MSI Z77A GD65 Motherboard Review
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Published: 16th July 2012 | Source: MSI | Price: £136.79 |
Up Close
The packaging of the GD65 leans heavily on the Military Class III branding that has accompanied MSI motherboards in one version of another for some time now. The rear of the box emphasises the various technologies included. This is a box designed to grab the eye on a shelf.
Within the box we have the usual selection of manuals and guides, as well as a selection of SATA cables. It's not the plethora of accessories we've seen from other boards, but then this is far more affordable too.
The board itself is well laid out, in the now usual MSI black and blue colour scheme. Everything is where you expect it to be and nothing looks like it's been thrown into whatever space was available.
Let's move on to looking at it a little closer.
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Thanks for the review Bryan.
A very good review - glad I made the right choice, and thanks to SieB for recommending the '65 to me!
all i can say is, despite the bewildering options on the uefi (i really wish they'd agree on standardised namings across different uefi's) the board is godly and i'm glad my gamble paid off
lovely looking board
the only let down is my cpu refuses to go beyond 4.8 so can't get a 5ghz clock on it lol
And yeah, a stable 4.7 is great - what are your temps like when stress testing?
What stress test were you using? And at what volts?
1.3v cpu core and ibt
A testament to the CPU, the H100 and the GD65
And to GTX670 - I only go over for one off overclock attempts
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Originally Posted by GTX670
with ivy bridge please do never exceed 1.3v , when you do a excessive voltage you will get less performance
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It certainly looks the dogs. Haven't had a chance to o/c on it yet as my watercooling is all a bit frankenstein.
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