Just came in today, swapped in my P67A-GD55. The process was smooth and seamless.

Definitely would make me consider more MSI products in the future if they can keep up this kind of service.

Dear Zakov,
Glad that it went well for you. Hope you like the "extra" accessories. Let's hope now the B3 mainboard is working fine for you. Cheers.

zakov so happy he had a new thread here...

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1827935&hl=

:lol

Thanks for the advertising.

Well, with the SATA2 ports already fixed, I don't need the extra SATA3 ports.
I'm only running a single Crucial SSD as my boot drive so better sell it off to someone who can make use of the extra bandwidth.

MSI P67/H67/H61 (B3) Mainboard are ready for solving all SATA (B2 Stepping Chipset) issues. End users in India/Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Thailand/Vietnam who buy/swap MSI P67/H67/H61 (B3) Mainboard will get chance to take big prize home! Register it now!

Extra RM50 "masuk" pocket
Anyway, MSI so far the best in Sandy Bridge Replacement Program. Keep up the great work

Yup, very happy about that.

And I also got to keep the accessories I already owned and get new ones on top of it.
The M-connector, SATA cables,etc. I've know I've already got twice the amount I had before but I honestly don't know what to do with the extras. :-)
Its a nice problem to have/

Once again, a job well done MSI.

This post has been edited by Zakov: Apr 13 2011, 01:52 AM

msi-my, i want to buy new mobo, could u advise me available mobo , my usage mostly for games, budget around 500 , max 600.

thanks

Dear xpmen,
May I know if you are considering graphic card? And also multi GPU solution?
Thank you.

graphic card , yeah,, actually i am thinking to buy new pc game, multi GPU sound good , but its worth to buy?

couldn't agree anymore on this after go through few pages on this thread .

Indeed the best after sale service so far.

Dear xpmen,
Ok, so SLI/CF feature is needed. But if you ask me, i always prefer Single Card solution. There's two way to play with it. Either you buy a same graphic card when you feel the time is suitable in garage sales (cheaper) as an "upgrade" or you sell your graphic card and upgrade to a better card yet to be launched/announced at the mean time. For me, i prefer sell then upgrade, partly due to the second hand value. If you keep a card too long, the value become lower. And i assume you are moving towards Sandy Bridge Platform? Since our P67A-C45 doesn't has SLI/CF feature, you can either choose P67A-GD55 or P67A-GD65. Their difference? Look at the picture below. The price is around your budget actually.



Dear thaisxs, lingloong,
Thanks for the kind word. We appreciate it very much. Cheers.

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Apr 13 2011, 09:40 PM

@MSI-MY,
Very detailed explanation and comparison there indeed. Cheers!

When is
MSI GeForce GTX 580 Lightning 832MHZ 1536MB 4200MHZ GDDR5 PCI-E 2XDVI HDMI Display Port Video Card
and

MSI GeForce GTX 580 Twin Frozr II OC 800MHZ 1536MB GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E DirectX 11 Video Card

coming ?

Dear MSI-MY and LYNs, Ive plan to purchase new mobo this saturday..aim for P67GD65. may I ask what is Gigabyte brand that is par on this mobo?
Blury on camparison. And this P67 need graphic card to be run? Plan on last item to purchase(GC).

Plan for i5 2500 setup. A member mention that certain mobo, even support various proc series, but each mobo have a 1 proc that really kamcheng smoothly, other so-so only.

e.g MXX series mobo is excell on i3 but so-so on i5 even can comply.

Any details explaination...as he is quite a pro and me...huhuhu. Then he suggest to look into Gigabyte as their extra is dual bios. now I'm having setup(my 2nd future pc)

Intel Dual Core E5200
Gigabyte G41-M combo S-series mobo (previous is MSI p31 neo2)
Leadtek GT 220 1G DDR3
Corsair 1333 4G
CM V6GT proc cooler(will transfer to i5 setup)

welcoming all sifus to guide me

Sorry dude, but what your friend told you is just BS. A processor should work well with any motherboard that supports it. There's no such thing as a proc and mobo that is kamcheng.
Intel would never make their CPUs distinctly with preference according to brand.

However, it depends on what you're going for.
A mobo is only as good as the budget you have and what you're looking for.
Overclockability? SLI/Crossfire in the future? Warranty handling? Features and perks(SATA ports, eSATA, etc)

If you're on budget I recommend Asrock highly. I myself am using a MSI P67A-GD55 and it is solid for me, but you can save money by going with Asrock since they're a bit cheaper and won't perform any worse.

But if you insist on MSI(this is an MSI thread after all), you can go with the GD55 or GD65, there are only subtle differences(to me personally) like SATA ports, Voltage checkpoints and eSATA. It's basically the same board otherwise.

Dual-bios could be useful if you're always flashing yer BIOS and afraid of something going wrong. But boards of other brands have similar features.
Heck, even MSI has a DUAL-BIOS feature.
http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=145084.0

I would also suggest you to go for a i5 2500K series for overclockability. The SBs are probably the easiest to overclock of all Intel processors.
Since you're going for a P67 instead of H67 I don't see any reason why you need to go with an i5 2500 CPU.

If its about budget, then you should cut back cost on the motherboard and go for the K version.

Oh, and a P67 does require a dedicated GPU but a H67 can make use of the Intel's graphics processing unit on the Sandy Bridge. The thing with H67 is that you won't be able to change the multiplier(for overclocking).

If you want the best of both worlds, you should wait for the Z68 which is coming out soon.

This post has been edited by Zakov: Apr 21 2011, 09:47 PM

OIC...going ask ahjushi Google sebentar on Asrock..and check da link above...btw, knowledge on OC is like 1/50..maybe plan no OC bcoz no knowledge as me friend said the probability proc OC is 50-50..either ur proc ok or ko. but the numbers change as ur proc cooler change..thats y my proc cooler CM V6GT even no OC (maybe sked)

for budget..I've already cut a bit on mekup(still young & cute) for PC system...just swipe as long no enter the statement "alamak cmner nk bayar"....hate to survey and ask knowledge on shops coz end up buy thier things(in return from their long bla bla bla knowledge)..my Samsung BX2350 also now dunno how to dissamble coz no find clip/screw to unclip/unscrew accept below stand screw to cerai all parts results kena insults mulut manis shop..aim dell but end up with....neway thanks a lot and my mind with all knowledge gathered

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Added on April 21, 2011, 11:10 pmwooo...Z68..read sume1 in this forum that it should as same pricing as P67..and even got said more pricie than P67....not confirm yet rite..but forgot ready..gigabyte Z68 had release with pics in...(forgot wat thread)...quite impressive looks and the specs in the pics.......

This post has been edited by Royal Malaysia Pirate: Apr 21 2011, 11:10 PM

Z68 will cost approximately $10 more than P67.

Its not rocket science really, you just have to think of what you want to do with the setup.
Gaming? Video Editing? 3D Animation? etc, etc.

Games nowadays aren't that demanding with the exception of a few titles, you can run pretty much run almost every game on high settings with a mid-range graphics card. (Nvidia GTX 450++ / ATI HD 5770++)

If you don't plan to go with a multi-graphics(SLI or CFX) card setup you don't need to fork out all the money on the MSI P67A-GD65.
Just go with motherboard that only has a single slot PCIEx16(Graphics slot). Like the MSI P67A-C45 for example. You can cut back cost a lot there.

If you don't plan to OC then you could go with the normal i5 2500, but I personally recommend the K series because you'll be getting a lot
more out of your money, and the resale value will be higher compared to the non K versions.

This post has been edited by Zakov: Apr 22 2011, 12:54 AM

Ya, on paper Z68 looks better and it is going to be launch next month which is not a long wait.