WEBVTT 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:06.480 so I've done quite a few videos of the ASUS and the Gigabyte updated p55 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:14.120 lineups but I haven't actually covered the one that MSI did so they took their 00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:16.720 original p-55 gd80 they added five no 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 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 00:00:25.880 --> 00:00:33.120 important change it still features Crossfire SLI and OC Genie as well as 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:38.000 the superpipe and Dr Moss just like the p55 gd80 but it does come with these 00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:42.840 additional updated features it's a little bit more expensive but without 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:47.680 further Ado let's get into the package so oh it looks like MSI has started 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:52.800 including the uh M connector which is kind of like the ASUS um I think they 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 00:00:54.559 --> 00:01:03.920 front connectors if you don't have the bunched up uh the bunched up block 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:06.240 cables okay next we have a 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:09.320 crossfire oh oh that's neat okay well they're actually including a crossfire 00:01:07.880 --> 00:01:13.400 bridge I guess because the spacing is more than the standard Crossfire spacing 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:17.320 that's pretty nice normally you're only going to get a crossfire Bridge with 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:22.400 your video card now we have an SLI video cable so that is something that we 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:25.840 definitely need if we are running SLI I'm kind of rambling here that's okay 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 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:37.439 Molex two SATA connect connectors and four red SATA cables with locking 00:01:33.720 --> 00:01:39.560 connectors awesome next we have two USB 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:45.479 ports for the back of your case these are both highspeed USB not super speed 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:46.600 USB so that's USB 2.0 then we've got an 00:01:45.479 --> 00:01:50.119 IO Shield oh it looks like they've also 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 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:57.560 that next we have their uh V check 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:01.159 cables so these cables plug into various spots on the board and allow you to use 00:01:59.039 --> 00:02:04.280 a Multimeter use the multimeter to measure the 00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:08.319 current voltage there you go just like that MSI explains exactly what it does 00:02:06.360 --> 00:02:12.319 drivers and utilities DVD don't use anything on there download everything 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:17.200 the latest from the MSI site a hard disk storage backup and restore utility okay 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:19.680 cool next we have a quick installation guide which looks like it's going to 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:25.519 unfold to about the size of the cameraman's 00:02:21.959 --> 00:02:28.040 office uh y okay so that gives you a 00:02:25.519 --> 00:02:32.200 quick guide to CPU RAM uh SATA and Optical installation or hard drive 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:35.959 obstacle installation graphics card installation uh front panel this is the 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:40.319 useful stuff showing you how to hook up your front panel connectors and all that 00:02:37.480 --> 00:02:45.080 good stuff power and some basic bio settings oh that's kind of nice okay so 00:02:43.239 --> 00:02:49.400 that quick installation guide is covered in logos like autog 00:02:46.920 --> 00:02:54.519 gsse okay next we have wow they have so many accessories it's sheesh okay so 00:02:52.040 --> 00:03:00.599 control center guide about Ms siiz useful motherboard useful software okay 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 00:03:03.040 --> 00:03:08.400 OC Genie guide okay wow they've included 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:12.200 so many more little guides versus the original gd80 it's funny that they 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:17.080 actually even include an OC geni guide because OC Genie is by definition a like 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:22.560 a one button function uh oh this is like thick and 00:03:19.760 --> 00:03:28.120 there's your user guide in billion different languages all right finally we 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 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:37.640 here and let's get this baby opened up 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:40.319 so let's get the tape off there we go 00:03:37.640 --> 00:03:44.560 just kind of pull the motherboard out being careful not to actually touch the 00:03:41.959 --> 00:03:49.360 PCB on the back so I'm actually touching the back plate there okay so the 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:53.920 motherboard itself like all p-55 boards we are going to find an LGA 1156 socket 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 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 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 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:09.920 out your CPU and your socket with even extreme 00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:14.079 overclocking okay we've got a couple stickers on here one of them is for 1 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:18.959 second overclocking with OC Genie and the other one is for superpipe and Dr 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 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 00:04:26.440 --> 00:04:32.039 and our 8 Pin power connectors in their ideal locations along the right hand 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 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 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 00:04:45.919 --> 00:04:53.840 got our six SATA 2 connectors so those are all running off of the MSI chipset 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 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:02.240 6.0 gbit pers second connectors 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 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:12.039 Micron chipset as this IDE connector here as well as the I'm going to go 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 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 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:24.960 actually improved this so you've got your power button your reset button and 00:05:23.080 --> 00:05:28.319 these are touch sensitive buttons very cool and then you've actually got the 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:31.639 direct OC buttons which used to be a physical button kind of like the OC 00:05:29.840 --> 00:05:36.560 Genie button here but now these are touch sensitive to increase or decrease 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:41.960 the base clock pretty cool then we have three USB 2.0 headers one firewire 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 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:49.520 like they've actually reduced the number of slots off the gd80 but honestly I 00:05:47.919 --> 00:05:53.919 mean okay you're going to install two graphics cards so you're going to still 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 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:03.639 double slot graphics cards so really it's enough expansion options for 99% of 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:06.919 people out there now they've actually cut down on the heat pipe cooling a 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:10.479 little bit which I can understand cuz they're adding features but I mean 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 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 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:21.759 like this huge heat pipe you've got all these fins to dissipate heat 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 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:29.400 pretty good job there with that thick heat pipe now let's go around to the 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 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 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 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:46.400 back to factory defaults next we have Optical as well as coaxial audio out 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:52.280 then we have fire wire 46 USB 2.0 ports remember this is one of 00:06:49.520 --> 00:06:58.919 those SATA eata USB combo ports very cool ports then we have two usb3 ports 2 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 00:07:01.840 --> 00:07:08.360 the works and thank you for checking out my unboxing of the p-55 gt85