MSI P55 Series *Official* Motherboard thread
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If a 16x 16x board appears soon then I'll be all over it. Being primarily a gamer I'm more interested in the GPU's not being strangled when the next gen Nvidia/ATI stuff appears. I don't think HT is of any use for gaming (?) so a nice OCed 750 and the option to use full fat SLI will be spot on for me.
Am i right in thinking the improvement of x16 x16 over x8 x8 is marginal? Around 5-15% ?
MSI P55 mobo for me then come the 8th (if im lucky), now need to decide on the i7 860 or i5. Also have Corsair announced anything about 1156 brackets for its awesome H50 cooler?
EDIT: looking on the Corsair webpage, the H50 is listed as supporting 1156 sockets, i got my H50 the other day and didnt notice a 1156 bracket in the packaging, althought there were 2 brackets in there, 1 had 775 marked on it but the other had nothing
EDIT: looking on the Corsair webpage, the H50 is listed as supporting 1156 sockets, i got my H50 the other day and didnt notice a 1156 bracket in the packaging, althought there were 2 brackets in there, 1 had 775 marked on it but the other had nothing
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Yeah, me, too. The fact that the i7 860 is supposed to be the same price as the i7 920 is putting me off slightly. I'm still thinking, if they're the same price, I'd better just go for the 920.
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Ah, I saw those benchmarks this morning, too. The 860 may be faster in a few specific tests, but I'd still be very surprised if it were faster overall. I may be proven wrong, though!
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Are those benchmarks with both chips running at stock speed? If so, the question is, how does the 860 overclock relative to the 920?
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If only the P55M-GD45 was getting the discount aswell.
The more expensive the board to begin with, the better the deal you get after 55% off.
Well, to answer my own question it seems that the P55-GD80 adds an NVIDIA nF200 chip for three-way SLI, a 10-phase supply, and another internal SATA port.
Any other differences?
It doesnt have a NF200 chip.
What's the extra heatsink for?
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The "Northbridge" heatsink is not cooling anything, and is just there to partly pass the heat across from Southbridge to VRMs or vice versa. The heatsink also adds a bit more metal to the board, giving a psychological "looks faster" advantage to sales. It may sound stupid, but it does work.
The "Northbridge" heatsink is not cooling anything, and is just there to partly pass the heat across from Southbridge to VRMs or vice versa. The heatsink also adds a bit more metal to the board, giving a psychological "looks faster" advantage to sales. It may sound stupid, but it does work.
Only the evga F.T.W. and Classified P55 boards are using the nf200, this gives 16x 8x 8x, not 16x 16x afaik.
At the moment, yes, but the next generation could possibly saturate it.
At the moment, yes, but the next generation could possibly saturate it.
Good prices, but with Clarkdale so close. I'm in no rush to upgrade.
Unless of course Clarkdale processors will work on these boards?
edit: Ah crap, clarkdale i5 processors will be only dual core? Can anyone confirm this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Nehalem_(microarchitecture)#32_nm_.22Westmere.22
Unless of course Clarkdale processors will work on these boards?
edit: Ah crap, clarkdale i5 processors will be only dual core? Can anyone confirm this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Nehalem_(microarchitecture)#32_nm_.22Westmere.22
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