MSI P55 GD80
MSI P55 GD80.
Top of MSI's p55 range is the feature packed GD80.
We will mainly be looking at the performance potential of this board as Benchtec will using this board with Support from MSI for the next stage of the F1OC challenge.
And now a look at the board in the flesh.
This board has some very nice features, I really like the touch sensitive on off/ reset and green power buttons seen here.
Also in this shot you can see - and + for base clock adjustments on the fly which is a great feature for any overclocker or Gamer. Also shown is the MSI oc genie which is like a magic oc button allowing the user to leave the board to work out an overclock for you.
Probably the most helpful feature on this board for the seasoned overclocker is the on board voltage read points pictured here. I have tested these reading against my bios settings with several overclocking configurations and im pleased to report that im getting very similar reading to which im setting in bios, no serious differences that might raise concern.
Another really good feature is the phase led which tells the user how many of the power phases are in use at any given time during operation.
an important feature particularly for the overclocker as this can be monitored during bench sessions ensuring you that clean power is being delivered to the board while under load or not whichever the case may be.
and another view of the board.
OC GENIE (intelligent auto overclock system]
OC genie did exactly what MSI say it does on my board. from stock default settings with one touch of the button prior to booting the feature overclocked the CPU and ram to 3733.8 [cpu] and 982.6 [ 1965mhz] ram! An excellent feature for gamers.
STOCK SETTINGS:
OC GENIE ENABLED:
Base clock buttons Here we have in my opinion the best thing since set fsb. this feature allows you to adjust your base clock 'on the fly' 10mhz at a time up or down. I'm happy to report that in my tests this feature works flawlessly making it an excellent feature for Gamers or serious overclockers!
Specifications
CPU
• Supports Intel® i5 / i7 based processors in LGA1156 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Chipset
• Intel® P55 Chipset
- Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec.
- 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
- Integrated AHCI controller.
Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/1800*/2000*/2133* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max
- Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size
- Supports Dual channel mode
Slots
• 3 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots
- If two graphics cards are installed at PCI_E2 & PCI_E4 slots, these two PCIE x16 lanes will auto arrange from x16/ x0 to x8/ x8
- PCI_E5 supports PCIE 2.0 x4 speed only
- When PCI_E5 is in use, all PCIE x1 slots will be unavailable
- supports ATI® Crossfire™ & NVIDIA SLI
• 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface
On-Board IDE/SATA
• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron® 363.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.
• SATAII controller integrated in Intel P55/JMicron® 322 / 363 chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports by P55
- Supports two SATAII ports by JMicron 322, support SATA RAID 0/1/JBOD.
- Supports one eSATA / USB combo port by JMicron 363.
- Supports AHCI controller with AHCI / SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by P55.
MSI Reminds You...
• The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.
Audio
• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC889
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec
LAN
• Supports two PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL.
IEEE1394 / FireWire
• VIA® VT6315N chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.
Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / System x 4 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 8 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
- 1 x GreenPower Button
- 1 x Reset Button
- 1 x Power Button
- 1 x Clear CMOS Button
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x D-LED2 connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x OC Genie Button
- 2 x Base Clock Control Buttons
- 1 x CPU Phase LED Panel
- 1 x Debug LED Panel
MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional.
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x eSATA / USB Combo port
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 7 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN Jacks
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out
BIOS
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.
Dimension
• 30.5cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor
Mounting
• 9 mounting holes.
Product Accessories
More info on specs can be found here. http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1844
MSI P55 GD80.
Top of MSI's p55 range is the feature packed GD80.
We will mainly be looking at the performance potential of this board as Benchtec will using this board with Support from MSI for the next stage of the F1OC challenge.
And now a look at the board in the flesh.
This board has some very nice features, I really like the touch sensitive on off/ reset and green power buttons seen here.
Also in this shot you can see - and + for base clock adjustments on the fly which is a great feature for any overclocker or Gamer. Also shown is the MSI oc genie which is like a magic oc button allowing the user to leave the board to work out an overclock for you.
Probably the most helpful feature on this board for the seasoned overclocker is the on board voltage read points pictured here. I have tested these reading against my bios settings with several overclocking configurations and im pleased to report that im getting very similar reading to which im setting in bios, no serious differences that might raise concern.
Another really good feature is the phase led which tells the user how many of the power phases are in use at any given time during operation.
an important feature particularly for the overclocker as this can be monitored during bench sessions ensuring you that clean power is being delivered to the board while under load or not whichever the case may be.
and another view of the board.
OC GENIE (intelligent auto overclock system]
OC genie did exactly what MSI say it does on my board. from stock default settings with one touch of the button prior to booting the feature overclocked the CPU and ram to 3733.8 [cpu] and 982.6 [ 1965mhz] ram! An excellent feature for gamers.
STOCK SETTINGS:
OC GENIE ENABLED:
Base clock buttons Here we have in my opinion the best thing since set fsb. this feature allows you to adjust your base clock 'on the fly' 10mhz at a time up or down. I'm happy to report that in my tests this feature works flawlessly making it an excellent feature for Gamers or serious overclockers!
Specifications
CPU
• Supports Intel® i5 / i7 based processors in LGA1156 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Chipset
• Intel® P55 Chipset
- Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec.
- 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
- Integrated AHCI controller.
Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/1800*/2000*/2133* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max
- Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size
- Supports Dual channel mode
Slots
• 3 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots
- If two graphics cards are installed at PCI_E2 & PCI_E4 slots, these two PCIE x16 lanes will auto arrange from x16/ x0 to x8/ x8
- PCI_E5 supports PCIE 2.0 x4 speed only
- When PCI_E5 is in use, all PCIE x1 slots will be unavailable
- supports ATI® Crossfire™ & NVIDIA SLI
• 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface
On-Board IDE/SATA
• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron® 363.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.
• SATAII controller integrated in Intel P55/JMicron® 322 / 363 chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports by P55
- Supports two SATAII ports by JMicron 322, support SATA RAID 0/1/JBOD.
- Supports one eSATA / USB combo port by JMicron 363.
- Supports AHCI controller with AHCI / SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by P55.
MSI Reminds You...
• The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.
Audio
• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC889
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec
LAN
• Supports two PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL.
IEEE1394 / FireWire
• VIA® VT6315N chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.
Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / System x 4 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 8 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
- 1 x GreenPower Button
- 1 x Reset Button
- 1 x Power Button
- 1 x Clear CMOS Button
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x D-LED2 connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x OC Genie Button
- 2 x Base Clock Control Buttons
- 1 x CPU Phase LED Panel
- 1 x Debug LED Panel
MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional.
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x eSATA / USB Combo port
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 7 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN Jacks
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out
BIOS
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.
Dimension
• 30.5cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor
Mounting
• 9 mounting holes.
Product Accessories
More info on specs can be found here. http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1844
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