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MSI Launches the Z68A-GD65 (B3)

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PRESS RELEASE

Unrivalled performance and stability

MSI, the worldwide innovator in Mainboards and Graphics Card technologies is continuing to deliver high quality Mainboards with its new Z68A-GD65 (B3). After continuing the successful P67 (B3) series, MSI officially announces its feature rich model with the latest Intel® Z68 (B3) Express chipset. Built with the best user experience and stability in mind, the MSI Z68A-GD65 (B3) mainboard features world's easiest overclocking method: OC Genie II. Stability is guaranteed through the use of MSI's exclusive Military Class II components and power consumption is lowered by the use of DrMOS and LucidLogix's new Virtu GPU Virtualization technology.

MSI's exclusive OC Genie II

MSI's OC Genie II is widely regarded as the easiest way to upgrade your PC's performance. Just with one single click of the button your whole computing experience will change. For the first time ever, OC Genie even improves your disk drive performance! Enabling OC Genie II in combination with Intel's Smart Response Technology upgrades your hard drive performance up-to 457%. Overall, the MSI Z68A-GD65 (B3) with OC Genie II becomes faster, smoother, more responsive and more enjoyable.

MSI's certified Military Class II Components

MSI's Military Class II Components have undergone rigorous testing to comply with the United States Department of Defense Military Standard 810G, ensuring the best stability available. MSI's Military Class II Components show the stability anyone should expect from a mainboard that will always perform during stressful situations like playing games for an extended period of time, overclocking, or in system cases with inadequate cooling potential.    

Best in class power saving

Combining MSI's award winning power saving features -like DRMOS and Active Phase Switch (APS)- with LucidLogix's Virtu GPU Virtualization technology gives the best power consumption figures. Installing a powerful discrete graphics card in the MSI Z68A-GD65 (B3) does not lead to the normal increase in power consumption. Thanks to LucidLogix's Virtu technology, end-users can enjoy all the benefits of Intel's Sandy Bridge graphics like low power consumption, Quick Sync transcoding technology and still have all the benefits of a discrete graphics card with the latest DirectX 11 features and compute power.

Intel® Z68 Express Chipset features

Thanks to MSI's dedication, end-users can enjoy all the features of Intel's newest Z68 Express chipset. All the Overclocking features are supported through OC Genie II and Instant OC (Control Center II.) which makes real-time overclocking possible without the need to reboot. The Z68A-GD65 (B3) features Intel® Visuals with integrated video out, Quick Sync, Intel® InsiderTM and support for both AMD CrossFireTM and NVIDIA® SLI®. MSI's Super Charger for ultra-fast charging of USB devices and the finest audio standard: THX TruStudioPro also return on the Z68A-GD65 (B3).    

Technical specifications

Processor

Intel 2nd generation Core i7/ i5/ i3 series processor in LGA 1155 socket

Chipset

Intel Z68(B3) express chipset

Memory

4 DIMMs support for DDR3-2133(OC)/ 1866(OC)/ 1600(OC)/ 1333/ 1066MHz
up to 32GB max

Video

Supports Intel HD Graphics 3000/2000 with HDMI / DVI / D-sub Video ports

Audio

8-channel (7.1) HD Audio subsystem with S/PDIF out
THX TruStudioPro

LAN

10/100/1000 Mb/s LAN subsystem

Peripheral
interfaces

4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports from Z68 with RAID support
2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports from Z68 with RAID support
2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports from Marvell® 88SE9128
4 x USB 3.0 ports(2 external / 2 internal)
10 x USB 2.0 ports (4 external / 6 internal)
2 x PCI-E 2.0 x16
3 x PCI-E x1 / 2 x PCI

For more information about pricing and availability, please contact a local official MSI distributor.

About MSI

MSI is proud of its more than 20 years experience in designing and manufacturing high performance IT products.
The product lines of MSI are motherboards, graphic cards, notebooks, consumer electronics, barebones, networking and server products, and fully integrated add-on peripherals. With its ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 qualified facilities, MSI products provide the best performance, reliability and value-increasing productivity.

We distribute our products through offices located in The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Brazil, Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea, India and Australia. MSI markets its products to distributors, computer system manufacturers, and system integrators. For more information about the company go to www.msi.com