Testseek.co.uk have collected 59 expert reviews of the MSI X79A-GD65-8D and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for MSI X79A-GD65-8D.
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59 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
So far our impression of the MSI X79A-GD65(8D) is that MSI is looking to offer at cost effective product with a small feature set of their more powerful products. This puts in an awkward state where it feels unfinished when you are looking at it and compa...
Published: 2012-01-26, Author: Ali , review by: wccftech.com
The MSI board has several innovative features. Onboard over-clock buttons, Both Gen 2.0 and Gen 3.0 PCI-e x16 slots (though the former are only x1) and oodles of accessories. It is hard not to recommend this board. Considering it costs about the same as t...
Abstract: Those wanting to build the ultimate performance system will naturally turn to Intel’s new LGA2011 platform which recently made its debut with the Sandy Bridge-E processors. This highly refined architecture takes the original Sandy Bridge design and pum...
In terms of aesthetics and visuals, we think the X79A-GD65 8D looks great with its black PCB and contrasting blues and silver all decked out in the Military tTheme; nothing too bold or outlandish here. The motherboard is tidy, neatly organized and look...
The MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) is a solid motherboard that's easy to overclock and sports a number of useful features, such as on-board power and overclocking buttons, and it recovered well from failed overclocks. However, it's lacking in a couple of key areas; t...
Excellent overclocking, Outstanding price/performance ratio, 3-Way SLI Capable, Performance mirroring the bigger players, Excellent UEFI, Winki 3 quick linux
No 4Way SLI
When testing the MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) we figured it would be a nice board, but didn't have strong hopes for it to run with the much higher priced overclocking-based boards. We were (pleasantly) surprised. The GD65 surpassed the best OC boards in a few c...
The MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) comes with a few advantages and several disadvantages compared to its main competitor, the Gigabyte X79-UD3.On the positive side, it has eight memory sockets, two FireWire ports, a POST diagnostics display, better components in t...
Abstract: Intel is in a unique position in the market for ultra-high-end desktop PCs: it essentially has no competition. AMD hasn't priced a desktop processor far north of $300 in years, while Intel has been selling six-core Gulftown CPUs at up to a grand a pop. Wi...
Overclocking BIOS, OC Genie II 1 touch overclocking, Stability, Military Class II components, Click BIOS II, ThreeYear Warranty, PCIe 3.0, CrossFireX and SLI Support, 3TB...
The latest Intel launch brought the Intel X79 chipset and Sandy Bridge architecture to the Extreme side of the fence and out of the mainstream. With it came all the efficiencies and performance improvements garnered with the mainstream products to dri...
