WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:06.879 Today on Linus Tech Tips, we're going to be unboxing the MSI P67A 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 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:15.679 to say for themselves about this board right off the bat. First of all, 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:20.080 military class 2. This is a hugely important concept for MSI on their 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:24.560 motherboards as well as on their video cards. So military class means they're 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:28.960 using very high quality components on the board in order to enable a 10 plus 00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:34.399 year lifetime as well as excellent power delivery to your CPU which is one of the 00:00:31.439 --> 00:00:40.000 most important features for the P67A chipset boards. It also has a three-year 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:42.320 warranty in the US, Canada, and Mexico. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:46.239 It features their OCG2 oneb button overclocking which is convenient if you 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:50.239 want a uh like a quick and dirty overclock versus tuning it yourself. 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, 00:00:53.039 --> 00:01:00.559 two SATA 6 Gbit per second ports, support for NVIDIA SLI technology, as 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:05.199 well as well, they're calling it ATI Crossfire X, but I guess it's AMD 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 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:12.720 their Winky 3 um BIOS utility for going 00:01:11.119 --> 00:01:17.040 online. We actually tried it. It's a Firefox browser in case you're 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:22.799 wondering. And then there's uh also their UEFI BIOS. So that is a graphical 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:27.840 BIOS interface for this board versus the older uh like a W style BIOS with just 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 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:36.000 drivers and utilities DVD. Throw it away. We have a quick installation 00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:41.360 guide. We have a user guide for the software applications. We have a full 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:45.439 user guide for the motherboard itself. This is the Europe version, so I'm 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:50.000 assuming that includes English somewhere along the line. Okay, we also have an 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:53.520 SLI bridge. Remember, if you do need a Crossfire bridge, it should come with 00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:58.159 your graphics card. We have an IO shield, which is black, which I like. 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:02.960 Like everything to be sort of, you know, black and sleek looking. We have four 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:07.680 SATA cables included, two right angle and two straight. And then we also have 00:02:04.880 --> 00:02:11.200 a Molex to SATA power adapter just in case you have an older power supply that 00:02:09.200 --> 00:02:14.560 only has a single harness with SATA power connectors on it. We have their 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 00:02:17.760 --> 00:02:28.239 whole brick into your motherboard at one time for easier installation. 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:30.560 Here is the board itself, the P67A GD55. 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 00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:40.160 what I've seen so far, the G series boards, what differentiates them from 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:43.920 the C series P67 boards is that they do 00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:46.720 have support for their dual 16x PCI 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 00:02:48.640 --> 00:02:55.760 ahead and remove this sticker. And we're going to start in the middle of the 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:57.120 board where the LGA 1155 socket is. 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 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:06.000 power design on this particular military class board. Up in the top left, we've 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:10.400 got our 8 pin power connector in its ideal location because most cases have 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 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:21.519 CPU power connector. And then we've got four DDR3 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:23.200 module slots supporting dual channel. We 00:03:21.519 --> 00:03:27.280 have Oh, look at this. This is interesting. No, come up here and have a 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 00:03:29.760 --> 00:03:37.440 don't have the convenient uh interface soldered onto it that you would see on 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:39.760 the higherend GD65 board. So, you can 00:03:37.440 --> 00:03:42.720 probably still like put a multimeter on there. I'm just not quite sure if 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 00:03:44.640 --> 00:03:50.879 location on the right hand edge of the board. And then we have our SATA ports. 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:57.439 So, here we have all supported off of the Intel chipset. two SATA 6 gigbit per 00:03:54.239 --> 00:04:00.879 second ports and four SATA 3 Gbit per 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:03.280 second ports. We have uh what is a very 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:07.040 lowprofile chipset cooler. And then moving down the board, we have our OC 00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:12.080 Genie button. Remember that is a toggle switch, so on off. We have our reset and 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:18.320 power buttons. And then we have support for front USB, front fire wire, and 00:04:15.040 --> 00:04:20.479 front USB 3.0. So that's a pretty cool 00:04:18.320 --> 00:04:26.880 thing to have. Our slot layout is the same as the GD65 version. 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:31.840 Just going to move that. We have two PCI slots, two PCIe 16X physical slots, so 00:04:30.080 --> 00:04:36.960 those are going to run in either 16x mode or 8x8x mode if you're running 00:04:34.479 --> 00:04:40.080 both. And three PCI 1x slots. So, if you're using two dual slot graphics 00:04:38.479 --> 00:04:45.199 cards, which is sort of the most likely configuration for Crossfire SLI, you're 00:04:42.479 --> 00:04:50.160 going to be left with one two PCIe1X slots and one PCI slot for any 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 00:04:52.080 --> 00:04:58.080 shield on the back. The This is one of my favorite things. You got that combo 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 00:05:01.520 --> 00:05:09.199 SIMO switch, which I love. I love this feature. Although I have yet to need to 00:05:05.919 --> 00:05:10.720 clear the SIMOS on a P67 board, we have 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:17.520 support for digital audio in both optical and coaxial flavors, FireWire, 00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:20.960 gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.0 ports on 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:22.960 the back panel, as well as 7.1 audio 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:27.120 out. Cameraman wants to have a look at the cooling solution on the MOSFETs, 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:30.880 which is actually pretty slick looking. I really like it. Once you peel off the 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:34.880 plastic, there's actually quite a shiny, glossy finish to the blue that is on 00:05:33.280 --> 00:05:39.600 those. And I really like the overall color scheme of this board. Although it 00:05:36.400 --> 00:05:42.160 seems trivial, I am a shallow person. 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 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:49.199 LG 1155 or 1156 board. Don't forget if 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:57.600 you are buying a CPU for this motherboard, make sure you're buying a 00:05:51.360 --> 00:06:01.199 Core i3, i5, or i7 with 1,155 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:04.880 contact points on the back, not 1156. It 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:06.319 only supports LG1 1155 CPUs. Thank you 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 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:13.039 tech computer videos.