MSI X99 XPower & X99 Plus photos with packaging and accessories @Chiphell

[snowComet]

A user named "q249661448" @Chiphell was able to obtain the MSI X99 XPower and X99 Plus, and post photos of these 2 boards on Chiphell...

 

http://www.chiphell.com/thread-1112112-1-1.html (in Chinese)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[vern021]

ALL BLACK X99S :wub:

[PillowSmoke]

Lovin the color scheme!

[Phllips]

The thing i like about these crazy boards is all the ram slots makes the board more symmetrical

[DeViLzzz]

Nice looking boards but I am not choosing MSI for motherboards.  Gigabyte, Asus, and ASRock are motherboard manufacturers I would look at before thinking of getting MSI.

[X1XNobleX1X]

Where are Asus with their teases?

Don't they want hype for their products?

 

 

I also find it interesting how no one has leaked any pictures of any X99 Asus board. 

[GhostWindGamer]

Where are Asus with their teases?

Don't they want hype for their products?

 

 

I also find it interesting how no one has leaked any pictures of any X99 Asus board.

Maybe they don't exist yet

[Guest]

Maybe they don't exist yet

They exist all right

 

@foxhound590

[rambi36]

MSI is really stepping up their game in the asthetics department  :wub:

[GhostWindGamer]

They exist all right

 

@foxhound590

Damn you man! Can I come work for you so I can know all this stuff early to

[Akolyte]

I think the plus looks better than the xpower.  I mean, to my at least the xpower looks like its cheaply made.  I know its not, but it looks like it.  The heatsinks look like they are made of plastic. 

[Phllips]

Not that i can afford one but id like to see a blue x99 board

[rutwik]

Awesome looks

[daemonowner]

I wish the SLI Plus was more black.

[zacRupnow]

BOTH SOOO SEXY!

[Victorious Secret]

Do X99 boards not have SATA express? Or are we just not seeing anyone give a damn about implementing them? 

[SpyRosL]

As always,all the good looking black boards only in the enthousiast platform

[patrickjp93]

Do X99 boards not have SATA express? Or are we just not seeing anyone give a damn about implementing them? 

Are you blind?! These boards both have a SATAe port on them . Though frankly we should stop caring. Leave 2 SATA 6Gbps for spinning rust big storage and bring on a connector using the PCIe protocol.

[LukaP]

Do X99 boards not have SATA express? Or are we just not seeing anyone give a damn about implementing them? 

SATAe is obsolete from the start, its just too bulky when you have M.2 on the same protocol, with more bandwith, and a smaller form factor

[patrickjp93]

SATAe is obsolete from the start, its just too bulky when you have M.2 on the same protocol, with more bandwith, and a smaller form factor

This is bad. Now I'm agreeing with YOU. But it's so true. SATAIO is done. Bring on the PCIe-micro ports (m.2 is mini) on the side of the board where SATA used to be, and have them available in 1-lane (spinning rust), 2-lane (entry-level SSDs) and 4-lane (extreme SSDs) configs based on the PCIe 3.0 standard, color coded in white, gray, and black, or perhaps using letter stampings idc which. Someone can come up with a cheap adaptor for older SATA drives.

[ionbasa]

Do X99 boards not have SATA express? Or are we just not seeing anyone give a damn about implementing them? 

It does have SATA Express. You just didn't look hard enough to spot the connector. Yes, it is in a stupid location:

[Homicidium]

UUUUUUHHHHH.... that X99 Plus. 

Ima change my pants now.

[pastafingers]

I don't know why, but the XPOWER doesn't look that great for me. I usually loved MSI Xpower and Mpower designs, but now it's just not that attractive. The X99S SLI PLUS looks great though