Processor

Supports 9^th / 8^th Gen Intel^® Core™ / Pentium^® Gold / Celeron^® processors for LGA 1151 socket

See supported processors

Chipset

Intel^® Z390 Chipset

Memory

• 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB
  • Supports DDR4 4600(OC)/ 4533(OC)/ 4500(OC)/ 4400(OC)/ 4300(OC)/ 4266(OC)/ 4200(OC)/ 4133(OC)/ 4000(OC)/ 3866(OC)/ 3733(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/ 3333(OC)/ 3300(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC) /2800(OC)/ 2666/ 2400/ 2133 MHz¹
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

1. Please refer to Compatibility for more information on compatible memory

Slots

• 4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots¹
• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

1. Please refer to page 31 for details

Multi-GPU

• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ Technology
• Supports 4-Way AMD CrossFire™ Technology

Storage

Intel^® Z390 Chipset

• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports¹
• 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)¹
  • M2_1 & M2_3 support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
  • M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
  • Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready
• 1 x U.2 port²
  • Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe storage

1. M.2_2 slot, U.2 port and SATA ports share the bandwidth.
2. 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^® Z390 Chipset

• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID5 for M.2 PCIe storage devices

USB

Audio

2 x Realtek^® ALC1220 Codecs

• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
• Supports S/PDIF output

ESS^® E9018 Codec

• Supports 6.3mm Gold-plated stereo headphone out

LAN

• 2 x Killer^TM E2500 Gigabit LAN controller

WIFI & BLUETOOTH

Killer™ 1550 Chipset

• The Wireless module is pre-install in the M2_4 (Key-E) slot
• Supports Wi-Fi 5, 2x2, Dual Band, (2.4GHz, 5GHz) up to 1.73 Gbps speed.
• Supports Bluetooth^® 5

Internal connectors

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
• 1 x 6-pin ATX PCIe power connector
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 3 x M.2 slots (M-Key)
• 1 x U.2 port
• 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C ports
• 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 connector
• 8 x 4-pin system fan connectors
• 1 x 3-pin Water Flow connector
• 1 x Front panel audio connector
• 2 x System panel connectors
• 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
• 2 x 2-pin Thermal Sensors connectors
• 1 x 4-pin RGB LED connector
• 2 x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors
• 1 x 3-pin CORSAIR LED connector

Back panel ports

Dimensions

• 12 in. x 10.7 in. (30.5 cm x 27.2 cm)
• E-ATX Form Factor

Mounting

9 mounting holes

Operating System

Support for Windows^® 10 64-bit

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