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As you'll notice the MSI Z77A-GD65 is certainly a good looking motherboard alright. The traditional black & blue style, new cooling heatsinks. Yeah it's a pretty thing for the eyes alright.
The I/O panel of the MSI Z77A-GD65 reveals two SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports with another four USB 2.0 ports. The motherboard features three PCIe x16 Gen 3.0 expansion slots and four PCIe x1 slots.
A Realtek ALC898 high definition audio codec is the source for audio, and we spot an Intel 82579V 10/100/1000 fast Ethernet controller. Nice.
There is a single PS/2 combo port that can be used for either a keyboard or mouse, optical and coaxial SPDIF out ports, HDMI, 15pin D-Sub VGA, DVI, Gigabit LAN (Intel 82579V) and a Clear CMOS button for us overclockers and tweakers.
When we place the motherboard in an angle we see the socket LGA1155. It supports both Ivy Bridge as well as Sandy Bridge processors. The board has an 8-pin power header for the processor. You can find 9 LEDs to the lower corner. The topmost LED is the DrMos alarm while the other eight LEDs indicate the number of phases that the CPU is currently using.
