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To verify that the motherboard works as advertised, the board was run through our standard benchmark suite. In most cases, the results are presented for the motherboard under review as well as a different...
The following screens detail settings on the Settings, M-Flash, Hardware Monitor, and Board Explorer pages.
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Settings page
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Settings page, HotKey...
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MSI bundled the Z87-GD65 Gaming motherboard with the latest version of their UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) BIOS, a customized version of the AMI-developed UEFI style BIOS. The UEFI BIOS...
CPU Cooler Fit
To demonstrate how much space surrounds the CPU socket area, we mounted the largest cooler we could find to the board, the Noctua NH-D14 dual fan cooler.
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MSI kept to the black and red theme with their latest addition to the Gaming board line, the Z87-GD65 Gaming. Their is more than adequate room between the onboard components and the added bonus on an...
Introduction
The latest rage in CPU cooling seems to be the self-contained water cooler because of the cooling potential of these coolers without the noise of a comparable air-based cooling system. This is something that cooling enthusiasts have known...
Performance
No surprises here. The ASUS Gryphon Z87 remained fiercely competitive at stock speeds in the benchmark tests. With the addition of the Thermal Armor kit, the board is ready to take on anything you throw at it.
Pricing
Synthetic Benchmark Testing
SiSoft Sandra 2012
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The Sandra benchmarks are useful in determining proper working order of the board's memory and CPU...
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To verify that the motherboard works as advertised, the board was run through our standard benchmark suite. In most cases, the results are presented for the motherboard under review as well as a different...
