FRONTPAGE MSI Z77A-GD65 Motherboard Review

[Overclockers.com]

When Ivy Bridge CPUs were released, Intel also chose to unveil a series of new chipsets to go along with the processors. MSI was kind enough to send one of their newest boards based on the Z77 chipset, the Z77A- GD65. While this board is not the highest end board they have to offer from their lineup (GD80 is right now), it does offer a bunch of features that you will need while leaving out the ones you most likely won't. Shall we dive into things and take a look at this board?

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[txus.palacios]

Wow, so it seems it really is a jewel for extreme cooling!!

I never considered MSi, for bad experiences, but if it's that good for extreme, maybe when I go extreme benching, if I ever go, I give MSi a try.

 

[moocow]

The board really is great for extreme cooling.

It isn't bad on ambient cooling, but the bios does need to be updated so the voltage drop/droop problem will go away.

 

[Robert17]

Thanks for the good work and your thoroughness. I'm still dinking around researching components for an IB build as well as stacking up the requisite pile 'o cash. I'd had a friend recommend the MSI Z77A-G45 as he was pleased with it. I'm running an MSI mini-880GM-E43 currently and understand what you're saying about BIOS upgrades. Seems it's hard for most MB manufacturers to get it right before RTM.

Nevertheless, nice review.