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

Yeh there is pro's and con's, arguments for getting and not getting, becuase im the kind of person that builds his machines to tight budgets i like to think things through and not waste money.

Even though iv said im not gonna get, im still highley tempted, so i have to stick to my guns and and just wait lol.
 
LittleChimp said:
Its still a massive saving though to be fair bradley :D.
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Why is it a massive saving?


Q. Have they ever sold any at list price?
A. No.


Q. What price will they be selling at when the promotion ends?
A. Probably not full list price, that's why OcUK and other retailers are called 'discounters'.

Q. How long will the promotion last?
A. Until they sell out of all their stock probably.

Be honest, if you'd heard about a P55 motherboard with a 2nd rate feature set (Dr. MOS, thick heatpipes (huh?) and 2 x 8x PCIe lanes) that cost more than an X58 board and it was fom MSI - would you have put it on your 'must buy' list?

Of course not. MSI are distinctly also-rans in the UK enthusiast motherboard market and they probably rank just above J&W in most stores sales figures.

MSI have played an absolute blinder on this - they are going to sell shedloads of their P55 motherboards for £85 (which is the price we all thought they would be costing anyway) and build a named-brand user-base for the next 5 years. Because people recommend what they have, even if it's not very good.

ASUS/Gigabyte/DFI/XFX/EVGA/FoxConn/J&W must be kicking themselves. For months they've been slipping out review samples of various motherboards and setting new overclocking records, but what board are we all talking about - do we get the £65 GD-65 or the £85 GD-80? You can count the number of reviews of these boards on the fingers of one hand, and MSI aren't exactly well-known for building stonking overclocking motherboards.

It's hilarious. We can't wait to get our wallets open for an MSI motherboard.

Q. Who'd have though it?
A. The marketing people, that's who.
 
Well my MSI mobo, seems to out overclock the same level chipset of some of those other brands you mentioned, at a lot less money too, so you go for ur premium asus and the like, but why knock people that don't want to spend a ridiculous amount on a mobo, for well not much more performance.

Yes this is a marketing ploy, but i say good on Msi for doing it, atleast there not scared to try it, and if people buy and recommend so what, Msi are not a bad make to use, Iv had 2 years good use out of my mobo, would i go back and change, not at all.
 
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bifday2k said:
Well my MSI mobo, seems to out overclock the same level chipset of some of those other brands you mentioned, at al ot less money too, so you go for your premium ASUS and the like, but why knock people that don't want to spend a ridiculous amount on a mobo, for well, not much more performance.
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I certainly don't wish to be dismissive of anyone's equipment, but your current CPU is an 800MHz FSB E5200 so even if you asked a modern 1333MHz FSB mainboard to run it at a 67% overclock, the motherboard would only be operating within it's normal operating parameters for stock clocks on an E8400. What your overclock indicates is that you have a good CPU, the motherboard could be very ordinary indeed. It's FSBs over 1800MHz that start to sort the men from the boys in mainboard terms.

P55 is going to be a bit different to overclocking an E5200 on a 1333MHz certified mainboard. Sorry, but that's how it is.

bifday2k said:
Yes this is a marketing ploy, but I say good on MSI for doing it, at least they are not scared to try it, and if people buy and recommend so what, MSI are not a bad make to use, I've had 2 years good use out of my mobo, would I go back and change? Not at all.
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To me, what this says is that MSI have given up trying to compete on performance, and they've gone straight to dimicky bargain basement discounting.

I'm glad you've had good use out of your board, and you're an excellent example of people recommending what they have. You have an MSI, therefore you defend and recommend them because you are defending your choice. That's entirely normal, reasonable and valid.

I don't always recommend the most expensive boards (why buy a Gigabyte EX58-Extreme when a UD5 is the same board for a lot less and in fact why buy anything more than a UD3R now they've unlocked SLi on the cheaper ones BIOS as well (Another apalling marketing exercise to clear the unsold UD3 and UD4's)? I'm very lucky that I can afford to buy multiple mainboards and indeed I change my kit the way some people change shirts, but the system I'm using now is an ASUS P6T which is the second cheapest ASUS X58 board available and I wouldn't ever recommend an expensive X58 board as the CPU is what it's all about with X58 (and maybe P55 too).
 
Well ok ur taking my mobo from my current cpu, and with good reason, only cpu i have atm, don't worry iv tested the limits, with 333fsb cpu's in the past and iv had it stable running a 2000 mhz fsb (500fsb), could be more who knows with better cooling for the chipset. So as u can see thats not some poor performing motherboard, and has out performed some of my friends £100+ ones that can't even do 450fsb.

Nah im not saying to people get an MSI becuase i have one, when asked i usually stear people towards other makes, that are more suitable to what they want. Im not one for brand loyalty, i get what i can for the lowest cost.

Obviously we will all have to see what these new boards are like, and i do feel that you will be correct, and that msi dos'nt seem to be doing much in the high end sector, which is shame really as in the past they did make some very nice stuff.

And thats why im waiting for some time to see what the I5 boards will be like and which brand seems to be the best for the money. And even it its cost effective against the I7/I9 setups.
 
WJA96 said:
MSI have played an absolute blinder on this - they are going to sell shedloads of their P55 motherboards for £85 (which is the price we all thought they would be costing anyway) and build a named-brand user-base for the next 5 years. Because people recommend what they have, even if it's not very good.

ASUS/Gigabyte/DFI/XFX/EVGA/FoxConn/J&W must be kicking themselves. For months they've been slipping out review samples of various motherboards and setting new overclocking records, but what board are we all talking about - do we get the £65 GD-65 or the £85 GD-80? You can count the number of reviews of these boards on the fingers of one hand, and MSI aren't exactly well-known for building stonking overclocking motherboards.
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Good point WJA96, i mean think about it, on release day if all the top of the line boards from all the manufacturers where all within a couple of pounds of each other which would 99% of the people choose, it would be either ASUS or Gigabyte (maybe EVGA) wouldnt it??, MSI wouldnt even get a sniff!!

MSI are indeed going for the throat and under cutting everyone else, question you got to ask yourself though is, who are they aiming this marketing ploy at, as im quiet sure that the majority of people who will be buying these boards within the first few days of them being released are the enthusiasts, who to be fair will not really be on a budget will they.

I can see this being aimed more for the 'average joe' who will be looking at P55's come xmas time, and by that time will this marketing ploy still be going?. Maybe the 'average joe' has more common sense than all of us, cos that would be the logical thing to do, to wait!, and see how these P55 mobos and 1156 cpus turn out
 
The thing is, most people who get AM3 will be getting one of the cheaper motherboards, such as the Asus 785G Chipset one for around £65. And the MSI P55 GD65 will be around £65. With the same RAM, the £200 question is this:

Will it beat the Phenom II 955? I'm in need of an upgrade and i don't know if i should bite the bullet and get the GD65 or wait a bit and probably get AM3? There's also the slight problem of that the waterblock i have only has a 775 mounting bracket, and i'm not sure if there will be a seperate 1156 one released (Zalman ZM-WB3 Gold).
 
Superewza said:
Will it beat the Phenom II 955? I'm in need of an upgrade and i don't know if i should bite the bullet and get the GD65 or wait a bit and probably get AM3? There's also the slight problem of that the waterblock i have only has a 775 mounting bracket, and i'm not sure if there will be a seperate 1156 one released (Zalman ZM-WB3 Gold).
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The Zalman range of coolers (air and water) all use a common mounting method so the new Zalman 1156 adapter kit for about £4.50 will sort you out. The Zalman mount is just a cross-piece and a plastic square so it's easy fo rthem to launch a new one.
 
Superewza said:
The thing is, most people who get AM3 will be getting one of the cheaper motherboards, such as the Asus 785G Chipset one for around £65. And the MSI P55 GD65 will be around £65. With the same RAM, the £200 question is this:

Will it beat the Phenom II 955? I'm in need of an upgrade and i don't know if i should bite the bullet and get the GD65 or wait a bit and probably get AM3?
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I am wondering this also, I reckon it will beat the phenom but I guess we will have to wait and see.
 
Superewza said:
The thing is, most people who get AM3 will be getting one of the cheaper motherboards, such as the Asus 785G Chipset one for around £65. And the MSI P55 GD65 will be around £65. With the same RAM, the £200 question is this:

Will it beat the Phenom II 955? I'm in need of an upgrade and i don't know if i should bite the bullet and get the GD65 or wait a bit and probably get AM3? There's also the slight problem of that the waterblock i have only has a 775 mounting bracket, and i'm not sure if there will be a seperate 1156 one released (Zalman ZM-WB3 Gold).
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Goddamnit I hope the Phenom 955 does better. Cos I jus bought my 955 rig! I cannot wait for benchmarks. Should be close.
 
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