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In terms of aesthetics and visuals, we think the X79A-GD65 8D looks great with its black PCB and contrasting blues and silver all decked out in the Military tTheme; nothing too bold or outlandish here. The motherboard is tidy, neatly organized and look...
The MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) is a solid motherboard that's easy to overclock and sports a number of useful features, such as on-board power and overclocking buttons, and it recovered well from failed overclocks. However, it's lacking in a couple of key areas; t...
Excellent overclocking, Outstanding price/performance ratio, 3-Way SLI Capable, Performance mirroring the bigger players, Excellent UEFI, Winki 3 quick linux
No 4Way SLI
When testing the MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) we figured it would be a nice board, but didn't have strong hopes for it to run with the much higher priced overclocking-based boards. We were (pleasantly) surprised. The GD65 surpassed the best OC boards in a few c...
The MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) comes with a few advantages and several disadvantages compared to its main competitor, the Gigabyte X79-UD3.On the positive side, it has eight memory sockets, two FireWire ports, a POST diagnostics display, better components in t...
Abstract: Intel is in a unique position in the market for ultra-high-end desktop PCs: it essentially has no competition. AMD hasn't priced a desktop processor far north of $300 in years, while Intel has been selling six-core Gulftown CPUs at up to a grand a pop. Wi...
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Published: 2012-03-20, Author: Jeremy , review by: techradar.com/au/
Built to last, Strong feature set, Idiotproof overclocking
Abstract: MSI motherboards haven’t always had the best reputation. While the hardware has been exceptional, the BIOS has lacked the polish of an ASUS or GIGABYTE board. The X79A-GD65 8D has the potential to be an extremely high-performing board at a competitiv...
Overclocking BIOS, OC Genie II 1 touch overclocking, Stability, Military Class II components, Click BIOS II, ThreeYear Warranty, PCIe 3.0, CrossFireX and SLI Support, 3TB...
The latest Intel launch brought the Intel X79 chipset and Sandy Bridge architecture to the Extreme side of the fence and out of the mainstream. With it came all the efficiencies and performance improvements garnered with the mainstream products to dri...
Abstract: At the end of last year, Intel released its new generation high-end processors under the codename Sandy Bridge-E. The Core i7 3960X and 3930K feature six cores, up to 15 MB L3 cache, a quad channel DDR3 memory controller, and a PCI-Express 3.0 controll...
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Published: 2012-03-20, Author: Jeremy , review by: techradar.com
Built to last, Strong feature set, Idiot, proof overclocking
Not exactly cheap
Sturdy build, excellent overclocking tools and dual BIOSes. Not the prettiest board, however...
