Supports 5th and 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® Processors for the Socket LGA1150 Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Chipset
Intel® Z97 Express Chipset
Main Memory
Support four DDR3 DIMMs 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*/3100*/3200*/3300*(OC)DRAM (32GB Max)
• 5 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (PCI_E1, PCI_E2, PCI_E3, PCI_E5, PCI_E7)*
–Â The operating mode will be x0/x16/x0/x0/x0, x16/x0/x0/x16/x0,x16/x0/x0/x8/x8 or x8/x0/x8/x8/x8.*
– Support for installing up to 4 PCIe x16 expansion cards.• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
* For a single expansion card installation with optimum performance, using the PCI_E2 slot is recommended.
On-Board SATAÂ
• Intel Z97 Express Chipset
–Â 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)
–Â 1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in both PCIE Gen2 x2 & SATA mode*
–Â M.2 port supports M.2 SATA 6Gb/s module
–Â M.2 port supports M.2 PCIe module up to 10Gb/s speed**
–Â M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module
–Â Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10***
– Supports Intel Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Intel Smart Connect Technology****• ASMedia® ASM1061 chipset
– Â 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA7~10)
* The SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be unavailable when installing a module in the M.2 port.
** M.2 PCIe interface only supports UEFI option ROM, NOT support legacy option ROM.
*** M.2 PCIe interface does not support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.
**** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1
USB
• Intel Z97 Express Chipset
–Â 4 x USB 3.0 ports available through the internal USB connectors
–Â 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors*)
• ASMedia ASM1074 Chipset
–Â 6 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel
• ASMedia ASM1042 Chipset
–Â 2 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel
* internal JUSB1 connector supports MSI Super Charger
• Wi-Fi/Bluetooth expansion module with Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 chip.
– Supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual band (2.4GHz, 5GHz) up to 867 Mbps speed.
– Supports Intel Wireless Display (WiDi)
BluetoothÂ
• Wi-Fi/Bluetooth expansion module with Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 chip.
–Â Supports Bluetooth v4.0 (includes BLE* and Bluetooth 3.0+HS)
Multi-GPUÂ
• Supports 4-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology*
• Supports 4-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
*Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.
Internal I/O ConnectorsÂ
– 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
– 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
– 1 x 6-pin ATX 12V power connector*
– 5 x 4-pin System fan connectors
– 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
– 10 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
– 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
– 2 x USB 3.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.0 ports)
– 1 x Front Panel Audio connector
– 2 x System panel connectors
– 1 x TPM module connector
– 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
– 9 x V-Check points connectors
– 1 x GO2BIOS button
– 1 x OC Genie button
– 1 x Discharge button
– 1 x Reset button
– 1 x Power button
– 2 x Base Clock control buttons
– 2 x CPU Ratio control buttons
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
– 1 x Multi-BIOS switch
– 1 x OC Genie mode switch
– 1 x PCIe CeaseFire Switch
– 1 x Slow mode switch
– 1 x Base Clock step swtich
– 1 x PCIe CeaseFire switch
– 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
– 1 x Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth module connector
* Provides additional power to PCIe x16 slots
Back Panel I/O Ports
– 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
– 1 x Clear CMOS button
– 1 x Optical S/PDIF-out  port
– 2 x USB 2.0Â Â ports
– 8 x USB 3.0Â Â ports
– 1 x RJ45 LANÂ jack
– 1 x 6 in 1 OFC audio jack
– 1 x DisplayPort with max. resolution up to 4096×2304@24Hz, 2560×1600@60Hz, 3840×2160@60Hz,1920×1200@60Hz
– 1 x HDMI ports  with max. resolution up to 4096×2160@24Hz, 2560×1600@60Hz
This platform supports dual-display and triple-display function
HDMI+DisplayPort
Extend mode
(Extend the desktop to the second and third monitor)
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Clone mode
(Monitors have the same screen)
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BIOS
• The motherboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.
USB
Home, Laptops, MSI
