MSI Z68A GD65 G3 Review
CineBench and wPrime
Published: 28th September 2011 | Source: MSI | Price: £142.79 |
CineBench
Such is the consistency of the Z68 chipset that although the differences between motherboards are slight there are still things worth noticing. The Z68A-GD65 G3, albeit by only a small amount, is the lowest scoring board in our graph. By no means terrible, but it is what it is.
wPrime95
Being so tied in to the available speed of your processor and RAM wPrime95 definitely prefers the very fastest systems. With its good but not premium overclock the GD65 is in the middle-range of the boards we've tested.
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Good to see the Gen3's are starting to come out now. The GD65-G3 seems a pretty decent board and just shows how overpriced the Sniper 2 is.
The GD65-G3 might not look as good but it doesn't look bad and performance wise, at half the price, it's not far off the Sniper 2 either nothing worth spending another £150 for anyway.
Also, I have probs with my Steelseries Xai in the BIOS of my P8P67 I have to use the keyboard, I think UEFI doesn't like some gaming mice
The GD65-G3 might not look as good but it doesn't look bad and performance wise, at half the price, it's not far off the Sniper 2 either nothing worth spending another £150 for anyway.
Also, I have probs with my Steelseries Xai in the BIOS of my P8P67 I have to use the keyboard, I think UEFI doesn't like some gaming mice
Would be nice could test some of the Asrock gen3's ?
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Would be nice could test some of the Asrock gen3's ? |
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Originally Posted by VonBlade
Last I heard they were planning to send us one, so watch this space. |
Interesting, i've been trying to shortlist some Gen 3 motherboards for my upgrade so it's nice to see some performance results.
Shame the overclock wasn't too great but overall performance for the price seems reasonable.
Shame the overclock wasn't too great but overall performance for the price seems reasonable.
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Originally Posted by Murdolator
Interesting, i've been trying to shortlist some Gen 3 motherboards for my upgrade so it's nice to see some performance results. Shame the overclock wasn't too great but overall performance for the price seems reasonable. |
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Thought the performance for the price is fair the looks are little dull. |
The asrock board probably has it beat looks wise, be interesting to see how they compare performance wise, since i don't think there is too much difference in price right now between this and the extreme 4 gen 3 board.
And i think Asus have possibly just thrown some Gen 3 boards into the mix too.
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Originally Posted by Murdolator
True, it's certainly not the nicest looking board. But worth considering for a windowless build perhaps. The asrock board probably has it beat looks wise, be interesting to see how they compare performance wise, since i don't think there is too much difference in price right now between this and the extreme 4 gen 3 board. And i think Asus have possibly just thrown some Gen 3 boards into the mix too. |
This board runs my 2600k @4.5ghz 1.29v its my first MSI and so far i like it bios needs a bit of work they are updating it every week or so now so it will get there in the end
Planning a look at the new ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (etc.,) GEN3 MB's? Would be interested to know your findings as I have an eye on one of these.
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