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Following the footsteps of P67A-GD65 and P67A-
GD55, MSI releases its newest iteration of Sandy
Bridge mainboards. With richer features and more
sophisticated designs, introducing the new P67A-
GD80 (B3).
Contents
Overview
Recognize the P67 Platform
Easy OC for Sandy Bridge ~ OC Genie II
Military Class Materials
P67 with Multi-Graphics Cards
Reach the Higher SATA6Gb/s Performance from Sandy
Bridge
Power Super Speed USB
OC Notice: Cooler Configuration
Manual OC Overview
OC Ability Reference
P67A-GD80 (B3) OC setting reference table
Other Features on P67A-GD80 (B3)
Conclusion
Note
The function, specification, data and pictures provided by this guidebook is only for reference.
Please refer to the actual content through the official launched product.
P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide
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- Page 1 Following the footsteps of P67A-GD65 and P67A- GD55, MSI releases its newest iteration of Sandy Bridge mainboards. With richer features and more sophisticated designs, introducing the new P67A- GD80 (B3). Contents Overview Recognize the P67 Platform Easy OC for Sandy Bridge ~ OC Genie II...
- Page 2 OVERVIEW P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide ...
- Page 3 Recognize the P67 Platform Despite design and architectural similarities between the Intel Series 60 chipsets for the brand new LGA1155 processors and the previous Series 50 chipsets for LGA1156 processors, none of them are compatible. In addition to the integrated GPU, the Sandy Bridge is equipped with more demanding OC Chipsets OC Limited restrictions.
- Page 4 Easy OC for Sandy Bridge ~ OC Genie II Continuing the premium-quality material design tradition, apart Previously, MSI provided OC Genie to simplify overclocking for the P55 from delivering a longer lifespan, the MSI P67A-GD80 (B3) main- mainboards. Today, MSI’s Sandy Bridge boards feature the next genera- tion OC Genie II.
- Page 5 P67 with Multi-Graphics Cards ESR Comparison P67A-GD80 (B3) is equipped with three PCI-E x16 slots to support 3-Way CrossFire as well as 2-Way SLI, allowing users to maximize their gaming expe- rience with Nvidia and AMD graphics cards. ESR (mΩ) Lower is better To reach the lower power consumption, P67A-GD80 (B3)’s PWM adopt Green Choke design, SFC (Super Ferrite Choke), utilizing the latest material tech-...
- Page 6 PERfORmanCE fROm SandY BRIdGE 1-Way P18174 Unlike previous Intel chipsets that only supported SATA 3Gb/s, the Sandy Bridge P67 now has two native SATA 6Gb/s ports. MSI’s Sandy Bridge series can utilize the full potential of solid state 2-Way P25156 drives to deliver high performance read and write.
- Page 7 OC nOtICE: Power Super Speed USB COOLER COnfIGURatIOn Well-controlled temperature is sure to enhance overclocking capability. The USB 3.0 has become the accepted standard for high-speed transfer. As a higher the CPU temperature rises, the higher risks of system instability and response to the growing demand of USB 3.0, the P67A-GD80 (B3) breaks overclocking failure may cause.
- Page 8 With the default 100MHz base clock, the possible memory frequency are as follows: DDR3-800MHz, DDR3-1066MHz, DDR3-1333MHz, DDR3- Starting from the Sandy Bridge series, MSI will now adopt the new UEFI BIOS 1600MHz, DDR3-1866MHz, and DDR3-2133MHz. Any overclocking to the as well as Click BIOS into its products.
- Page 9 Core i5 2500K Memory G-Skill F3 - 17600 CL7D-4GBPIS Graphics Card MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX470 Intel SSDSA2MH080G2GC XIGMATEK NRP-HC1001 1000W Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate RTM 7600 Note: Although the BIOS is the Beta edition, but the function will be added into the official edition.
- Page 10 P67a-Gd80 (B3) OC SEttInG REfEREnCE taBLE Max Memory Frequency Memory overclocking on the Sandy Bridge is limited by the Memory Ra- tio. Memory frequency can only be set to 800MHz, 1066MHz, 1333MHz, 1600MHz, 1866MHz, or 2133MHz. Not Recom- Tuning Item Default Increment Easy...
- Page 11 BIOS MSI’s newest Multi-BIOS technology can back up the BIOS by using an extra ROM chip, avoiding situations where the motherboard may be unable to boot because of BIOS failure.
- Page 12 6 Pin Onboard VGa Power Tow Power Plane dedicatedly for VGA could provide stable and Extra demand front USB3.0 Connector for hard core user scenario. The 6-pin There are 2 Front USB3.0 connectors to onboard VGA power stabilizes the transfer more 4 USB3.0 ports for using. graphic performance of high-end graph- ics cards.
- Page 13 Conclusion P67A-GD80 (B3) is not only the flagship Sandy Bridge chipset from Intel, it is also MSI’s most competitive product. The CPU built-in memory controller significantly increases the stability and performance of memory overclocking; that, combined with other high performance fea- tures such as SATA 6Gb/s and ample PCI-E Gen 2.0 lanes, makes the P67A-GD80 (B3) the defini-...