MSI Big Bang-Marshal (B3) OC Guide - Manual (Page 11)

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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 chip. MSI’s Sandy Bridge series can utilize the full po-
tential of solid state drives to deliver high performance read and write. Note
that SATA 6Gb/s ports are now indicated by their white coloring.
SATA Performance Comparison
SATA 3Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s
To ensure the hard disk transmission rate is optimized, it is strongly recom-
mended to use SATA 6Gb/s SSD. Even create a RAID 0 disk system with two
hard disks that support SATA 6Gb/s.
There
are four
white SATA III
(6Gbps) connectors on
the mainbaord. The first two are
native (SATA1/SATA2) to Intel P67 chipset,
and the last two are Marvell SATA-III (6Gbps)
controllers (SATA7/SATA8).
Power Super Speed USB
USB 3.0 has become the accepted standard for high-speed transfer. As a
response to the growing demand of USB 3.0, the BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3)
breaks through previous limitations by including two NEC USB 3.0 chips as
well as a VIA USB Hub chip to increase the number of USB 3.0 ports possible.
The BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3) is equipped with twelve USB 3.0 ports. There
are eight ports on the rear I/O and four groups of pin-headers that can be
connected to a front panel to provide four more port for a total of twelve.
Ample ports give users more options to customize their machine with their
favorite peripherals.
The BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3)
has a VIA USB Hub chip in
addition to the two NEC USB
3.0 chips. This combination
increases the number of USB 3.0
ports on the mainboard to 12.