Master the Game
With a unique look and feel, packed with exclusive gaming features, MSI ENTHUSIAST GAMING motherboards offer the best possible gaming experience.
Z270 GAMING M7
Flawless Supremacy
- GAMING Device Port
- Lightning USB 3.1 Gen2
- VR Boost
- Killer® GAMING LAN
- Golden audio jacks with S/PDIF
- Matching gaming IO & Audio cover with RGB LEDs
- Change colors & LED effects to your liking
- Gaming heatsinks with RGB LEDs
- Leading heatsink design, fully customizable through RGB
- DDR4 Boost with Steel Armor
- Optimized traces and isolated memory circuitry
- PCI-E Steel Armor
- Protecting VGA cards against bending and EMI
- Turbo M.2 with Steel Armor
- NVMe support, up to 32 Gb/s using PCI-Express Gen3 x4
- M.2 Shield, ready for Intel® Optane memory
- Thermal enhancement for M.2 devices for best performance
- Audio Boost 4 PRO with amplifiers
- Optimized gaming audio using best components, with Nahimic 2
MYSTIC LIGHT
PERSONALIZE YOUR GAMING RIG
Customize and set up your own color scheme with RGB Mystic Light. Select any of the colors from the palette using your smartphone or the MSI Gaming App to match your system style. Bored of the same colors? Simply change the complete look of your system in 1 second!
GAMING AMBIANCE
With multiple colors available, you are the artist to create your own unique gaming rig. Done selecting colors? Choose between several LED effects to really make your system come alive and enjoy your personalized design!
EXTEND YOUR RGB EXPERIENCE WITH EASE
MSI's Mystic Light Extension pinheader provides an intuitive way to control additional RGB strips and other RGB peripherals added to a system, without needing a separate RGB controller. By simply connecting any 12V RGB LED strip to the 4-pin Mystic Light Extension RGB-strip header gamers can sync colors to any style they choose.
MYSTIC LIGHT SYNC:
SYNCHRONIZE YOUR LED EXPERIENCE
With the convenience of Mystic Light Sync, you can control RGB LED solutions from other brands, such as CPU coolers, keyboards and mice or RGB system fans.
GET STARTED WITH MYSTIC LIGHT
To use Mystic Light, download the latest version of the MSI Gaming App below. For remote control of Mystic Light, simply download the latest version of the Mystic Light App for your smartphone from the Google Play Store or the App Store.
SMARTPHONE & PC CONTROL
Create your own colorful masterpiece with ease. The easy to use Mystic Light APP is available on PC, phone and tablet. It offers remote control, simply using your smartphone or tablet. Make your PC look and feel brand new with any color you want with just a few clicks!
COOLING
STAY COOL WHILE GAMING
Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want.
LOOKING COOL WHILE KEEPING COOLHigh quality materials and smart fan optimizations contribute to cooling all essential components, which is key to making sure your system runs stable at the best performance during long gaming sessions.
Note:
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CPU
• Supports 7th/6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
* This function will be supported depend on the CPU.
Chipset
• Intel® Z270 Chipset
Main Memory
• 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
- 7th Gen processors support DDR4 4000(OC)/ 3800(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz*
- 6th Gen processors support DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2133 MHz*
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Supports Intel®; Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.
Slots
• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x0/x0, x8/x8/x0, x8/x4/x4 modes)
• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Multi-GPU
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
• Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
Onboard Graphics
• 1 x HDMI™ port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30Hz(7th Gen CPU), 4096x2160@24Hz(6th Gen CPU), 2560x1600@60Hz
• 1 x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz, 3840x2160@60Hz, 1920x1200@60Hz
Storage
• Intel® Z270 Chipset
• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*/ **
• 1x U.2 port **
- Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD
• 3x M.2 slots (Key M)*
- M2_1 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage devices
- M2_2 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 standard, 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
- M2_3 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 and SATA 6Gb/s ** standards, 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
- Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready for all M.2 slots***
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors
* M.2 and SATA ports maximum support 2x M.2 PCIe SSDs + 6x SATA HDDs.
**The M2_3, U2_1 and SATA5~6 share the same bandwidth.
***Intel® Optane™ Technology is only supported when using 7th Gen processors. Before using Intel® Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.
RAID
• Intel® Z270 Chipset
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• Supports RAID mode for M.2 PCIe storage devices*
* M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with M.2 GENIE.
USB
• ASMedia® ASM2142 Chipset
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-C ports (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB connector)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-A port on the back panel
• Intel® Z270 Chipset
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
- 7 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (3 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
Audio
• Dual Realtek® ALC1220 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
LAN
• 1 x Killer™ E2500 Gigabit LAN controller
Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 1 x U.2 port
- 3 x M.2 slots
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C connector
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
- 1 x 4-pin water pump fan connector
- 4 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x RGB LED connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x Low Temperature Booting Jumper
- 1 x 2-pin Slow mode jumper
- 1 x 2-pin OC retry jumper
- 1 x 2-pin OC Force enter BIOS jumper
- 1 x 2-pin Discharge jumper
- 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 mouse & keyboard combo port
- 3 x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x DisplayPort
- 1 x HDMI™ port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
- 5 x OFC audio jacks
Dimension
• 12.0 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
• ATX Form Factor
Mounting
• 9 mounting holes