http://vr-zone.com/articles/first-looks ... 985-1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Molto bella

b]MSI releases second X79 motherboard with 8 DIMMs[/b]
The X79A-GD45 8D as the board is officially known is MSI's fifth X79 motherboard to launch and it actually seems to have more in common with the higher-end X79A-GD65 8D than the X79A-GD45. For starters, the two eight DIMM boards share the same slot layout with a total of five x16 PCI Express slots and a single x1 PCI Express slot. It should be noted that two of the x16 slots only have one lane worth of bandwidth each which doesn't really impress. Both of the eight DIMM boards also have an additional power connector for extra power for the PCI Express slots, something the four DIMM version lacks.The GD45 models lack tantalum capacitors and features like debug LEDs and FireWire are missing alongside with the bus speed adjustment buttons, although the power button and OC Genie buttons are present alongside a pair of front USB 3.0 ports. For what is a fairly high-end board it's a poor show from MSI side to only include the standard six SATA ports provided by the chipset, as most competing products have at least a pair of extra ports. Around the back things are fairly spartan with two PS/2 ports, six USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port (Intel chip), 7.1-channel audio with optical and coaxial S/PDIF and a clear CMOS button.