1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:06,480 so I've done quite a few videos of the ASUS and the Gigabyte updated p55 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:14,120 lineups but I haven't actually covered the one that MSI did so they took their 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:16,720 original p-55 gd80 they added five no 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:23,119 what they actually added is SATA 3 which is 6 gbit per second as well as USB 3.0 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:27,840 which is 10 times the speed of USB 2.0 at 5 GB per second so that's the most 6 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:33,120 important change it still features Crossfire SLI and OC Genie as well as 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:38,000 the superpipe and Dr Moss just like the p55 gd80 but it does come with these 8 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:42,840 additional updated features it's a little bit more expensive but without 9 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:47,680 further Ado let's get into the package so oh it looks like MSI has started 10 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:52,800 including the uh M connector which is kind of like the ASUS um I think they 11 00:00:50,039 --> 00:00:57,039 call it Q connector either way it's an easy way to plug in your front USB and 12 00:00:54,559 --> 00:01:03,920 front connectors if you don't have the bunched up uh the bunched up block 13 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:06,240 cables okay next we have a 14 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:09,320 crossfire oh oh that's neat okay well they're actually including a crossfire 15 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:13,400 bridge I guess because the spacing is more than the standard Crossfire spacing 16 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:17,320 that's pretty nice normally you're only going to get a crossfire Bridge with 17 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:22,400 your video card now we have an SLI video cable so that is something that we 18 00:01:19,439 --> 00:01:25,840 definitely need if we are running SLI I'm kind of rambling here that's okay 19 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:31,159 I've got an IDE cable it's red and yellow so it's stylish next we have two 20 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:37,439 Molex two SATA connect connectors and four red SATA cables with locking 21 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:39,560 connectors awesome next we have two USB 22 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:45,479 ports for the back of your case these are both highspeed USB not super speed 23 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:46,600 USB so that's USB 2.0 then we've got an 24 00:01:45,479 --> 00:01:50,119 IO Shield oh it looks like they've also 25 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:55,200 added a clear seimo switch to the back of the board thumbs up for that I love 26 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:57,560 that next we have their uh V check 27 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:01,159 cables so these cables plug into various spots on the board and allow you to use 28 00:01:59,039 --> 00:02:04,280 a Multimeter use the multimeter to measure the 29 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:08,319 current voltage there you go just like that MSI explains exactly what it does 30 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:12,319 drivers and utilities DVD don't use anything on there download everything 31 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:17,200 the latest from the MSI site a hard disk storage backup and restore utility okay 32 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,680 cool next we have a quick installation guide which looks like it's going to 33 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:25,519 unfold to about the size of the cameraman's 34 00:02:21,959 --> 00:02:28,040 office uh y okay so that gives you a 35 00:02:25,519 --> 00:02:32,200 quick guide to CPU RAM uh SATA and Optical installation or hard drive 36 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:35,959 obstacle installation graphics card installation uh front panel this is the 37 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:40,319 useful stuff showing you how to hook up your front panel connectors and all that 38 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:45,080 good stuff power and some basic bio settings oh that's kind of nice okay so 39 00:02:43,239 --> 00:02:49,400 that quick installation guide is covered in logos like autog 40 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:54,519 gsse okay next we have wow they have so many accessories it's sheesh okay so 41 00:02:52,040 --> 00:03:00,599 control center guide about Ms siiz useful motherboard useful software okay 42 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:06,400 that's nice then we have a win which is their quick on feature then we have an 43 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:08,400 OC Genie guide okay wow they've included 44 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:12,200 so many more little guides versus the original gd80 it's funny that they 45 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:17,080 actually even include an OC geni guide because OC Genie is by definition a like 46 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:22,560 a one button function uh oh this is like thick and 47 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:28,120 there's your user guide in billion different languages all right finally we 48 00:03:25,799 --> 00:03:34,000 get down to the board so let's get this out of here let's get this out of here 49 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:37,640 here and let's get this baby opened up 50 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:40,319 so let's get the tape off there we go 51 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:44,560 just kind of pull the motherboard out being careful not to actually touch the 52 00:03:41,959 --> 00:03:49,360 PCB on the back so I'm actually touching the back plate there okay so the 53 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:53,920 motherboard itself like all p-55 boards we are going to find an LGA 1156 socket 54 00:03:52,519 --> 00:03:57,959 in the middle you can see it's got like a black mirrored finish on it much like 55 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:02,680 evga's high-end boards you can see it's using a Loz socket which is the the one 56 00:04:00,079 --> 00:04:06,920 that is rated for uh more even contact with the CPU so you're not going to burn 57 00:04:04,439 --> 00:04:09,920 out your CPU and your socket with even extreme 58 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:14,079 overclocking okay we've got a couple stickers on here one of them is for 1 59 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:18,959 second overclocking with OC Genie and the other one is for superpipe and Dr 60 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:23,759 Moss okay let's see what else we got here so like all p55 boards we have 61 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:28,280 support for dual Channel DDR3 up to 16 gigs then we've got our 24 pin connector 62 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:32,039 and our 8 Pin power connectors in their ideal locations along the right hand 63 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:35,960 hand Edge in top left of the board next we've got oh this is good okay so we got 64 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:41,960 our V check so this is going to allow us to check our CPU CPU VT RAM PCH and then 65 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:47,919 we've got a couple of ground connections so that we can actually check up to two at a time next we've got oh okay we've 66 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:53,840 got our six SATA 2 connectors so those are all running off of the MSI chipset 67 00:04:50,960 --> 00:05:00,759 our MSI Intel chipset then we have SATA 7 and SATA 8 so those are both SATA 3 68 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:02,240 6.0 gbit pers second connectors 69 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:07,320 next we have an additional connector I don't even know what that's running off of probably running off the same J 70 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:12,039 Micron chipset as this IDE connector here as well as the I'm going to go 71 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:16,520 ahead and assume that there's an EA port on the back that is also running off it 72 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:21,240 and it's right there okay so next we've got oh these I love so oh they've 73 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:24,960 actually improved this so you've got your power button your reset button and 74 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:28,319 these are touch sensitive buttons very cool and then you've actually got the 75 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,639 direct OC buttons which used to be a physical button kind of like the OC 76 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:36,560 Genie button here but now these are touch sensitive to increase or decrease 77 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:41,960 the base clock pretty cool then we have three USB 2.0 headers one firewire 78 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:44,960 header there's our seos battery and then here we've got our slots so it looks 79 00:05:43,639 --> 00:05:49,520 like they've actually reduced the number of slots off the gd80 but honestly I 80 00:05:47,919 --> 00:05:53,919 mean okay you're going to install two graphics cards so you're going to still 81 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:59,160 be ending up with a PCI slot as well as a PCI e1x slot even if you have two 82 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:03,639 double slot graphics cards so really it's enough expansion options for 99% of 83 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,919 people out there now they've actually cut down on the heat pipe cooling a 84 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:10,479 little bit which I can understand cuz they're adding features but I mean 85 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:14,680 really I would have lik to see something at least as beefy as the gd80 I mean if 86 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:18,080 they're saying it's enough uh I mean look at this thing it's huge you've got 87 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:21,759 like this huge heat pipe you've got all these fins to dissipate heat 88 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:25,120 realistically it's not going to get that hot anyway so MSI seems to have done a 89 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:29,400 pretty good job there with that thick heat pipe now let's go around to the 90 00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:33,080 back of the board and have a look at what we got so we've got two PS2 ports 91 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:36,479 one for the keyboard one for the mouse a clear SEO switch I love that I love 92 00:06:35,199 --> 00:06:41,800 having a switch on the back of the board for that you screw something up you just press that button and sets everything 93 00:06:39,639 --> 00:06:46,400 back to factory defaults next we have Optical as well as coaxial audio out 94 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:52,280 then we have fire wire 46 USB 2.0 ports remember this is one of 95 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:58,919 those SATA eata USB combo ports very cool ports then we have two usb3 ports 2 96 00:06:56,479 --> 00:07:03,479 GB Ethernet as well as 7.1 audio so this is a fully featured board SLI Crossfire 97 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:08,360 the works and thank you for checking out my unboxing of the p-55 gt85