what's the difference between these?

point decay · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:13

Hi

had ordered a MB which has gone out of stock, it was

MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-165-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

so i need to pick an alternative and have been looking at this

MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

can anyone tell me the difference between these?

i have these parts on order also, and want to make sure the alternative MB will be compatible

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail [BX80623I52500K]
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN

and

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) [KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX]
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS

thanks

TNGL · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:16

The GD65 has Dual BIOS, 2x IEEE 1394 Firewire, 4x USB 3.0 ports, 2x eSATA ports, 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID.
Your CPU will be compatible with it.
That ram is 1600Mhz, but the motherboard specifications say "4x DIMMs with support for DDR3 1133/1066 up to 16GB MAX", so I'm guessing you'll have to set the speeds manually?

stulid · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:17

They are very similar,

http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD65--B3-.html
http://eu.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD53--B3-.html

The 65 has extra,

2 more SATAIII internal ports.
Internal USB3.0 connector.
Internal firewire.
2 rear eSATA ports
a rear firewire port.

point decay · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:19

so is the GD53 a good alternative to go along with the ram and cpu i have picked out?

stulid · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:19

point decay · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:21

cheers

point decay · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:27

thanks again for the help, called and got it changed to the GD53 board

point decay · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:31

Tingle said:
The GD65 has Dual BIOS, 2x IEEE 1394 Firewire, 4x USB 3.0 ports, 2x eSATA ports, 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID.
Your CPU will be compatible with it.
That ram is 1600Mhz, but the motherboard specifications say "4x DIMMs with support for DDR3 1133/1066 up to 16GB MAX", so I'm guessing you'll have to set the speeds manually?

does this meen its not compatable?

stulid · 1 Sep 2011 at 11:33

Its compatible, its naturally set at 1333mhz as thats the standard speed of the sandybridge memory controller, just either run at that speed or just set the RAM multiplier to make it run at 1600mhz.