in Windows.

  

Totally you'll find five fan header on the MSI Big Bang XPower which is enough, to provide a very well equipped high-end-system with fresh air. The fanheaders are located around the CPU socket as well as at the bottom edge of the motherboard.

  

Looking at the external connectors MSI provided the Big Bang XPower with a PS2 mouse and keyboard connector, five USB 2.0/1.1 ports, two USB 3.0/2.0 connectors, a firewire port, two eSATA connectors, two gigabit ethernet portsand a CMOS clr button.