MSI P55-GD65 P55 LGA1156 Core i5 Motherboard Unboxing Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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536 words · ~2 min read
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I got a pretty cool package in the mail today it's a p-55 gd65 motherboard from
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MSI Let's uh do a quick unboxing here and show you all the cool accessories it
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comes with uh mostly boring accessories we got an IO Shield okay we have those
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little things that help you plug in your USB if you have a really old case we
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have four SATA cables a couple SATA tamox power adapters a ribbon cable or
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two floppy and IDE I don't have a lot of space on my SD card so we're going to
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have to go fast drivers and utilities MSI extras I think it's like Norton and
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something hard drive backup user guide quick installation guide which looks
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absolutely huge and complicated we'll figure that out later uh SLI Crossfire
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Bridges uh MSI winky I don't know what this is but yeah MSI winky p-55 gd65
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user guide then we have a little USB uh
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back plate thing okay so let's get the environmentally friendly packaging out
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of here and let's get this board out cuz that's the uh that's the interesting
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part so on the board we've got the OC
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button which is like a one button overclocking utility it's a pretty nice
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looking PCB uh OC Genie there that's what it's called it's a little button
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right here and then you can change your base clock with the plus and minus
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buttons kind of cool for such a an inexpensive board you've got seven SATA
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ports right here along with oh let's show the back the back slot so this is
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an 1156 board so we got PS2 digital audio eight USB ports two Ethernet one
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eat no no eat we have fire wire okay so
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there's no eat that's okay so it supports Crossfire and SLI now
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I've ripped the sticker so we have to do it in one shot now and then you've got
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superpipe Dr Moss which is MSI's mosfet
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solution it uses fewer phasers phases but the switching frequency is faster so
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they're saying it's quite a bit better than what other people are using and then here we have our 1156 pin socket
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which I have never opened one before
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but okay that's not working at all there we go so that's socket 1156 I'll get the
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cameraman to have a look at it so there you have it you've got dual channnel
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memory all the uh appropriate power adapter oh here's a cool feature you can
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read your voltages using this little uh
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interface right here very cool so this is the V checkpoints awesome awesome
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feature so thank you for checking out my blog on the MSI p55 gd65 oh yeah and
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this is like the coolest thing ever Intel Core i7 lunchbox we'll be giving
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these away in some kind of promotion over the next little bit but I thought
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it was pretty neat and inside oh yeah check it out we got PE whatever
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chips for this