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H55-GD65

Intel® H55 chipset based

• OC Genie's 1 second overclocking
• Support Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors
• IGP Supports DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0 and OpenGL 2
• Lossless Audio support and HDMI output
• DrMOS provides ultra-high power efficiency
• SuperPipe heat dissipater
• Full I/O ports including eSATA

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OC Genie

Push to overclock in 1 second

MSI’s original invention, a fully automatic, smart overclocking chip.
It will automatically detect the optimal settings for your individual system
Advantages

1. Overclock in 1 second to improve CPU, memory and 3D performance
2. Up to 45% iGPU performance boost in 3DMark
*To enable OC Genie, we suggest you using the new 1.65V XMP memory modules and a high efficiency CPU cooler.

DrMOS

1 Phase DrMOS > 4 Phase Traditional MOSFET

3-in-1 server class power component, 400% faster than traditional MOSFET
Offers excellent energy-saving capability and high-computing performance.
Advantages
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1. High Efficiency: Up to 96%
2. Efficiency Increase: +38.3%
3. Lower Power Loss: -4.01W (64% Max Saving)

APS

APS is Active Phase Switching, that is complete function to Control Power Demand With Switcing Dynamically, it’s for CPU, Memory and Chipset PWM.

Benefits:
Saving Power under Variable Loading.
Power Usage More Efficiency.

Features

• Overclocking in few seconds
• Automatically detect best overclocking configuration
• Optimized for best system performance

• Excellent energy-saving capability and offers high-computing performance.
• Provide superior energy-saving function and maintain an ultimate low temperature operation.
• Comes with three incredible features.

• APS is Active Phase Switching is complete function to Control Power Demand With Switcing Dynamically, it’s for CPU, Memory and Chipset PWM.
• Saving Power under Variable Loading.
• Power Usage More Efficiency.

• Instant CPU Base Clock adjustment
• Hardware low latency control
• Attain hardware overclocking performance at all circumstances

• Universal charger utility for Apple iPad, iPhone, iPad
• Faster iPad charging speed
• Compatible with all MSI Mainboards

• Supports 1080 Full-HD multimedia playback
• A perfect connection to HD visual effects
• Better casual gaming experience with DirectX 10 support

．Excellent Air Convection
．Avoid Mechanical issue
．Average temperature lower than “52℃” in high loading

• Faster and Flexible and instant
• If BIOS crash, it still can boot from USB Drive
• Update BIOS from USB Drive by M-Flash Fucntion

• With the ESD dual-current protection chip, USB Safeguard can ideally protect your motherboard from the potential damage caused by static electricity when inserting USB devices.

• The loss-less content protection technology with full-rate audio enjoyment from Blue-ray Disc
• Support for 24-bit / 192kHz sample rate offers high quality digital decoders and speakers
• support 7.1 channels playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the front panel stereo outputs

• Functions designed with button to be easy use.
• Help power-users tweaking process in-chasis enviornment
• Onboard SATA ports are stacked on the mainboard to avoid mechanical issue with giant graphic cards like 8800 Ultra.

The MSI Live Update online is designed to automatically download and update the BIOS and driver when there’s a new version online. It helps reduce the risk of getting the wrong file and minimize the trouble of searching the files from MSI website.

Live Update 4 is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility updates and installs for you , which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating.

• Equip with 2 or more PCIe x16 slots, ATI CrossFire Ready.
• The ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform.
• Provides 2.7x faster performance than single graphic card solution.

Specifications

CPU

• Supports Intel® i3 / i5 / i7 based processors in LGA1156 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• Intel® H55 Chipset
- Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec.
- 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.

Main Memory

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2000*/2133* (OC) DRAM, 16GB Max
- Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size
- Supports Dual channel mode

Slots

• 2 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots
• 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface

On-Board IDE/SATA

• 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 controller integrated in Intel H55 / JMicron® 363 chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports (SATA1~6) by H55
- Supports one SATAII port (SATA7) by JMicron 363

Audio

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC889
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec

LAN

• Supports one PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL.

IEEE1394 / FireWire

• VIA® VT6308P chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.

Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU x 1 / 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 Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector
- 1 x OC Genie button
- 1 x Power button
- 1 x Reset button
- 2 x Base clock control buttons
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Parallel port connector

MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional.

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out port
- 1 x eSATA port
- 6 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x Graphic Card port
- 1 x DVI port

MSI Reminds You...
• HDMI, VGA & DVI-D ports can only work with CPUs with GPUs core inside.

BIOS

• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

Dimension

• 30.5cm(L) x 22.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 6 mounting holes.

Product Accessories

MSI Reminds You...
• The accessories will probably be different according to the different selling areas of product models. For details of accessories, please refer to the descriptions on the product package.