MSI P55-GD80 Superb motherboard for any type of use

Author: Toni 'HaoKi' Siik Published: 17.01.2010 Manufacturer: MSI Product Group: Motherboards In English Suomeksi

Layout continued

Here we have a better look at the back edge of the motherboard. The chips that are responsible for the sound and communications can be found here. For example the Realtek 889a-chip that takes care of the sounds and the Realtek RTL8111DL that deals with the dual Gigabit LAN.

The lower edge of the motherboard also has the three internal USB-headers, one Firewire-header and the audio-header for the front-panel.

Here we have the Green Power, Reset and Power buttons from the motherboard. Sure, it looks like the good folks at MSI have forgotten to install the actual buttons, but actually these buttons work plainly by touching them. In addition to these buttons, MSI has added physical buttons for the OC Genie, Clr CMOS and the direct OC buttons.

It's probably clear for everybody what the Clr CMOS button does, but the other two may raise some questions. The OC Genie button activates the automated overclocking chip on the motherboard, which examines your setup and overclocks it within a safe range. The Direct-OC buttons on the other hand can be used to adjust the base-clock of the motherboard on-the-fly. Nice features for those who run their motherboard on a benching-tray. Don't be alarmed, the OC Genie button can also be enabled and disabled from the BIOS, so you won't have to open your case every single time you want to change the setting.

Installation

Here's motherboard ready to go with the Thermalright cooler and the G.Skill memory installed. Neither of the components proved to be in anyway problematic with this motherboard layout. Everything went nice and smooth.

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