MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard

Main Specifications

The main specifications for the MSI P67A-GD65 include:

• Socket: 1155
• Chipset: Intel P67
• Super I/O: Fintek F71889AD
• Parallel ATA: None
• Serial ATA: Four SATA-300 and two SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10), two additional SATA-600 ports controlled by a Marvell 88SE9128 chip (RAID 0 and 1)
• External SATA: Two eSATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB362 chip
• USB 2.0: 10 USB 2.0 ports, eight soldered on the motherboard rear panel and two available through one header on the motherboard
• USB 3.0: Four ports controlled by two NEC μPD720200 chips, two soldered on the motherboard rear panel and two available on a motherboard header
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): Two ports controlled by a VIA VT6308P chip, soldered on the motherboard rear panel and one available on a motherboard header
• On-board video: No
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC892 codec (eight channels, no further technical information is provided), on-board coaxial and optical SPDIF outputs
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Realtek RTL8111E chip
• Buzzer: No
• Infrared interface: No
• Power supply required: EPS12V
• Slots: Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (the first one working at x16 when one video card is installed, both working at x8 when two video cards are installed, supporting SLI and CrossFireX), two PCI Express x1 slots, and two standard PCI slots (ASMedia ASM1083 chip)
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-2133)
• Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler and three three-pin connector for an auxiliary fan
• Extra Features: Serial port, OC Genie II, dual BIOS, Active Phase Switching with monitoring LEDs
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
• Programs included: Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
• More Information: https://www.msi.com.tw
• Average price in the US: This product wasn’t released yet on the day we published this First
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