MSI P67A-GD80 (B3) OC Guide- Manuals

Page 2 - OVERVIEW

P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide OVERVIEW In addition to the basic features of P55, the P67 chipset also includes Native SATA III (6Gbps) support, three PCI-Express ports, ample USB 3.0 ports, and P67A-GD80 (B3) Military Class material. This powerful combination al...

Page 3 - OC : You need K SKU CPU

P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide 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 compatib...

Page 4 - MILITARY CLASS MATERIALS; UP; Easy OC for Sandy Bridge ~ OC Genie II

P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Previously, MSI provided OC Genie to simplify overclocking for the P55 mainboards. Today, MSI’s Sandy Bridge boards feature the next genera-tion OC Genie II. Since Sandy Bridge base clocks are now limited, the new OC Genie II will t...

Page 5 - P67 with Multi-Graphics Cards; SFC

P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67 with Multi-Graphics Cards ESR Comparison Solid Cap 5 mΩ Hi-c Cap < 5 mΩ EL Cap >20 mΩ ESR (mΩ) Lower is better SFC To reach the lower power consumption, P67A-GD80 (B3)’s PWM adopt Green Choke design, SFC (Super Ferrite Cho...

Page 6 - REaCh thE hIGhER Sata6GB/S

0 P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide ATI CrossFire 3DMark Vantage Benchmark Comparison 1-Way 2-Way 3-Way ATI CrossFire 3DMark Vantage GPU Score Comparison 1-Way 2-Way 3-Way P18174 P25156 18450 29517 Nvidia SLI 3DMark Vantage Benchmark Comparison 1-Way 2-Way Nvidia SL...

Page 7 - Power Super Speed USB; COOLER COnfIGURatIOn; Not recommend

P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide USB 3.0 has become the accepted standard for high-speed transfer. As a response to the growing demand of USB 3.0, the P67A-GD80 (B3) breaks through previous limitations by including two NEC USB 3.0 chips as well as a VIA USB Hub chi...

Page 8 - Manual OC Overview

P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Manual OC Overview Starting from the Sandy Bridge series, MSI will now adopt the new UEFI BIOS as well as Click BIOS into its products. Previously, overclocking options were listed in the “Cell Menu” those options can now be accesse...

Page 9 - OC Ability Reference

P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Advanced Memory Timing Setting After selecting DRAM Timing Mode, the Advanced DRAM Configuration menu can be used to adjust memory settings. The left side shows the memory’s default settings while the right side can be used to chang...

Page 13 - Conclusion

P67A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide 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 perfor...