MSI P55-GD80 – Intel Core i5 / i7 LGA1156 Motherboard Review

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

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25 Responses to MSI P55-GD80 – Intel Core i5 / i7 LGA1156 Motherboard Review

  1. halofreak1398 says:
    June 22, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    Does it have hdmi

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  2. LetterKilled says:
    June 22, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    im a little late on the comments but i recommend not using the OC button. it OVER volts your CPU making it hotter and possibly killing your CPU. Of course when you’re overclocking you need an after market fan! bios overclocking is the way to go. i have had this board for almost a year now and im running my i5 @3.8GHz at 27c idle and 45c on full load. prime tested for 24 hours. its a great board. ALWAYS do bios overclocking.

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  3. Fballsz says:
    June 22, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    Okay… so what is the difference between i5 and i7? :S (about to buy a new laptop)

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  4. Mediamarktfreak says:
    June 22, 2011 at 10:09 pm

    Why is this more expensive than the MSI P55A-G55? The P55A-G55 even has 2 usb 3.0 slots.

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  5. jksengko says:
    June 22, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    from this msi board after turn on SATA3 & USB3 will reduce single PCI-E 16x to 8x
    yes or not??

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  6. 91splash says:
    June 23, 2011 at 12:25 am

    LOL so many ways to overclock it. its not funny

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  7. jmconroe says:
    June 23, 2011 at 1:33 am

    @dragonrow3 easily :D

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  8. oHailPrestoNl says:
    June 23, 2011 at 2:41 am

    @Holidats ..How hard is it to press a button on your board? it literally took me 5 seconds and i’m getting 3.6 GHz on my i5 760 now.. lol

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  9. BIGDADDYF50 says:
    June 23, 2011 at 3:49 am

    terrific board

    and terrific terrific explanation of this excellent board.

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  10. kev42o97 says:
    June 23, 2011 at 4:57 am

    1.4 volts for only 3.3 Ghz, I can overclock manually to 3.3 without raising any voltages on this board. Do not use the OC GENIE! It is really unstable, just manually overclock trust me on this one guys.

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  11. dharkbizkit says:
    June 23, 2011 at 6:05 am

    Hey PcWizKid i need your opinion on this: I wanna run 5770 in crossfire with an i5 760.. i would overclock if it’S safe in terms of durable.. (so i think 4x 3,0ghz is okay for that) the cpu has to last at least 2 years, so which board would you rather recommand, the asus p55 pro or this MSI board for that setup?

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  12. Xextreem says:
    June 23, 2011 at 7:13 am

    wow nice board mm this is to easy to overclock its like the old days use the "turbo" bottum on you pc case and it runs faster lol.

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  13. Holidats says:
    June 23, 2011 at 8:21 am

    Great, all we need now is these overclocking features on the outside of a case.

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  14. needlesurfer says:
    June 23, 2011 at 9:29 am

    PCWizKid,

    I wish I would have seen your video while I was doing my research on components, the nice part is I seem to have picked the right component :)

    As for this video there is something that isn’t clear yet. You activate OC Genie, boot, run cpu-z and as it run, while oc genie is enabled, you press the + button?
    So the two features run in conjunction?

    very nice review btw

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  15. dragonrow3 says:
    June 23, 2011 at 10:37 am

    ive got the P55a-ud3 mother board with core i5 750 and i am thinking of overclocking the cpu from 2.67 to 3.0 if possible what my question is, if i can..
    i have a Coolermaster HAF932 and my cpu cooler is Arctic cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2

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  16. bowarrful says:
    June 23, 2011 at 11:45 am

    wow amazing board im a noob at overclocking so this board would be good for me lol

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  17. noodle050 says:
    June 23, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    im using the i5 750 Msi p55 and its amazing using a single 5770,

    1 press on the button overclock

    Oc Genie what els do we need…

    10/10

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  18. noodle050 says:
    June 23, 2011 at 2:01 pm

    im using the i5 750 Msi p55 and its amazing using a single 5770,

    1 press on the button overclock

    Oc Genie what els do we need…

    10/10

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  19. Hyphy101dre says:
    June 23, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Hey I have this board and I want to know what cooler will keep my 97-860 the coolest thats on the market, and that will FIT this board…thanks!

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  20. NockomuraLock says:
    June 23, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    @1337manne lol wtf?

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  21. myonlylov says:
    June 23, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    is the second pci-e x16 also? I like to put my fermi 470 closer to the bottom where a 120mm fan is installed for additional airflow for the card.

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  22. 1337manne says:
    June 23, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    @PCWizKid nice and i can have 3 way sli?

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  23. PCWizKid says:
    June 23, 2011 at 7:41 pm

    @1337manne Its for Both

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  24. 1337manne says:
    June 23, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    is this board for ati or nvidia?

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  25. D1driverGP says:
    June 23, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    @NuggetKGB if money isnt a probelm go for the 5870, otherwise i would take the 5850 cause it supports direct x 11 wich gives you a better feel of the game

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