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    MSI Z68A-GD80 b3

    While I get ready to stock up on Sandy Bridge for binning again, enjoy these pictures!





















































    Last edited by sno.lcn; 05-10-2011 at 07:20 AM.

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    Nice !

    Are these X68 chips better in term of performance than the P67 ? Or how do they differ than the P67 ? Integrated GPU?

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    good luck with the binning you seem to have a nice high average so far lol!
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    So many opinions and so few screenshots

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    Thanks man

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    Nice board!
    Waiting for results...


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    Same performance, add QSV, SRT, and multiple switchable graphics.
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    Nice !

    Are these X68 chips better in term of performance than the P67 ? Or how do they differ than the P67 ? Integrated GPU?
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    Better overclocking? If not then Z68 will be useless...

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    Dude, answer me a question, isnt here a problem with one of the "lanes" of CPU???

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    Are you talking about this? Look, I found some more!

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    Performance and overclocking is the same as P67. The only difference is the 3 features I listed above.
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    Better overclocking? If not then Z68 will be useless...
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    yea Z68 should have been released back in jan. You wont gain much other than SSD caching and integrated GPU power saving.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sno.lcn View Post
    Are you talking about this? Look, I found some more!

    Can someone tell me, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT??

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    This looks like a nice board... I'll looking forward to the rest of the review. I was looking at the photos and I couldn't tell but does this one have voltage read points? What is the blue thing (7 little boxes) right beneath the 24-pin ATX plug?
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    You who think what the heck those are, clearly have no sense of electronics.

    Its ok, dont need to bother about those fellas


    Edit :
    Here is something to read for you who dont know what those components are
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor
    also there are similar looking components but they are different
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor

    Bowth are important in high frequency and high power applications like SB/NB to CPU links etc..
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    Quote Originally Posted by PolRoger View Post
    This looks like a nice board... I'll looking forward to the rest of the review. I was looking at the photos and I couldn't tell but does this one have voltage read points? What is the blue thing (7 little boxes) right beneath the 24-pin ATX plug?
    Yes, the blue header is "V-Check Points", and meter probe adapters are included in the package. The labels are between the 24-p and the blue voltage read header.

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    i hope its better than those p67 aquivalents from MSI

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    I haven't had any issues with my P67 from MSI

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