So I've been meaning to do this sooner but here we go. A brief overview of the MSI Z77A-GD65 motherboard. I won't be going too in depth as to absolutely everything thing on the board (with pictures anyway) but I will try to cover as much of the specifications as I can. First off, this is a Z77 chipset motherboard (which is the newest LGA1155 chipset revision as to this date). I have a personal preference towards MSI boards nowadays simply because I like their ease of access to overclocking, their UEFI interface on their BIOS, Winki (which is currently version 3 as of this article), their Military Class setup for all their components on their boards (uses solid capacitors, super ferrite chokes, highly conductive polymerized capacitors, and DrMOS), has PCI Express 3.0 on all their Z77 boards (has been available since their Z68A boards that were G3 labeled), and best of all, a CMOS reset button on the rear of the board. The CMOS reset isn't available on all of their boards unfortunately, but the Z77A-GD55, Z77A-GD65, Z77A-GD80, and Z77A-G45 (the Z77A version not the Z77MA version) all contain this button (which is located between the top USB/PS2 ports and the digital audio ports). I find this button useful because if you have a bad overclock and it doesn't get to the point where you can boot into the BIOS you can simply press this button with the system off and unplugged. Without having to open the case you have already reset the bios to defaults. Pretty handy I think. Some other manufacturers have also started putting this on their boards which is great, but I would still rather prefer MSI's other offerings. As for the Winki (currently version 3), if you're curious as to how it works or what it has for features, check out the dedicated page on MSI's website HERE.
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