Does anyone have the MSI P55-GD80

[ingeborgdot]

What is your thought on this board. I have read some good things about it. What is the quality of this MSI board? MSI P55-GD80

 

[RussianSensation]

It's a good board. If you are already aiming to spend $210, then I suggest EVGA P55 FTW:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-056-_-Product

There are plenty of top notch boards <$200. Do you need CF/SLI support?

Asus P7P55D Pro for $170:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-405-_-Product

Do you want SATA 3 and USB 3.0 too?

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P for $185:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-409-_-Product

If you don't want CF/SLI, you can drop all the way down to UD3R for $140 for example.

 

[ingeborgdot]

I don't game. It is mainly used for video editing. I need a good, high quality board that will take the i7 860.
The board I mentioned has already won some awards is why I am asking about it. Do you know anything about it? Is there something wrong with it? You are directing me to something else is why I ask.

 

[xboxist]

He's just saying it's a top of the line board amongst those that can house an i7-860. It's absolutely overloaded with features. If there are things on that board that you won't utilize, then you can start trimming down to $150 or so and still get a quality board.

edit: I'm ordering this exact board in 1-2 months for my next system build. I've read nothing but positive things about it, and I look forward to tinkering with most of its capabilities.

edit 2: Not sure why he linked to the EVGA board. I don't think it's considered "better" than the MSI. Maybe it's his personal experience with them?

 

[RussianSensation]

edit 2: Not sure why he linked to the EVGA board. I don't think it's considered "better" than the MSI. Maybe it's his personal experience with them?

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3671&p=11

"We are going to keep this simple. Hold our feet to the fire and we&#8217;ll tell you that of all the boards we tested, the most consistent performer was the $230 EVGA P55 FTW SLI E657 (using a Tyco AMP Socket). At its price point, there&#8217;s nothing available on the P55 platform that truly beats it for raw overclocking capabilities."

OP, it sounds like for your purposes a UD3R or even UD2 is more than enough. Both have 2 eSATA ports and UD2 even has a firewire port. If you are not going to be overclocking, or using CF/SLI, there is no advantage to MSI GD80 whatsoever. Also the fact that you can't flash BIOS in windows as easily on MSI's as you can with Gigabytes and Asus is a big disadvantage for novice users. Gigabyte and EVGA boards also have dual BIOS chips. If your bios flash gets corrupted on MSI, you are toast.

When it comes to features Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P walks all over that MSI board since it comes with SATA 3 and USB 3.0 ports. Yes these are not native off the P55 chipset, but they should be significantly better than SATA 2 and USB 3.0 once drivers mature. I dont' see any reason for the $210 GD80. These top boards are meant for overclocking.

If you are going to spend $200 on a mobo, might as well go with socket 1366 and get 6 DIMM slots and Gulftown support (if that matters). Socket 1156 is a budget socket. Once you start spending $200 on a mobo, you have to seriously consider 1366 imo.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I was able to get a GD-80 from ZZF for $180 about a month ago. I think the prices have gone up though.. I like it because I got it for a good price and comparable boards from other manufacturers were higher at that point.

 

[ingeborgdot]

Is the Gig and Asus quality as good as the MSI. I heard that MSI had been building better quality stuff or was that just one of those garbage articles?

 

[pertonas]

What is your thought on this board. I have read some good things about it. What is the quality of this MSI board? MSI P55-GD80

well ~~
GD80
P55-UD5
P7P55D-DELUXE
EVGA P55-FTW
ASROCK P55 full series

I play all this before
if you no need OC
don't waste the money
just buy GIGA P55-UD4 or ASUS P7P55D

 

[ingeborgdot]

I don't need any oc but may do a slight oc. Maybe up to 3.2 or 3.4.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I don't need any oc but may do a slight oc. Maybe up to 3.2 or 3.4.

Well I dont know if its my board or my chip, but I can't get past 3.6 stable for anything with my setup.

 

[Draco]

I've heard of a 4gb RAM limitation bug on the MSI P55-GD80.

Can anyone confirm or deny?

 

[NYHoustonman]

Well I dont know if its my board or my chip, but I can't get past 3.6 stable for anything with my setup.

Try updating the BIOS and using the Low Vdroop option. Without this, the voltage dropped (for me) from 1.31V to 1.2V under load, Prime95 failed between 2 and 10 hours in, and I didn't feel comfortable raising the voltage much more; with it, under load the voltage actually increases from ~1.22V to 1.226V and Prime95 ran for 24 hours total (two overnight runs) without an error (this is with an i7-860 at 3.675GHz).

I've heard of a 4gb RAM limitation bug on the MSI P55-GD80.

Can anyone confirm or deny?

I have 8GB installed (although they're rated at 2000MHz, I'm running them at 1750 due to my overclock / ratios) in 4 2-GB modules. Only trouble I've had was getting them to fit close to the socket with a CNPS10X-Extreme installed (keep this in mind, there isn't much room).