MSI Z68A-GD80(B3): Z68 High-end dengan Fitur Overclock Otomatis

Walaupun masih relatif baru, chipset Intel Z68 yang dirilis sebagai varian tambahan Intel 6-Series Chipset ini sudah diadopsi berbagai produsen motherboard, MSI salah satunya. Setelah meluncurkan motherboard P67 Flagship miliknya, Big Bang Marshal, MSI kembali menawarkan produk barunya yang dilengkapi chipset Intel Z68: MSI Z68A-GD80(B3).

Mengingat kembali struktur penamaan MSI, kode “GD80” di sini tentunya menyiratkan makna bahwa produk ini ditempatkan di lini high-end. Seperti apa fitur dan kinerjanya? Mari kita simak lebih dekat!

Spesifikasi

Berikut ini spesifikasi lengkap motherboard MSI Z68A-GD80(B3) seperti yang tertera di websitenya.

CPU

• Supports Intel® Sandy Bridge processors in LGA1155 package.

Chipset

• Intel® Z68 (B3) Chipset.

Main Memory

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2133*(OC) DRAM, 32GB Max.
• Supports 1GB/ 2GB/ 4GB/ 8GB DRAM size.
• Supports Dual channel mode.

Slots

• 3 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots.
• PCI_E2 supports up to PCIE x16 speed when PCI_E4 is empty, or PCI_E2 will support up to PCIE x8 speed when PCI_E4 is installed.
• PCI_E4 supports up to PCIE x8 speed.
• PCI_E5 supports up to PCIE x4 speed (due to the limitation of the chipset, when the PCI_E5 has been installed with a PCIE x4 device, 1 eSATA ports, SATA7 port, 1 onboard front USB 3.0 connectors, 2 PCI slots and 1394 rear IO port will become unavailable.).
• 2 PCIE x1 slots.
• When both of the PCIE x1 (PCI_E1, PCI_E3) slots have been installed, only the PCI_E1 slot is available, using one PCIE x1 slot is recommended.
• 3 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots.
• 2 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots.
• Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.

On-Board SATA

• SATAII controller integrated in Intel® Z68 (B3) chipset.
• Supports four SATAII ports (SATA3~6) by Z68 (B3) PCH.
• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® Z68 (B3) chipset.
• Supports two SATAIII ports (SATA1~2) by Z68 (B3) PCH.
• SATA1~6 ports support RAID 0/1/5/10 mode by Intel Z68 (B3) PCH.
• SATAIII/eSATAIII controller integrated in Marvell® 88SE9128 chipset.
• Supports one SATA 6Gb/s port & one eSATA 6Gb/s port (back panel).

USB 3.0

• 1 USB 3.0 internal connector by NEC® D720200
• 2 USB 3.0 rear I/O ports by NEC® D720200

Audio

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC892.
• Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing.
• Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec.
• Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec.

LAN

• Supports two PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111E.

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
• 6-pin ATX 12V VGA 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
• 1 x USB 3.0 connectors
• 4 x Serial ATAII connectors
• 3 x Serial ATAIII connectors
• 1 x IEEE1394 connector
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
• 1 x SPDIF-out connector
• 1 x TPM module connector
• 1 x Voltage Check Point
• 1 x Power button
• 1 x Reset button
• 1 x OC Genie button

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x Optical SPDIF port
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard port
• 1 x Clear CMOS button
• 1 x IEEE1394 port
• 2 x RJ45 LAN Jacks
• 4 x USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x eSATA port
• 2 x USB 3.0 ports
• 1 x DVI-D port
• 1 x HDMI port
• 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack

Note: HDMI, 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 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes