Motherboard Specifications - MSI Z97A GAMING 6 Series Manual

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Motherboard Specifications

CPU
■ Supports 4th and 5th Generation Intel
Intel
Support
Chipset
■ Intel
Memory
■ 4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB
■ Supports DDR3 3200(OC)/ 3100(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/
Support
2666(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2200(OC)/ 2133(OC)/ 2000(OC)/
1866(OC)/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz
■ Dual channel memory architecture
■ Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
■ Supports Intel
Expansion
■ 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 modes)
■ 4x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots*
Slots
* The PCI_E3 slot will be unavailable when installing a expansion card into the PCI_E4 slot.
Onboard
■ 1x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24
Hz/ 2560x1600@60 Hz
Graphics
■ 1x VGA port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @
60Hz
■ 1x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @
60Hz
Multi-GPU
■ Supports 3-Way AMD
■ Supports 2-Way NVIDIA
Support
Storage
■ Intel
■ 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (2x ports reserved for SATA Express port)*
- SATA1~6 support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
■ 1x SATA Express port*
■ 1x M.2 port, supports up to 10Gb/s speed**
- M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module
- M.2 PCIe interface does not support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and
RAID 10.
■ Supports Intel
Technology and Intel
* The SATA Express port or SATA5~6 ports will be unavailable when installing a module in
the M.2 port.
** Intel RST does not support PCIe M.2 SSD with Legacy ROM.
*** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1
USB
■ Intel
- 6x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available
through the internal USB 3.0 connectors)
- 6x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available
through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
■ AsMedia ASM1142
- 1x USB 3.1 (Type-C) port on the back panel
Audio
■ Realtek
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
LAN
■ 1x 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.
Getting Started
Pentium
and Celeron
®
®
Z97 Express Chipset
®
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
®
CrossFire
®
®
Z97 Express Chipset
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Smart Response Technology, Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology***
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Z97 Express Chipset
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ALC1150 Codec
®
1-4
Core™ Processors, and
®
Processors for Socket LGA1150
®
Technology*
TM
SLI
Technology
TM
Rapid Start
®

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