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MSI P55-GD85
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MSI P55-GD85

24 Mar 2010

The MSI P55-GD85 officially supports the latest Intel 32nm process and LGA1156 packaged Core i3 / i5 / i7 series CPU. In addition, this board is built-in with SATA 6Gb/s and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 protocols and each has 2X and 10X ultra-high data transmission bandwidths respectively than their predecessors. OC Genie, SuperPipe and DrMOS, the 3 excellent design inherited from Xtreme Speed P55 series mainboard are also found.

Tags: usb 3.0, sata 6gbit/s, intel p55, msi

Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type
  • Socket LGA1156
  • Supports Core i5/i7 processors
  • Intel P55 Express chipset
Memory
  • DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/1800*/2000*/2133* (OC)
  • 4 DIMMs supporting up to 16GB memory maximum
Storage
  • One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron 363.
  • Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
  • Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.
  • SATAII /SATAIII controller integrated in Intel P55/Marvell SE9128 / JMicron 363 chipsets
  • Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
  • Supports six SATA 3.0Gbps ports by P55
  • Supports two SATA 6Gbit/s ports by Marvell SE9128, support SATA RAID 0/1
  • Supports one SATA port & one eSATA / USB combo port (back) by JMicron 363
  • - Supports AHCI controller with AHCI / SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by P55.
Audio Realtek ALC889 HD audio CODEC
Networking Realtek 8111DL Gigabit Ethernet controller
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
  • VIA VT6315N chipset
  • Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, header x1)
Rear I/O
  • 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
  • 1 x PS/2 Mouse port
  • 1 x Claer CMOS button
  • 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out
  • 1 x Optical SPDIF-out
  • 1 x IEEE1394 port
  • 5 x USB 2.0 ports
  • 2 x USB 3.0 ports
  • 1 x eSATA / USB Combo port
  • 2 x RJ45 LAN Jacks
  • 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
Internal Connectors
  • ATX 24-Pin power connector
  • 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • CPU / System x 4 FAN connectors
  • CD-in connector
  • Front panel audio connector
  • Front panel connector
  • 1 x chasis intrusion connector
  • 3 x USB 2.0 connectors
  • 7 x SATA 3.0Gbps connectors
  • 2 x SATA 6.0Gbit/s connectors
  • 1 x ATA133 connector
  • 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
  • 1 x Reset Button
  • 1 x Power Button
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  • 1 x SPDIF-out connector
  • 1 x TPM module connector
  • 1 x OC Genie Button
  • 2 x Direct OC Buttons
  • 1 x set voltage check point
Expansion Slots
  • 2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots
  • Supports ATI Crossfire & NVIDIA SLI
  • 2 PCI Express x1 slots
  • 2 PCI slots
Other Features
  • DrMOS
  • OC Genie
  • SuperPipe
  • M-Flash
Form Factor ATX, 30.5 x 24.4cm

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