CONQUER THE BATTLEFIELD
Featuring heavy plated heat sinks and fierce looks, MSI ARSENAL GAMING motherboards are packed with gaming features for a refined gaming experience.
Z270M MORTAR
BLAST AWAY THE COMPETITION
- GAMING Device Port
- HDMI, DisplayPort
- Intel® GAMING LAN
- USB 3.1 Type-A , Type-C
- Golden audio jacks
- Full gaming I/O cover
- Stunning looks, protecting the I/O ports
- Heavy plated gaming heatsinks
- Leading heatsink design, for maximum cooling
- DDR4 Boost
- 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
- Audio Boost
- Optimized gaming audio using best components
MYSTIC LIGHT
PERSONALIZE YOUR GAMING RIG
Customize and set up your own color scheme with RGB Mystic Light Sync. 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!
FIERCE RED GAMING GLOW
This GAMING motherboard features LEDs on the back which provide a cool GAMING glow inside your case. Like war paint, turn them on for a more immersive gaming experience and amp yourself up, ready to dominate the battlefield.
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 Gaming 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 COOL
High 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.
FULLY CONTROLLABLE FAN HEADERS
MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans, giving you full control to set up a cool & silent system. The fan headers are conveniently placed with the most popular CPU coolers in mind.
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 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
• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x4 mode)
• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Multi-GPU
• Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
Onboard Graphics
• 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
• 1 x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz, 3840x2160@60Hz,1920x1200@60Hz
• 1 x HDMI™ port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30Hz(7th CPU), 4096x2160@24Hz(6th CPU), 2560x1600@60Hz
Storage
• Intel® Z270 Chipset
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
• 1 x M.2 slot (Key M)
- Support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s
- Supports 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage devices
- Support PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card**
- Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors
* The SATA1 port will be unavailable when an M.2 SATA SSD module has been installed in the M.2 slot.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
RAID
• Intel® Z270 Chipset
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
USB
• Intel® Z270 Chipset
- 8 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (3 Type-A ports + 1 Type-C port on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
- 6 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
Audio
• Realtek® ALC892 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
LAN
• 1 x Intel® I219-V 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
- 1 x M.2 slot
- 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
- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x RGB LED connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x TBT connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 mouse & keyboard combo port
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x DisplayPort
- 1 x HDMI™ port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 3 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C port
- 6 x OFC audio jacks
Dimension
• 9.6 in. x 9.6 in. (24.4 cm x 24.4 cm)
• Micro-ATX Form Factor
Mounting
• 8 mounting holes