MSI P55-GD65 ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 3PCI-E16 CrossFire SLI 2PCI-E1 PCI-E4 2PCI eSATA GBLAN Motherboard
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OC Genie
Push to overclock in 1 second MSI’s original invention, a fully automatic, smart overclocking chip. It will automatically detect the optimal settings for your individual system
Advantages
1. 300% higher than Turbo Boost 2. Overclock 4 core B-clock & Ratio by OC Genie 3. Turbo Boost only overclock a little Ratio
SuperPipe
Decrease of temperature by 50°C The thick design of 8mm heatpipe A surface increase of more than 56% compared to other competitors.
Advantages
1. 8mm extra thick heatpipe 2. 60% thicker than traditional heatpipe 3. Thickest heatpipe used on mainboard
DrMOS
1 Phase DrMOS > 4 Phase Traditional MOSFET 3-in-1 server class power component, 400% faster than traditional MOSFET Offers excellent energy-saving capability and high-computing performance.
Advantages . 1. High Efficiency: Up to 96% 2. Efficiency Increase: +38.3% 3. Lower Power Loss: -4.01W (64% Max Saving)
APS
APS is Active Phase Switching, that is complete function to Control Power Demand With Switcing Dynamically, it’s for CPU, Memory and Chipset PWM.
Benefits: Saving Power under Variable Loading. Power Usage More Efficiency.
• With the ESD dual-current protection chip, USB Safeguard can ideally protect your motherboard from the potential damage caused by static electricity when inserting USB devices.
• Longer lifespan than electrolytic capacitors • Endurable to operation under higher frequency & temperature • Avoid exploding capacitors to cause mainboards failure
• Functions designed with button to be easy use. • Help power-users tweaking process in-chasis enviornment • Onboard SATA ports are stacked on the mainboard to avoid mechanical issue with giant graphic cards like 8800 Ultra.
The MSI Live update online is designed to automatically download and update the BIOS and driver when there’s a new version online. It helps reduce the risk of getting the wrong file and minimize the trouble of searching the files from MSI website.
• Equip with 2 or more PCIe x16 slots, ATI CrossFire Ready. • The ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. • Provides 2.7x faster performance than single graphic card solution.
Live update 3 is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility update s and installs for you , which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating.
Specifications
CPU
• Supports Intel® i5 / i7 based processors in LGA1156 package. Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Chipset • Intel® P55 Chipset - Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s - Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec. - 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s. - PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC. - ACPI 2.0 compliant. - Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10. - Integrated AHCI controller.
Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2000*/2133* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max - Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size - Supports Dual channel mode
Slots
• 2 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots - If two graphics cards are installed at PCI_E2 & PCI_E4 slots, these two PCIE x16 lanes will auto arrange from x16/ x0 to x8/ x8 - supports ATI® Crossfire™ & NVIDIA SLI • 1 PCI Express gen2 x4 slot • 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots • 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface
On-Board IDE/SATA
• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron® 363. - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes. - Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.
• SATAII controller integrated in Intel P55/JMicron® 363 chipset - Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed. - Supports six SATAII ports by P55 - Supports one SATAII port by JMicron 363. - Supports one eSATA / USB combo port by JMicron 363. - Supports AHCI controller with AHCI / SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by P55.
MSI Reminds You... • The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.
Audio
• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC889 - Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing - Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec - Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec
LAN
• Supports two PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL.
IEEE1394 / FireWire
• VIA® VT6315N chipset - Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1) - Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.
Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector - 8-pin ATX 12V power connector - CPU / System x 3 FAN connectors - CD-in connector - Front panel audio connector - Front panel connector - 1 x chasis intrusion connector - 3 x USB 2.0 connectors - 7 x Serial ATAII connectors - 1 x ATA133 connector - 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port - 1 x Power Button - 1 x Clear CMOS jumper - 1 x SPDIF-out connector - 1 x TPM module connector - 1 x OC Genie Button - 2 x Base Clock Control Buttons
MSI Reminds You... • The floppy disk cable will be optional.
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard - 1 x PS/2 Mouse - 1 x eSATA / USB Combo port
- 1 x IEEE1394 port - 7 x USB 2.0 ports - 2 x RJ45 LAN Jacks - 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack - 1 x Optical SPDIF-out - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out
BIOS
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. • The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.
Dimension
• 30.5cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor
Mounting
• 9 mounting holes.
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The MSI P55-GD65 motherboard is a great affordable motherboard that overclocks extremely well (literally it only took me 10 minutes), and has features that only high end motherboards get.
The MSI P55-GD65 has a few distinctions over the P55-CD53 motherboard which I reviewed on launch day. First is the ability to do Voltage Checkpoints, which the other board cannot do. Second is the higher Overclock ability (slightly) of the board.
The price point on the P55-GD65 puts it squarely in the mid range for a socket 1156 motherboard. This board comes in a full 50 bucks cheaper than the Intel Kingsberg board, while there is a 90 dollar saving over the ASUS Maximus III Formula, so you have to wonder if the features and performance are
MSI’s latest Intel P55 based board looks to be cut from the same mold as its big brother P55-GC80 motherboard. The GD65 is mean, lean, and ready to rumble. While it does not pack in all the features of the GD80, the GD65 does not act like a $155 motherboard.
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Rated by b7fLuid, January 30, 2010
I have to admit the price and build for this mb are fine. I prefer Asus boards because i've had such good experiences with them in the past. I think the hardware is not as good quality. I have another setup but it's with an i7 920 and the features are better. Of course this is because it's a 1366 board and not your mid range 1156 board. I think its a great value and would like to have been able to compare it to an Asus p55 board. Good reviews from other sites made me choose this board...besides the really low price.
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Rated by Eh Devildog, January 5, 2010
First boared started failing after a few hours of use...
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Rated by yogode, December 22, 2009
this board colour is really good. I like the black and blue colour. this has automatic oc button (this is why i bought this board.) also, it has support for crossfire and sli. This is the second reason why i brought this board. this board had a medium level of accesories. i have this boar with i5 and works really well! I highly recommend it!
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Rated by yinghong_z, December 8, 2009
Bought with I5-750 bundle with good price, changed two sets of Corsair DDR3 to make it boot up. So far so good.
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Rated by james_m, December 3, 2009
A nice board with too many gimicks. Have a i5-750 3.95Ghz P95 stable 4+ hours. Can go to 4.1, but volts get too high for my liking. What with MSI and Intel trying to do the overclock for you, neither hits the mark. Turn off all the BIOS gimicks, such as APS, turbo boost, etc. Set voltages manually (board will rise/lower voltages if on auto, not always stable) Vcore no higher then 1.55, Vtt no higher then 1.21 memory no higher then 1.65. Leave Vdroop on (prevents over volting when CPU come off a full load)
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Rated by Justin_C, November 17, 2009
amazing product, had my doubts when i first purchased it, but i was wrong, havent had any issues, would 100% buy it again, i recommend it to all my friends
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Rated by Pierre_L, November 7, 2009
I bought this card mostly for it's simplified overclocking feature (OC Genie). With the i5 750, a Noctua fan and a good memory, it should have been to good combo for overclocking.
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Rated by Red Hot Chili Tomatoes, October 27, 2009
I'm very happy with this board. It comes with a lot of cool features and the color scheme matches the 'theme' of my case and entire build; blue and black.
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Rated by Darklighter, October 10, 2009
This is a great board. I bought it as part of a build for a friend... put an i750 and 4GB of GSkill Ripjaw for an awesome combo. You can't touch this board for the price... and with both Crossfire and SLI support, it's a winner. If it had Triple Channel support it would have garnered 5 stars. Highly recommended!
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