- Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1151 socket
- Supports DDR4-3600(0C)
- DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost
- GAMING LAN: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency
- GAMING DNA: LED ambient lights are added to give it an awesome look & feel, ready for battle
- Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
- Military Class 4: Top Quality & Stability
- Guard-Pro: Improved Protection and Power Efficiency
- MULTI-GPU with VGA Armor: VGA Armor PCI-E slots. Supports AMD Crossfire™
- SATA Express 16Gb/s + SATA 6Gb/s
- Click BIOS5: Secure and Reliable UEFI BIOS solution
- EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot
- Overvoltage Protection:Prevent Unforeseen Damage
- 4K UHD Support: Ultra-high Definition Visual Experience
- GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game testing by eSports players for the best gaming experience
- WHQL CERTIFIED.WINDOWS 10 READY.
Equip yourself with the MSI Arsenal GAMING Series motherboards to improve your game. MSI Arsenal GAMING Series motherboards are covered in full black camouflage with LED ambient lights and is packed with gaming features, making them the perfect weapon to dominate the battlefield.
UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY
With traditional memory design the memory signals are often distorted by electromagnetic signals from other components, making the system perform slower or become unstable. MSI introduces DDR4 Boost technology with optimized traces and fully isolated memory circuitry. This design ensures the memory signals stay pure for optimal performance and stability.
An added XMP LED highlights an active Extreme Memory Profile for the best memory speed and stability setting.
GAMING LED EFFECT
The Arsenal GAMING Series motherboards come with LEDs on the back of the motherboard to let you fully enjoy the gaming side of things. Like war paint, turn them on for the full Arsenal GAMING experience and you are ready to dominate any battlefield.
DOMINATE THE GAME WITH LOWEST LATENCY
Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI® GAMING LAN, featuring carefully selected components to ensure the best online gaming experience without lag.
GAMING OPTIMIZED BANDWITH MANAGEMENT
Dedicated to giving you the best online gaming experience with optimized traffic prioritization and low latency, MSI GAMING LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games.
MSI GAMING LAN MANAGER
- Automatically prioritizes games above other applications
- Allows you to change applications' traffic priority
- Allows you to customize you to customize bandwidth for each application
STUDIO GRADE SOUND WITH AUDIO BOOST
With Audio Boost we're delivering the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. That way, you can enjoy breathtaking, crystal clear sound and music through 6-channel Audio or high impendence headphones and truly dominate the game.
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CPU
• Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
* Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Chipset
• Intel® Z170 Chipset
Main Memory
• 4 x 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 ECC, un-buffered memory
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Slots
• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x4)*
• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
• 1 x M.2 Wi-Fi module slot
* The PCI_E4 slot will only run PCIe 3.0 x2 speed when the PCI_E3 slot is installed a device.
• 1 x HDMI™ ports, support a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
• 1 x VGA port, supports a maximum resolution of 2048x1536@50Hz, 2048x1280@60Hz, 1920x1200@60Hz
• 1 x DVI-D port, supports a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @60Hz
Multi-GPU
• Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
On-Board SATA
• Intel® Z170 Chipset
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• 1 x SATAe port*
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 (Z170M MORTAR)
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel
* SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
USB
• Intel® Z170 Chipset
- 8 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
- 4 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
Audio
• Realtek® ALC892 Codec
• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
• Supports S/PDIF output
LAN
• 1 x Realtek RTL8111H Gigabit LAN controller
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
- 1 x VGA port
- 1 x HDMI™ port
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
- 5 x OFC audio jacks
Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (support additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 1x USB 2.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
- 2 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
Dimension
• 9.6 in. x 9.6 in. (24.4 cm x 24.4 cm) M-ATX Form Factor
• 8 mounting holes