Motherboard Specifications - MSI 970 User Manual

Motherboard Specifications

CPU Support ■ Supports AMD
processors for the AM3/ AM3+ socket
Hypertransport ■ HyperTransport™ 3.0, supports up to 4.8 GT/s
Chipset ■ AMD
Memory ■ 4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB
■ Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz
Support
■ Dual channel memory architecture
Expansion ■ 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
Slots
■ 2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
■ 2x PCI slots
Multi-GPU ■ Supports 2-Way AMD
■ Supports 2-Way NVIDIA
Support
* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1.
Storage ■ AMD
USB ■ AMD
■ VIA VL806 Chipset
* These USB 3.0 ports do not support M-Flash recovery function.
Audio ■ Realtek
LAN ■ Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1
currently. The supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on
the website if provided by vendor.
Back Panel ■ 1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
■ 8x USB 2.0 ports
Connectors
■ 2x USB 3.0 ports
■ 1x Optical S/PDIF-Out connector
■ 1x LAN (RJ45) port
■ 6x OFC audio jacks
Getting Started
FX / Phenom
® TM
970 & SB950
®
- PCI_E2 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x16 speed
- PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x8 speed
®
SB950 Chipset
®
- 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID 10
SB950 Chipset
®
- 14x USB 2.0 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports
available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
- 4x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports
available through the internal USB 3.0 connector)*
ALC1150 Codec
®
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output
- 1x LAN port on the backpanel
1-4
II/ Athlon
TM TM
CrossFire Technology*
TM
SLI Technology
® TM
II and Sempron
TM