Z77 Mainboards

MSI's new Z77 mainboards improve your PC experience on all fronts. Whether you're upgrading your current system or building one anew, you'll immediately notice a world of improvements. Socket LGA1155 based on the Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge architecture both fit in MSI's Z77 series mainboards. Thanks to the advanced architecture of MSI Z77 mainboards, older Sandy Bridge CPUs can run at a lower voltage, reducing power consumption!

Memory performance is enhanced drastically, allowing for higher clockspeeds of your memory on MSI's new Z77A-GD65. USB3.0 performance is greatly improved compared to older mainboards which relied on extra and expensive USB3.0 chips. Benchmarks have shown up to 77% faster write speeds on USB3.0 connected devices.

Military Class III Components

Image text MSI's Z77A-GD65 is built with stability in mind. With Military Class III components, featuring the unique DrMOS II chip which makes your Z77 system a better overclocker, more power efficient and above all, safe under all circumstances. Hi-c CAP is a super-efficient component that also allows you to use large CPU coolers because they reduce the space required around the CPU socket.

Native 3-Way PCI Express Gen3 graphics

Image text MSI's Z77A-GD65 will allow support for up to three graphics card with PCI Express Gen3 graphics cards, straight from the high-speed CPU interface. This allows for never seen before graphics performance of NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFire setups.

OC Genie II

Image text OC Genie II is the industry benchmark for quick and easy one click overclocking and is now fully customizable thanks to the new "My OC Genie" feature which allows you to set the behavior of the OC Genie button to your own liking. Record breaking performance was never achieved this easily.

Click BIOS II

Image text Getting ready for Windows 8? MSI's Click BIOS II supports Windows 8 from the ground up thanks to its fresh graphical UEFI interface. The MSI Click BIOS II interface on the Z77A-GD65 is available both in the UEFI BIOS and in Windows and allows full control of all settings and features of your system.
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Product nameZ77A-GD65
PlatformIntel 1155
Form FactorATX
Chipset - NorthBridgeZ77
PWM MOSFETDrMOS ll
PWM CapacitorsHi-C CAP
Cooling TypeHeatPipe
Cooling MountingMetal Screws
Mem TypeDDR3
Mem Dimm4x
Expansion PCI-E x163x (16/0/0), (8/8/0)
Expansion PCI-E x14
Multi-GPU SupportSLI / CFX
Storage SATA24
Storage SATA34
LAN1x Gb LAN
USB2 (R/F)4 / 6
USB3 (R/F)2 / 2
Audio channels6.1
Audio codecTHX
SPDIF I/O (Optical/Coaxial)Y / Y
GPU NameIntel® HD Graphics 4000 *
Display D-SUBY
Display DVI-D
Display HDMI1.4a
ButtonsClrCMOS / Power / Reset
UEFIY
BIOS Backup2x