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Totally MSI provided the P55-GD80 with six angled SATA ports which are located close to the DIMM-slots. Therefore every office-PC or gaming-system can be equipped with plenty of drives. Furthermore the angled SATA connectors allow you to install even todays biggest graphic cards without encountering incompatibilities. If you install a graphics card in slot two or three you won't be able to use the Start/Reset-button anymore. These buttons come with a special goodie. MSI provided them with an Apple iPhone like touch area and they react by the slightest touch.

  

Totally you'll find five fan header on the P55-GD80 which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped midrange or high-end-system with fresh air. Mainly the fanheaders are located around the CPU socket as well as at the bottom edge of the mainboard.

  

Looking at the external connectors MSI provided the P55-GD80 with two Gigabit Ethernet Port, seven USB 2.0/1.1 connectors as well as a firewire port