1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:06,879 Today on Linus Tech Tips, we're going to be unboxing the MSI P67A 2 00:00:05,279 --> 00:00:11,840 GD55. As you can see from the front of the box, there's a few things that MSI has 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:15,679 to say for themselves about this board right off the bat. First of all, 4 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:20,080 military class 2. This is a hugely important concept for MSI on their 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:24,560 motherboards as well as on their video cards. So military class means they're 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:28,960 using very high quality components on the board in order to enable a 10 plus 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:34,399 year lifetime as well as excellent power delivery to your CPU which is one of the 8 00:00:31,439 --> 00:00:40,000 most important features for the P67A chipset boards. It also has a three-year 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:42,320 warranty in the US, Canada, and Mexico. 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:46,239 It features their OCG2 oneb button overclocking which is convenient if you 11 00:00:44,399 --> 00:00:50,239 want a uh like a quick and dirty overclock versus tuning it yourself. 12 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:55,199 Although you will get more out of tuning it yourself. We have four USB 3.0 ports, 13 00:00:53,039 --> 00:01:00,559 two SATA 6 Gbit per second ports, support for NVIDIA SLI technology, as 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:05,199 well as well, they're calling it ATI Crossfire X, but I guess it's AMD 15 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:11,119 Crossfire X these days. Um, not a whole lot to speak of on the back. They have 16 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:12,720 their Winky 3 um BIOS utility for going 17 00:01:11,119 --> 00:01:17,040 online. We actually tried it. It's a Firefox browser in case you're 18 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:22,799 wondering. And then there's uh also their UEFI BIOS. So that is a graphical 19 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:27,840 BIOS interface for this board versus the older uh like a W style BIOS with just 20 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:31,600 you know arrows and enter and plus minus to change all of your options. We have a 21 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:36,000 drivers and utilities DVD. Throw it away. We have a quick installation 22 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:41,360 guide. We have a user guide for the software applications. We have a full 23 00:01:39,439 --> 00:01:45,439 user guide for the motherboard itself. This is the Europe version, so I'm 24 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:50,000 assuming that includes English somewhere along the line. Okay, we also have an 25 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:53,520 SLI bridge. Remember, if you do need a Crossfire bridge, it should come with 26 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:58,159 your graphics card. We have an IO shield, which is black, which I like. 27 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:02,960 Like everything to be sort of, you know, black and sleek looking. We have four 28 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:07,680 SATA cables included, two right angle and two straight. And then we also have 29 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:11,200 a Molex to SATA power adapter just in case you have an older power supply that 30 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:14,560 only has a single harness with SATA power connectors on it. We have their 31 00:02:12,879 --> 00:02:20,640 convenient M connector which allows you to plug in all your front panel connectors to that and then plug the 32 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:28,239 whole brick into your motherboard at one time for easier installation. 33 00:02:24,319 --> 00:02:30,560 Here is the board itself, the P67A GD55. 34 00:02:28,239 --> 00:02:34,879 So the D in the name means that this is part of their gaming series. Uh, from 35 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:40,160 what I've seen so far, the G series boards, what differentiates them from 36 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:43,920 the C series P67 boards is that they do 37 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:46,720 have support for their dual 16x PCI 38 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:50,319 Express slots to run in 8X 8X mode for SLI and Crossfire. So, I'm going to go 39 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:55,760 ahead and remove this sticker. And we're going to start in the middle of the 40 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,120 board where the LGA 1155 socket is. 41 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:01,519 Around the edge of the board, you're going to see we have a 6 + one phase 42 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:06,000 power design on this particular military class board. Up in the top left, we've 43 00:03:03,599 --> 00:03:10,400 got our 8 pin power connector in its ideal location because most cases have 44 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:15,920 uh routing option, well, most high-end cases have routing options for that cable to come up this way. We've got our 45 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:21,519 CPU power connector. And then we've got four DDR3 46 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:23,200 module slots supporting dual channel. We 47 00:03:21,519 --> 00:03:27,280 have Oh, look at this. This is interesting. No, come up here and have a 48 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:32,000 look at this. So, we have um it looks like we have voltage read points, but we 49 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:37,440 don't have the convenient uh interface soldered onto it that you would see on 50 00:03:34,159 --> 00:03:39,760 the higherend GD65 board. So, you can 51 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:42,720 probably still like put a multimeter on there. I'm just not quite sure if 52 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:46,080 that'll work. All right. So, we've got a 24 pin power connector in its ideal 53 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:50,879 location on the right hand edge of the board. And then we have our SATA ports. 54 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:57,439 So, here we have all supported off of the Intel chipset. two SATA 6 gigbit per 55 00:03:54,239 --> 00:04:00,879 second ports and four SATA 3 Gbit per 56 00:03:57,439 --> 00:04:03,280 second ports. We have uh what is a very 57 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:07,040 lowprofile chipset cooler. And then moving down the board, we have our OC 58 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:12,080 Genie button. Remember that is a toggle switch, so on off. We have our reset and 59 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:18,320 power buttons. And then we have support for front USB, front fire wire, and 60 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,479 front USB 3.0. So that's a pretty cool 61 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:26,880 thing to have. Our slot layout is the same as the GD65 version. 62 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:31,840 Just going to move that. We have two PCI slots, two PCIe 16X physical slots, so 63 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:36,960 those are going to run in either 16x mode or 8x8x mode if you're running 64 00:04:34,479 --> 00:04:40,080 both. And three PCI 1x slots. So, if you're using two dual slot graphics 65 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:45,199 cards, which is sort of the most likely configuration for Crossfire SLI, you're 66 00:04:42,479 --> 00:04:50,160 going to be left with one two PCIe1X slots and one PCI slot for any 67 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:54,080 additional expansion that you want to do. So, now let's have a look at the IO 68 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:58,080 shield on the back. The This is one of my favorite things. You got that combo 69 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:03,919 mouse, keyboard, PS2 port. You have 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 eight USB 2.0 ports, a clear 70 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:09,199 SIMO switch, which I love. I love this feature. Although I have yet to need to 71 00:05:05,919 --> 00:05:10,720 clear the SIMOS on a P67 board, we have 72 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:17,520 support for digital audio in both optical and coaxial flavors, FireWire, 73 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:20,960 gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.0 ports on 74 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:22,960 the back panel, as well as 7.1 audio 75 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:27,120 out. Cameraman wants to have a look at the cooling solution on the MOSFETs, 76 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:30,880 which is actually pretty slick looking. I really like it. Once you peel off the 77 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:34,880 plastic, there's actually quite a shiny, glossy finish to the blue that is on 78 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:39,600 those. And I really like the overall color scheme of this board. Although it 79 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:42,160 seems trivial, I am a shallow person. 80 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:47,600 What can I say? The back of the board looks like the back of pretty much any 81 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:49,199 LG 1155 or 1156 board. Don't forget if 82 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:57,600 you are buying a CPU for this motherboard, make sure you're buying a 83 00:05:51,360 --> 00:06:01,199 Core i3, i5, or i7 with 1,155 84 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:04,880 contact points on the back, not 1156. It 85 00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:06,319 only supports LG1 1155 CPUs. Thank you 86 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:13,039 for checking out my unboxing and don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other 87 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,039 tech computer videos.