MSI MEG Z690 ACE Quick Start Manual page 17

Thunderbolt 4
Storage
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Intel® JHL8540 Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller
∙ 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 (USB-C) ports on the back panel
▪ Supports up to 40Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt
devices
▪ Supports up to 20Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices
▪ Supports up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2
devices
▪ Supports up to 5V/3A ,15W power charging
▪ Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4
devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices
▪ Supports up to 8K display (need to connect the
DisplayPort of the motherboard or discrete graphics card
to the Mini DisplayPort Input port on the back panel)
∙ 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (From Z690 chipset)
▪ SATA5~8 (From Z690 chipset)
▪ SATAA~B (From ASM1061)
∙ 5x M.2 slots (Key M)
▪ M2_1 slot (From CPU)
▫ Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
▫ Supports 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
▪ M2_2 & M2_3 slots (From Z690 chipset)
▫ M2_2 slot supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
▫ M2_3 slot upports up to PCIe 3.0 x4
▫ Supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices
▪ M2_4 & M2_5* slots (From Z690 chipset)
▫ Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
▫ Supports up to SATA 6Gb/s
▫ M2_4 slot supports 2280/ 22110 storage devices
▫ M2_5 slot supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices
▪ M2_2~5 slots support Intel® Optane™ Memory
∙ Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel
Core™ processors
* SATA7 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_5 slot.
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Specifications