ByblosHex Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 I am shopping for a new MOBO and I've decided to go with the new Socket 1155 MSI Boards. However, there are 6 models and I can't tell them apart (Besides price) could someone help me out? What are the differences, and what should I be looking for / avoiding. I'm getting a sandybridge 2500k so I need an LGA 1155. I have a GTX 560ti and I may purchase a second one for SLI in the future. I use a 5.1 Speaker set-up but have an X-FI card in case I need it. I have a 750watt PSU and will be getting 8GB of Corsair vengeance. The MSI boards are as follows... P67S-DG53, P67S-G43, P67S-G45, P67S-GD65, P67S-C43 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 I tried googling these and got nothing. You have the ether have the wrong names or they are incomplete. You should put links to each one. But here check this one out. MSI By the way from experience MSI boards are not the best. ASUS is almost always better. I have a MSI right now and I have had tons of problems. I had a 70 dollar ASUS before and it was a dream. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByblosHex Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) I tried googling these and got nothing. You have the ether have the wrong names or they are incomplete. You should put links to each one. But here check this one out. MSI By the way from experience MSI boards are not the best. ASUS is almost always better. I have a MSI right now and I have had tons of problems. I had a 70 dollar ASUS before and it was a dream. They're all from NewEgg.com and on MSI.com. You're Google-Fu is weak. It's the completel line-up of Intel LGA1155 MSI motherboards. How can you not find them? Here's on Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627%2050001312%20600093976%20600008069&IsNodeId=1&name=MSI Here they are on MSI.com http://us.msi.com/index.php?func=prodpage1&maincat_no=1 I've owned 3 Different Asus boards so far. The first one I had to replace within a year. The second one is in a PC that is dead because the mobo went bad. The third is my current PC which I am replacing, and I am ready to try another brand. I don't have a problem with Asus, but I'm going to give MSI a try this time around. Edited March 30, 2011 by ByblosHex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) Click this linkgoogle Then this oneGoogle thats what I did for all of them. AS for the differences most are small but just buy the one with the features you need. For example SLI or Crossfire or not, onboard video card, onboard sound and other stuff like that. Edited March 30, 2011 by Black6464 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr4vitas Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Without going through each one of them... The differences are in things like crossfire / SLI speeds, for example one might run cf / SLI at 16x/8x another might run 8x/8x and another might not support cf / sli. Other than that there aren't really any differences, you just have to look at the 16x pci express slots and see what they support and which would be appropriate for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 some have esata ports or extra useless crap. I recently build a 2500k and msi p67a g45 system for a friend and it's awesome, you still get the 8x/8x cf/sli support. Which is important! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Personally I think there are better choices out there than the MSI offerings (and this is coming from a guy who is currently running a MSI board). I'd almost buy an ASRock P67 board before I would an MSI. The feature sets are better and pricing is extremely competitive. Just food for thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Personally I think there are better choices out there than the MSI offerings (and this is coming from a guy who is currently running a MSI board). I'd almost buy an ASRock P67 board before I would an MSI. The feature sets are better and pricing is extremely competitive. Just food for thought. Not this time, USUALLY ASRock or Biostar compete for best deal but right now MSI has the cheapest 8x/8x capable boards around. The G45 is the same price as the cheapest ASRock....which only has one 16x pci-e slot G43 is cheaper yet! All you lose with the G43 for $5 less is the firewire....which IMHO and usage, isn't a loss! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 IVI - I was really putting the G43 up against the Rock P67 Extreme 4 - there is a price difference (the Rock is about $20 more). My main point being that if I had my choice between a similarly featured MSI board versus an ASRock board - I'd go with the ASRock board probably every time. I'm not knocking MSI (as I've said before I'm running an MSI board right now - and have ran many in the past). But my experience with the two ASRock boards that I've owned have been outstanding. Granted one bit the dust when I was pushing the hell out of it, but ASRock replaced that particular board under warranty - no questions asked. Plus IMHO ASRock support is better than MSI support - and again IMHO the MSI HQ User Forum just plain sucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 To each their own I guess, I have to stick up for MSI though. Everyone's been hatin on them lately I'd love to build an ASRock, since other than Foxconn, EVGA, and ECS. I've built nearly any company's boards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Well, ASRock was founded by a bunch of Asus defectors who didn't like the way the company was going (so that's the story I've been told). At any rate, I don't have any problems recommending Rock boards based on my own experience. Everyone's hating on MSI? Maybe self inflicted? I try to help out at the MSI HQ Forums as much as possible (have been a member since like 2003) - but their current crop of admins, mods and members over there are really a piece of work. Any time there's a problem with any MSI hardware regardless if it's a valid complaint or not - they are always dodging the bullet, being homies, or just flat out un-polite to the users. If I hadn't won this xPower Big Bang board I certainly wouldn't be running it right now. I'd be running GB, Asus or the Rock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByblosHex Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 I went with the C43. The other Mobos just have a bunch of things I will not use. Am I missing anything? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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