Conclusion
The MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) motherboard stakes its claim as the number 1 it seems. Although there aren't a great deal of motherboards on the charts that it has been compared against, the ASRock Extreme3 Gen3 has been known as one of the board in the high end scales of the Z68 series, and MSI’s GD65 (G3) has trumped it. On all tests, it retains being on top form, producing great performance benchmarks and firing your processors into a higher standard at a stable level, both at stock level and overclocked. Offering four SATA 6Gbps marvel controller connections and a fully featured I/O panel, MSI offer you everything, including in the bundle a UBS 3.0 header, in addition with other bundled components.
If we were to take into account the physical features that the board flashes to us alone, we are overwhelmed. One of the best features you could have is integrated into the MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) board, the OC Genie II on-board button. Pressing that button as you now know instantly overclocks you to 4.2GHz with a i7-2600K, no fuss, no bother, just straight up power and stability given instantly. Alongside with the Power On/RESET buttons, the optional on-board capabilities are very hand and great.
Tracking back to the Click BIOS II software, it is the most innovative advanced BIOS, for the Z68 series I have seen, and the first to offer a lag free experience. It is easily setup for both OC Genie II button changes and standard CPU changes, including easily changeable settings across the every field. MSI somehow managed to not only achieve great usability as well as sparing time for visual elements. The interface looked fantastic with shiny aesthetics and illuminating buttons with easy visual navigation; anyone would think you were in Windows 7 already.
The price tag on this board is currently around £155/$238, not a bad price for the performance it offers, it is around the average price for a board of this high quality standard, possible priced slightly cheaper than it should be.
HardwareLOOK awards the MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) Motherboard a 10/10 Gold Award.
