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.
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