The motherboard features MSI's Military Class components, Active Phase Switching, DrMOS and bunch of other features that we are seeing on MSI's motherboards. Other than those features, MSI's X58A-GD65 features support for Intel's LGA1366 quad or hexa-core CPUs, has six DDR3-2133 slots for some triple-channel fun, thre PCI-Express x16 slots for CrossfireX setups (although the third on works at x4), two PCI-Express x1 and PCI slots, two SATA 6.0Gbps and six SATA 3.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports.
The rest of the features include Gigabit LAN, 7.1-channel integrated audio, dual eSATA ports, Firewire, and now quite famous, black/blue colour scheme.
The new X58A-GD65 motherboard still isn't available but is currently listed all across Europe with a price tag ranging from €213,50 to over €270 depending on the retailer/e-tailer. You can find it listed here.
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