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CPU

• Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151

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
• Quad channel memory architecture
• Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)*
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* For the latest information about memory, please visit http://www.msi.com

Slots

• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots*
• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots*

* PCI_E6 slot and PCIe x1 slots share the same bandwidth. Please refer to page 30 for PCIe slots bandwidth table.

Multi-GPU

• Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ TechnologyUSB

• ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) port on the back panel
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (Super Speed USB 10Gbps) Type-C port on the back panel

• Intel® Z170 Chipset
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) Type-C port on the board
- 6 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connector)

Storage

• Intel® Z170 Chipset
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
- Support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10

• 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)*
- Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s
- Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices**
- Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 PCIe Storage devices***

• 1 x U.2 port*
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe storage
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology****

* M.2 SATAs and SATA1, 2, 5 and 6 share the same bandwidth. M2_2 slot and U.2 port share the same bandwidth. Please refer to page 36 for M.2/ U.2 & SATA combination table.
** Only M2_1 slot supports type 22110 storage device.
*** M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with UEFI BIOS.
****This function will be supported depend on the CPU.

Audio

• Realtek^® ALC1150 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output

LAN 

• 1 x Intel® I219 Gigabit LAN controller

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 M.2 slots
- 1 x U.2 port
- 1 x USB 2.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 2.0 ports)
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C port
- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x RGB LED connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x Slow mode booting jumper

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
- 5 x OFC audio jacks

Dimension

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
• ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes