What separates one motherboard manufacturer from the next is features and sometimes overclockability. The MSI P55-GD65 motherboard has a few unique features that mid-ranged motherboards don't normally get. One of these features is the voltage checking...
As you can see in the benchmarks, the MSI P55-GD55 compares favourable to our reference INTEL P55 platform. Both overclock well with the MSI P55-GD65 clocking in at about 5 MHz Bus Clock more than the Intel DP55KG reference board. If it were a solid ...
We now have a much better picture of the Lynnfield motherboard market, and if one thing is abundantly clear, its that you certainly dont need to spend more than $200 to jump onto LGA1156. Unless you actually need a ninth internal Serial ATA port, a t...
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. MSI h...
MSI has almost nailed a fantastic board, but like the X58 Eclipse we looked at last November, it's just missing a few crucial things. Core features like reset and clear CMOS buttons should absolutely be there if more exotic additions like base-clock an...
Even though Intel isn’t officially launching its upcoming Core i5 and Core i5 Lynnfield core processors and P55 Express chipset until the second week of September, there is already much talk about the next generation mainstream performance platform...
OC Genie, Price, Performance, Overclocking, Looks, Green Power, VCheckpoints, CrossfireX and SLI capable...
Overvolts CPU with Loadline enabled, Undervolts CPU with Loadline disabled...
All-in-all the MSI P55-GD65 proved to be a solid motherboard capable of delivering performance on par with its competitors. It is built using high quality components with an excellent layout. One thing I was surprised to find on this board that I have...
Abstract: Turn off the PC, press the OC Genie button, turn on the PC, wait a couple of seconds and your PC will start at an overclocked speed. In the case of our 2.93GHz Core i7 870 OC Genie..
Abstract: MSI is deservedly one of the biggest names in motherboards. Today we're looking at the company's P55-GD65, yet another ATX motherboard based on Intel's P55 chipset for its Lynnfield Core i5/i7 socket 1156 CPU s, offering the usual features such as CrossFi...
OCGenie takes the black magic out of overclocking, Manual overclocking is simple with a bit of researching, Simple to set up, just works, Looks good, Reasonable price.
I had issues flashing my bios but I did buy my board on release day so it shipped with the original bios
It has been a while since I had a new Intel system, my last one was based around a trusty Q6600, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect from a brand new, literally only released a few days, i5 set up and I have to say I am VERY impressed with it and...
