MSI P67A-GD55 1155 Motherboard

sno.lcn · Mar 17, 2011, 07:38 PM

This review is a work in progress. As I test more CPUs and more graphics cards, I'll be adding more and more results. First, how about some pictures. All of these were taken with my iPhone. I did the best I could, but quality could probably be a bit better. I'm more interested in the test results though. See a picture of the included accessories here. I haven't seen a ton of results on this board, so feel free to post your own experience!

Thanks to MSI for making this review possible.

sno.lcn · Mar 17, 2011, 07:39 PM

Other hardware I'm testing with this motherboard:
RAM: 2x2GB ADATA DDR3 (thanks rdrash)
Cooling: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Rev.3, and a single stage phase change cooler.
Graphics cards: HD 6970 Lightning , GTX 580 (2x) , GTX 480 (2x) , GTX 295 , 8800 GTX (2x) , 7800 GTX , 7600 GTX , HD 4870 X2 (2x)
*Almost all of these cards are volt modded by me, and will be run at sub-ambient temeratures.

The first CPU I tested: L045B021.

Both of the second two maxed the same, and both were L051B138.

I played with some GTX 295 a little with this CPU so far:

New chips, L050A853. One does 5.4ghz, one is over 5.5ghz.

So here's a quick and dirty GTX 580 run.

And some HD 4870 X2 runs. I'll freeze these GPUs and throw some real clocks on the CPU soon enough.

chuchnit · Mar 17, 2011, 08:05 PM

Nice. What is your general impression of the boards power delivery and how well is it playing with Hyper IC's? I heard that MSI still needs to mature their BIOS for hypers, but they play great with PSC.

sno.lcn · Mar 17, 2011, 08:18 PM

This board is playing GREAT with both PSC and Hyper

heky · Mar 17, 2011, 08:23 PM

lol at 2nd post, first picture, bottom right corner. Otherwise nice post, keep it up. Am very interested in this MB. What are your first impresions?

sno.lcn · Mar 17, 2011, 08:32 PM

Haha the time changed, and Windows 7 wanted me to activate before the 30 days

The board so far has surpassed my expectations, being in the middle of MSI's product line. It's much better than previous boards they've sent me that play in the same price point.

Chewers · Mar 17, 2011, 08:57 PM

So i assume 65 will run the same? Need to build limited budget gaming pc.

sno.lcn · Mar 18, 2011, 01:28 PM

After some more testing last night (with some better CPU) the Hyper problem does exist on this board, just not as pronounced as it could be. I switched over to some PSC sticks and stability is much more solid.

sno.lcn · Mar 25, 2011, 02:54 PM

Some quick testing with a good 5.5ghz chip on air. I didn't want to take it any higher yet without proper cooling.

Cold Storm · Mar 25, 2011, 03:29 PM

Review looks good Sno. Your MSI H55-ED review got me to buy one.

johnnyfiive · Mar 25, 2011, 03:33 PM

Dang, nice results so far!

Mar 17, 2011, 07:38 PM	#1
sno.lcn Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 592 (0.25/day) Thanks: 149 Thanked 146 Times in 87 Posts System Specs	MSI P67A-GD55 1155 Motherboard This review is a work in progress. As I test more CPUs and more graphics cards, I'll be adding more and more results. First, how about some pictures. All of these were taken with my iPhone. I did the best I could, but quality could probably be a bit better. I'm more interested in the test results though. See a picture of the included accessories here. I haven't seen a ton of results on this board, so feel free to post your own experience! Thanks to MSI for making this review possible. __________________ Heatware Last edited by sno.lcn; Mar 17, 2011 at 07:49 PM.

Mar 17, 2011, 07:39 PM	#2
sno.lcn Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 592 (0.25/day) Thanks: 149 Thanked 146 Times in 87 Posts System Specs	Other hardware I'm testing with this motherboard: RAM: 2x2GB ADATA DDR3 (thanks rdrash) Cooling: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Rev.3, and a single stage phase change cooler. Graphics cards: HD 6970 Lightning , GTX 580 (2x) , GTX 480 (2x) , GTX 295 , 8800 GTX (2x) , 7800 GTX , 7600 GTX , HD 4870 X2 (2x) Almost all of these cards are volt modded by me, and will be run at sub-ambient temeratures. The first CPU I tested: L045B021. Both of the second two maxed the same, and both were L051B138. I played with some GTX 295 a little with this CPU so far: New chips, L050A853. One does 5.4ghz, one is over 5.5ghz. So here's a quick and dirty GTX 580 run. And some HD 4870 X2 runs. I'll freeze these GPUs and throw some real clocks on the CPU soon enough. __________________ Heatware* Last edited by sno.lcn; Mar 18, 2011 at 01:27 PM.

Processor:	2600k
Motherboard:	Gigabyte P67A-UD7
Cooling:	Single Stage by Runmc & Venomous X
Memory:	2x2GB Corsair Dominators for now
Video Card:	Asus GTX 580 Direct CU II
Hard Disk:	2x Crucial C300 R0, 2x Samsung 1TB F3 R0, Samsung F4 2TB
Case:	Lian Li V1020B
Sound Card:	Creative X-FI Fatality
PSU:	Corsair AX850W

Mar 17, 2011, 08:18 PM	#4
sno.lcn Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 592 (0.25/day) Thanks: 149 Thanked 146 Times in 87 Posts System Specs	This board is playing GREAT with both PSC and Hyper __________________ Heatware

System Name:	Bang4Buck
Processor:	Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.6Ghz @ 1.32v (1.36v load) 24/7
Motherboard:	MSI P67A-GD65 B3
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14
Memory:	12gb 1600mhz 8-8-8-24 @ 1.5v
Video Card:	Sapphire HD6970 2Gb @1000/1500 @1.25v
Hard Disk:	Samsung Spinpoint F3 1Tb / Seagate Barracuda 320Gb
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	LG L222WS 22" + Philips 32" 32Pfl7605 1080p
Case:	Cooler Master 690 II Advanced
Sound Card:	Onboard ALC892 S/PDIF optical out to Denon reciever, HDMI to 32"Philips
PSU:	Silverstone Strider 850W
Software:	Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 / Windows 8 Consumer preview

Mar 17, 2011, 08:05 PM	#3
chuchnit Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: KY Posts: 90 (0.09/day) Thanks: 6 Thanked 19 Times in 18 Posts	Nice. What is your general impression of the boards power delivery and how well is it playing with Hyper IC's? I heard that MSI still needs to mature their BIOS for hypers, but they play great with PSC.

Mar 17, 2011, 08:23 PM	#5
heky Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 873 (0.64/day) Thanks: 888 Thanked 144 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	lol at 2nd post, first picture, bottom right corner. Otherwise nice post, keep it up. Am very interested in this MB. What are your first impresions?

Mar 17, 2011, 08:32 PM	#6
sno.lcn Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 592 (0.25/day) Thanks: 149 Thanked 146 Times in 87 Posts System Specs	Haha the time changed, and Windows 7 wanted me to activate before the 30 days The board so far has surpassed my expectations, being in the middle of MSI's product line. It's much better than previous boards they've sent me that play in the same price point. __________________ Heatware

Mar 17, 2011, 08:57 PM	#7
Chewers Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Latvia Posts: 128 (0.15/day) Thanks: 27 Thanked 20 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	So i assume 65 will run the same? Need to build limited budget gaming pc. __________________ CPU-Z validation sig pics temporarily blocked

System Name:	Calculator 2.0
Processor:	Intel Core i7 3770K
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus V Formula
Cooling:	Corsair H100i
Memory:	16GB Corsair Veneance 2133MHz
Video Card:	Asus DirectCU II GTX670
Hard Disk:	2X Intel 330Series 120GB at RAID0
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung T24B300EEC
Case:	Corsair 500R White
Sound Card:	SupremeFX IV
PSU:	Corsair AX760i
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Benchmarks:	Pending

Mar 18, 2011, 01:28 PM	#8
sno.lcn Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 592 (0.25/day) Thanks: 149 Thanked 146 Times in 87 Posts System Specs	After some more testing last night (with some better CPU) the Hyper problem does exist on this board, just not as pronounced as it could be. I switched over to some PSC sticks and stability is much more solid. __________________ Heatware

Mar 25, 2011, 02:54 PM	#9
sno.lcn Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 592 (0.25/day) Thanks: 149 Thanked 146 Times in 87 Posts System Specs	Some quick testing with a good 5.5ghz chip on air. I didn't want to take it any higher yet without proper cooling. __________________ Heatware

Mar 25, 2011, 03:29 PM	#10
Cold Storm Battosai Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In a library somewhere on this earth Posts: 10,566 (5.14/day) Thanks: 4,242 Thanked 3,047 Times in 2,493 Posts System Specs	Review looks good Sno. Your MSI H55-ED review got me to buy one. __________________ The only way success is before work, is in the dictionary Support for the mind. Support for your hardware

System Name:	Haru
Processor:	i7 3770k @ 4.5ghz
Motherboard:	Biostar Tz77xme4
Cooling:	Koolance C370si loop
Memory:	8gb G. Skill Trident X 2400mhz at 10-11-11-28
Video Card:	XFX Double D 7950 / Zotac 620 for physx
Hard Disk:	Samsung 830 128gb (os)Muskin Chronos 120gb, Pyro 120gb
Optical Drive:	Asus Blu-Ray (SBW-06C1S-U)
CRT/LCD Model:	Testing: Vizio 37" lcd tv / Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED 24" & Hanns G 28"
Case:	Cooler Master Cosmos II
Sound Card:	Auzentech X-fi Forte 7.1 Opamp modded
PSU:	Silverstone Strider Plus 1000w pp05 cables
Software:	Win7 Pro64
Benchmarks:	i5 750 4.62ghz pi runs // Evga FTW p55

Mar 25, 2011, 03:33 PM	#11
johnnyfiive Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 2,975 (1.60/day) Thanks: 740 Thanked 856 Times in 537 Posts System Specs	Dang, nice results so far! __________________ [o_0] - GO BUCKEYES! ------------------------------------------------------ HEATWARE /MY KEYBOARD / VIDEO OF MY LGA 2011 RIG ------------------------------------------------------ Steam: johnnyfiive ORIGIN: johnny5iive League of Legends: 5iive

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Cooling:	Corsair H100
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Video Card:	Gigabyte 7870
Hard Disk:	Intel 330 120GB
Optical Drive:	LG R/W+/-[0_o]/
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell UltraSharp U2713HM
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