MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) Motherboard Review-November 2024-www.yitit.com

WCCFTech has seen some decent Sandybridge offerings from MSI recently. We were especially taken with the budget P67 offering the P67A-C43. The 100 dollar board offers a great over-clocking experience while also providing the latest in storage technologies (USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gbps). Today we’ll look at its elder brother the GD65 which offers more features and goodies.

Motherboard Specifications

Socket	LGA 1155
Processor Support	All LGA 1155 Processors
Segment	Mid Range
Size	ATX
Memory	DDR3 4 Slots / 32 GB
Features	Military Grade Components Active Phase Switching OC Genie Onboard Power, Reset, & OC Genie Buttons On-Board points for voltage monitoring (V-Check) Multi GPU Support (Xfire & SLi) EFI Driven Menu Dual EFI
Slots	PCI-e x16 (2) (x16 or x8,x8)PCI-e x1 (3) PCI(2)
Overclocking	Yes (Processor Core)
I/O	USB 2.0 & USB 3.0SATA 6Gbps Realtek LAN

Packaging & Accessories

The board comes in a usual MSI cardboard box. Military Class components, B3 revision, support for USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gbps are prominently displayed.

An extensive set of accessories, which includes SATA 3 & 6 Gbps cables, USB 3.0 bracket (2 port), points for measuring voltage, 2 port SLI bridge, easy connectors for USB & front port, and the back plate, obligatory disk and manuals are provided with the board. The manual, though well written does get a little confusing as it covers more than one product.