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MSI P55 GD65. The right mix of sexy looks and features to get all but the most hardcore overclocker really engaged.	Category: Motherboard
Added: 15 January 2010
MSI's GD65 might not be the all feature encompassing GD80, but this performance P55 board still has the right mix of sexy looks and features to get all but the most hardcore overclocker really engaged. It still manages to carve a niche of hardware and design, yet remains distinct from its cheaper offerings unlike Gigabyte and Asus whose design is uniform from top to bottom. With recent class-leading form from its AMD AM3 series of motherboards, we know MSI is keen to mirror the performance with its Lynnfield LGA1156 boards. £130 isn't too bad for a performance part - previously we've seen P45 and P35 boards launch at this price, so it's certainly an attainable purchase to some. Like the competition, we've also been through three BIOS revisions with the MSI and, despite being a little later than others, MSI still managed to get us a few that worked very well at both stock and when overclocked. Read on to find out how we got on! Click to enlarge

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Introducing MSI’s Big Bang Trinergy Motherboard	Category: Motherboard
Added: 29 December 2009
Since P55 was introduced, it seems like I’ve seen nonstop complaints about options for running multiple graphics cards. This is because most P55 boards only have a total of 16x PCIe lanes available, to be divided between however many cards you happen to be running. So for an SLI or Crossfire setup, you’re only going to get 8x/8x speeds. The difference between 16x/16x and 16x/8x and 8x/8x (and so on) have been well documented. This bandwidth limit seems like just another obstacle for the P55 platform.

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MSI P55-GD80 Motherboard Review	Category: Motherboard
Added: 29 December 2009
Since the release of Intel’s P55 platform, a seemingly endless number of motherboards have been popping up, ranging from under $100 for basic entry-level boards to close to $300 for feature-packed overclocking powerhouses. MSI’s top end 1156 motherboard, right around the middle of the P55 price range, is the P55-GD80. With all of the features and overclocking options, I was very excited when MSI sent me this board for testing.

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MSI P55-GD80 review	Category: Motherboard
Added: 29 December 2009
We have a lot of motherboard articles lined up for you guys alright. As you know and probably have read here on Guru3D.com, Intel launched three new processors. These processors come from the Nehalem family of processors and are classified with the codename 'Lynnfield'. To make some sense out of that, the 1st generation Core i7 processors had codename code-name Bloomfield. In paper Lynnfield processors are a small step down from that uber-high end Bloomfield based processor architecture. The three most significant changes can be found in dual-channel memory, locked multipliers and lower TDP. Please read all about that in our Lynnfield processor review. Unfortunately the difference in-between Bloomfield and Lynnfield also entails a socket change, as such the really high-end Bloomfield processors like Core i7 920, 950 and 975 will be based on a Socket LGA 1366 design whereas the new Core i7 870, 860 and Core i5 750 will have to be seated onto Socket 1156. Chipset wise Bloomfield processors are paired with the X58 chipset from Intel, Lynnfield processors however will be paired with P55 chipset based motherboards. Overall the benefit of the P55/Lynnfield combo should be a better price performance ratio. Features wise on the motherboard side it all looks and feels fairly similar.

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MSI P55-GD80 review P.2	Category: Motherboard
Added: 29 December 2009
From MSI P55-GD80 review Meet the OC Genie Now before we dive into our 'manual' overclocking session, I wanted to talk you through that OC Genie button / functionality for a minute, as I was quite impressed with it. Who would use the OC genie? Well, some of you guys do not have the skills and time to overclock your PC. If this applies to you, then this might be the best thing since the invention sliced bread really (okay that's an overstatement) But let's face it, typically most automated overclock functions paired with motherboards are software based and work a little so-so. Often the overclocks are too small to really notice. And that's just not the case with OC Genie, a one-touch automatic overclocking solution.

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MSI P55-GD80 review P.3	Category: Motherboard
Added: 29 December 2009
From MSI P55-GD80 review P.2 DhryStone CPU test We make use of a multi-threaded Dhrystone test from SiSoftware Sandra, which is basically a suite of arithmetic and string manipulating programs. Since the whole program should be really small, it fits into the processor cache. It can be used to measure two aspects, both the processor's speed as well as the optimizing capabilities of the compiler. The resulting number is the number of executions of the program suite per second.

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MSI Big Bang Trinergy review	Category: Motherboard
Added: 8 December 2009
When MSI launched their first wave of P55 motherboards the results where nothing other than stunning. In fact the enthusiast segment MSI P55 GD80 we reviewed at the time was loaded with devotee features and options. There where a couple of wishes left undesired though, especially the 8x--8x PCIe lanes configuration for SLI and CrossfireX users was a thorn in the eyes of many of you. As such, MSI went back to the drawing board, came up with a solution and decided to further improve the MSI P55 GD80 concept. The end result is called the Big-Bang series motherboards -- yes we'll try to not make any jokes on choice of wording on 'Big Bang'.

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MSI Big Bang Trinergy review Part.2	Category: Motherboard
Added: 8 December 2009
Continued from MSI Big Bang Trinergy review BIOS features overview Below an overview of the BIOS. The BIOS is very much catered for overclocking and offers a really wide variety of choices. Since showing motherboard BIOS screenshots always misses out a lot we are now switching to high-definition video footage showing you around in the BIOS. This way we hope to give you a better insight of BIOS features and functionality.

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