MSI to offer 55% launch-day discount on P55 motherboards

is that the only differences?

http://www.caseandcooling.fr/images/stories/news/2009/08-aout/07/msi p55-gd80 2.jpg
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http://www.caseandcooling.fr/images/stories/news/2009/08-aout/07/msi p55-gd65 3.jpg
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not really had a chance to look at reviews, but from the pics, there are extra ports, regulators, caps, better cooling system

probably clocks better too

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probably has a better resale value (if your not happy with it), what are the bundled accessories like?

looks like a p5q deluxe v p5q pro

saying that, wonder whats different in the bios

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and not to mention the touch sensitive buttons :p
 
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Touch sensitive either means very sensitive to presure, in which case a wire would catch it and then it's off, or it acts like a touch screen by detecting body electricity, which isn't a good thing. It's a freeging motherboard, what do you think is going to be running through it? Fairies?
 
The GD65 only has a 7+1 PWM supply the GD80 has 14 phase. Not sure how much difference in reality that makes. Maybe of you're going for extreme overclocks the GD80 will be more stable?

Edit, beaten by <Maddness>
 
The GD80 also has a debugging panel, i think that's rather handy incase anything goes wrong and you can look it up in 5 seconds instead of trawling the internet for hours looking for answers.
 
The following appears to be the extra features the MSI P55 GD80 has over the GD65:

Extra heat-sink

PCI-Ex16: 3 (1x16, 1x8, 1x4) [ PD65 has 2 (1x16, 1x8)]

DDR3 Memory: 1800 option [Missing in PD65]

SATA: 8 [PD65 has 7]

SATA Controller: JMicron 322 / 363 [PD65 has 363 only]

D-LED2 LCD Display

Green Power Genie

V-Switch:
- Provide CPU VCORE, VTT, DDR, PCH ultimate voltage switch adjustment
- Instantly break voltage limitation without any hardware modification

Internal I/O Connectors:

1 x GreenPower Button
1 x Reset Button
1 x Clear CMOS Button [PD65 has jumper]
1 x D-LED2 connector
1 x CPU Phase LED Panel
1 x Debug LED Panel
Click to expand...
 
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