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MSI Z68A GD80 G3 PCIe Gen 3.0 motherboard review - MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) Specifications

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/04/2011 02:00 PM [ ] 0 comment(s)

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But let's now focus on the motherboard tested today, the MSI Z68A-GD80 G3.

MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) Specifications

CPU (Max Support) i3/i5/i7
AM3 CPU Ready N/A
FSB / Hyper Transport Bus 100MHz
Chipset IntelĀ® Z68 (G3)
DDR2 Memory N/A
DDR3 Memory DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2133*(OC)
Memory Channel Dual
DIMM Slots 4
Max Memory (GB) 32
PCI-Ex16 3
PCI-E Gen Gen3 (1x16, 1x8), Gen2 (1x16)
PCI-Ex4 N/A
PCI-Ex1 2
PCI 2
IDE N/A
SATAIII 3
SATAII 4
RAID 0/1/5/10
LAN 10/100/1000*2
TPM 1
USB 3.0 ports (Rear) 2
USB 2.0 ports (Rear) 4
Audio ports (Rear) 6+Optical SPDIF
Serial ports (Rear) N/A
Parallel ports (Rear) N/A
1394 ports (Rear) 1
eSATA 1
HDMI 1
DVI 1
VGA Max Share Memory (MB) 1024
DirectX DX10.1
Form Factor ATX
DrMOS Y
APS Y
SLI Y
CrossFire Y

MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3)

Right, there we have the G3 motherboard which quite honestly is identical to the B3 as both share an identical color scheme, a nearly indistinguishable layout and a common feature set. That's a nice looking motherboard alright. The focus of this motherboard is that it has a dark looking design whilst remaining competitive with pricing.

MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3)

We dig the two tone (black/blue) design a lot, dark colored PCBs are the trend these days. What immediately catches the eye are the sheer looks and heatsinks sitting on top of the chipset. The board has lots of features including auto-overclocking, dual-BIOS, dual Gigabit NICs, voltage control points and just so much more.




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