MSI P55-GD85 Motherboard

Overclocking Options

MSI P55-GD85 like its sister P55-GD80 is clearly targeted to overclockers, featuring a function called “OC Genie.” When this button is pressed, the motherboard automatically overclocks the system (it must be pressed when the computer is turned off). Previous automatic overclocking functions available by MSI and other manufacturers increased the base clock to preset values; OC Genie relies on a chip that overclocks the system on-the-fly, based on your hardware configuration. You can also manually increase or decrease the CPU base clock in 1 MHz steps by simply pressing “+” and “-” buttons located on the board. GD80 has as an advantage over GD85 having a two-digit display that shows the last two digits from the current base clock value.

In Figure 10, you can see all buttons available on this motherboard: OC Genie, the “+” and “-” buttons, reset and power.

Figure 10: Buttons.

MSI P55-GD85 features voltage monitoring points, where the extreme overclocker can install a multimeter to manually monitor the CPU, memory and chipset voltages.

Figure 11: Voltage monitoring probes.

GD80 has a feature that was also removed on GD85: overvoltage switches to prevent you from increasing voltages above a dangerous level where you could burn components.

Let’s see the overclocking options available on MSI P55-GD85 setup.