Page 2 - OVERVIEW; The Flagship
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide OVERVIEW In 2009 MSI established the BIG BANG series as MSI’s high-end platform. Today, MSI spared no effort to keep up with our previous standards by releasing the BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3); the newest high-end MSI ma...
Page 3 - Some OC Info About New; OC ? You need K SKU CPU
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide Some OC Info About New P67 Platform Despite design and architectural similarities between the Intel Series 60 chipsets for the brand new LGA1155 processors and the previous Series 50 chipsets for LGA1156 processors...
Page 4 - MILITARY CLASS MATERIALS; SFC
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide MILITARY CLASS MATERIALS Continuing the premium-quality material design tradition, apart from delivering a longer lifespan, the MSI BIG BANG MAR- SHAL (B3) mainboard makes OC opera- tion more stable. Hi-C CAP Hi-C ...
Page 5 - MULTI-GRAPHICS CARDS GAMING DESIGN; D Performance Comparison; ATI CrossFireX (4-way ATI graphic cards) Benchmark Comparison
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide MULTI-GRAPHICS CARDS GAMING DESIGN With BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3)’s eight PCI-E x16 slots and Intel P67 PCH chip, it can support 2-way Nvidia SLI as well as 4-way ATI CrossFireX. Aside from SLI and CrossFireX, the embe...
Page 6 - NEXT GENERATION - OC GENIE II; OC Genie Button
0 BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide PCI-E CEASEFIRE For hardcore overclockers and gamers, the BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3) has ad-opted a very user friendly design for enabling and disabling a particular PCI-E slot. With this feature, users no longer have...
Page 7 - COOLer CONfigUratiON; Not recommend; MANUAL OC OVERVIEW; frequency Setting
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide Well-controlled temperature is sure to enhance overclocking capability. The higher the CPU temperature rises, the higher risks of system instability and overclocking failure may cause. According to our clinical tes...
Page 9 - Max CPU Core Speed; Max Memory frequency; OC abiLitY refereNCe
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide OC abiLitY refereNCe Now, taking the BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3) mainboard with the Intel’s latest Core i7 2600K CPU as an example, we will set Core Speed and Memory Fre-quency as overclocking items to introduce some poi...
Page 10 - big baNg MarSHSL OC SettiNg; More Power Connector; Pin Onboard Vga Power
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide Tuning Item Default Increment Easy Normal Fun Danger Not Recom- mend CPU Ratio 34 1 34~40 40~45 45~50 50~55 >56 CPU Vcore (V) 1.160 0.005 ~1.3 1.3~1.4 1.4~1.5 1.5~1.6 >1.6 CPU IO Voltage (V) 1.112 0.0265 ~1.2...
Page 11 - BUILD UP HIGHER BANDWIDTH; Power Super Speed USB
0 BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BUILD UP HIGHER BANDWIDTH WITH SATA 6Gb/s Unlike previous Intel chipsets that only supported SATA 3Gb/s, the Sandy Bridge P67 now has two native SATA 6Gb/s ports and two SATA 6Gb/s ports supported by a Marvell ch...
Page 12 - Driving & Voltage adjustable knob
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide OtHer featUreS ON big baNg MarSHaL (b3) USB Performance Comparison USB2.0 USB3.0 To ensure the hard disk transmission rate is optimized, it is strongly recom- mended to use USB3.0 SSD. Four of the USB 3.0 ports are...
Page 13 - SuperPipe
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide Multi biOS MSI’s newest Multi-BIOS technology can back up the BIOS by using two extra ROM chips, avoiding situations where the motherboard may be unable to boot because of BIOS failure. By pressing the Multi-BIOS b...
Page 15 - CONCLUSION
BIG BANG - MARSHAL (B3) Overclocking Guide CONCLUSION BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3) is continuation of the first wave of P67 mainboards. Being part of the high-quality BIG BANG series guarantees that this mainboard will provide premium quality experience one would expect from such a product line. Military c...