Thread: MSI P55-GD65 motherboard

As one of the few motherboards of our test panel has the MSI P55-GD65 a floppy port. The heat dissipation takes care of a heat pipe, which is up to 50 degrees to reduce the temperature. Of the three PCIe 16x slots, the MSI P55-GD65 provides only a full 16x bandwidth. The other two slots working at 8X or 4X. Is a Crossfire X or a SLI configuration with two graphics cards active, the bandwidth drops to 8-fold twice.

The MSI P55-GD65 also has an eSATA port and a 4x PCI slot. In delivery, we found two GPU bridge links and a bracket with two USB connectors. With 159 watts at full load, the MSI P55-GD65 is one of the more economical motherboard in our test field. In addition, a measured value comes from 92 watts in sleep mode, which is also very low. Booting from USB-stick and drive worked without difficulty, and the installation of drivers went smoothly.

The MSI P55-GD65 rendered with the BIOS version that we tested a lot of over clocking picks. There would be next to the power for CPU, memory and PCIe slots and select the multiplier of 9 to 21 and adjust several memory timings. Some over clocking measures can also be carried out directly on the board via four buttons. The MSI P55-GD65 is thanks to the many BIOS options perfect for over lockers. In addition, the motherboard worked fast, was well outfitted and was effective with energy.