MSI z170a GAMING M9 ACK, User Manual

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Specifications
Specifications
CPU
Supports 6th Gen Intel
®
Core
™
i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel
®
Pentium
®
and Celeron
®
processors for Socket LGA1151
Chipset Intel
®
Z170 Chipset
Memory
● 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
▶ Supports DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/
2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
● Dual channel memory architecture
● Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
● Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Expansion Slots
● 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x4/x0, x8/x4/x8 or x8/
x1/x8 modes)
● 3x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Onboard Graphics
● 1x HDMI
™
port, supports a maximum resolution of
4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
● 1x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution
of 4096x2304@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz,
3840x2160@60Hz, 1920x1200@60Hz
Multi-GPU
● Supports 3-Way AMD
®
CrossFire
™
Technology
● Supports 2-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
Technology
Storage
Intel
®
Z170 Chipset
● 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (4 ports reserved for SATA Express
port)
● 2x M.2 slots
▶ Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards,
4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
▶ Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo
U.2 Host Card**
● 2x SATAe ports (PCIe 3.0 x2)***
● Supports Intel
®
Smart Response Technology for Intel
Core
™
processors
* M.2, SATA and SATAe ports maximum support 1x M. 6x SATAs
or 1x M. 1x M. 4x SATAs. Please refer to page 35 for
M.2 slots with examples of various combination possibilities.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
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