MSI Z68A-GD80 Sandy Bridge Core i7 SLI Motherboard Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

http://www.ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=Z68A-gd80

The Z68 chipset performs the same as the P67 chipset in most respects, but brings a couple of unique features to the table including SSD caching and integrated GPU accelerated video encoding.

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Science & Technology

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• MSI
• Z68A-GD80
• Sandy
• Bridge
• Core
• i7
• SLI
• Motherboard
• Unboxing

[SurvTheAbst]

Will people stop asking for AMD? Yes, it has been a while since he has done a review on an AMD socket. However, when was the last time that AMD released anything new that wasn't a graphics card?

[02lancastr]

*sniff*

[hiephoi058]

nice features, but will it blend?

[123thepyro123]

heh.. doesn't support 1600mhz ram.. hehh

[Niqbal87]

plz do an unboxing on the g3 version

[Theairplaneguy4ever]

@mindharvester this is ur total budget?then u may like the maximus IV gene-z.its awesome,and its great for overclocking for sli u might wanna look at this or the gigabyte z68-ud4-b3 or ud3p.its upto u.look at ur needs watch some reviews,thats how i bought my comp.i have a maximus IV gene-z btw and its pretty good but im not running sli.

[TrueDesireHD]

@AntDX316

upgrades, where?

workstation needs?

in gaming, really no diff.

tomshardware (dot )co (dot )uk/core-i7-3960x-x79-performa­nce,review-32272-14.html

2600K same FPS as 990X and 3960X

[mindharvester]

@Theairplaneguy4ever gamer around 800-900 euros

[mindharvester]

@Theairplaneguy4ever core 75 2500k xfx 650ww nvdia 450gts ssd/ corsair dominatir 16gb 1600mgz

[Theairplaneguy4ever]

@mindharvester mid range:Asus Maximus IV gene-z,gigabyte z68x-ud4-b3,Asus p8z68v-pro high end:Asus Maximus IV extreme-z,Gigabyte G1 sniper 2,Gigabyte z68x-ud7-b3

if u would specify ur budget it would be easier and ur requirements-sli,gamer/3d designer,etc