so we finally have the whole lineup of p-55 boards from MSI now we already
showed you the g65 when I got my early review sample now let's take a look at
the p-55 CD 53 now you'll notice that
the Box color is a little bit different from the gd65 and the gd80 and that's
because this is their mainstream series
okay so it has a c in the title and it's a green box that's how you can tell that
it's a mainstream or Classic series board so let's get this box open here
and see what we can find inside so
you've got a still pretty good accessory package so you got your CD you've got
your drivers and utilities MSI extras user guide quick installation guide OC
Genie manual that's cool the one I had didn't come with a manual for that so I
still don't know what it does uh winky is also included which is I didn't know
last time here's the manual but winky is like an instant on feature for the board
okay then we got a floppy cable IO cover couple SATA cables an IDE cable nothing
particularly exciting on the accessory front you can tell this is a lower-end
board than the gd65 and the gd80 so now
let's get the board out of the anti-static baggie here if I can get
this tape to release on the back there we go and here we have it the p55 cd65
so let's have a look at the I/O shield first so we don't have any ESAT we don't
have any digital audio it's a far more barebones board but we do have 10 USB
ports PS2 gabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio
and then let's have a look at the expansion slots that we've got on this
board so you've got your 1 second overclocking OC Genie let's get that
sticker off so we've got three PCI three PCI e1x and a PCI e6x slot now the
layout is otherwise very similar including down here we've got the OC
Genie button right there we've got an onboard power button which is very
exciting to see on such a an entrylevel sort of price point board you've also
got your base clock adjustment buttons here which we did a Blog video showing
the uh the use for then you've got your chipset uh heat sink eight SATA ports if
I can just get the camera around here so these are off the South Bridge and these
are off the J Micron chipset that also Powers the IDE port your power ports are
in their ideal locations along the right hand edge of the board and up at the
very top left corner and then here you've got your typical LGA 1150 6
socket you can put four dims of DDR3 memory and this board even at this low
price point wow there's a truck going past there's a pure leader truck headed to our uh warehouse behind me here so
I'm going to have to speak pretty loudly I think or maybe we'll just wrap it up
we've got Dr Moss and there you have it that is the p55
cd53 motherboard from MSI thanks for watching