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Z170A GAMING M3 | MSI Global | Motherboard - The world leader in motherboard design

  • Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1151 socket
  • Supports DDR4-3600+(OC) Memory
  • DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost
  • USB 3.1 Gen2 2X FASTER: USB 3.1 Gen2 offers performance twice as fast as a regular USB 3.0 connection
  • Turbo M.2 32Gb/s + Turbo U.2 ready + USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A + SATA 6Gb/s
  • GAMING LAN with LAN Protect, powered by Killer™: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency
  • Audio Boost 3: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
  • Nahimic Audio Enhancer: Immersive sound quality that pushes the limits of reality
  • Game Boost: This one goes up to eleven; generate more FPS in games with 1 push of a button
  • GAMING Hotkey: Launch your favorite games with a single button
  • OBS Streaming software: Share your gaming achievements with the world!
  • SteelSeries Certified: Optimized for SteelSeries gaming gear
  • Military Class 5: The latest evolution in high quality components featuring the brand new Titanium Chokes
  • MULTI-GPU with VGA Armor: VGA Armor PCI-E slots. Supports AMD Crossfire™
  • Click BIOS 5: Award-winning brand new Click BIOS 5 with high resolution scalable font
  • GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game testing by eSports players for the best gaming experience
  • Ready For Windows 10
Detail
 
CPU
• Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
* Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
 
Chipset
• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
 
Main Memory
• 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
- Supports DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz*
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Supports ECC, un-buffered memory
- ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support depends on the individual CPU physical characteristics
* Please refer to Compatibility reports for more information of compatible memory.
 
Slots
• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots*
• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
• 3 x PCI slots
* The PCI_E4 slot will only run PCIe 3.0 x1 speed when the PCI_E1 or PCI_E3 slot is installed a device.
 
Onboard Graphics
• 1 x HDMI™ port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
- Support for HDMI™ 1.4 version.
• 1 x DVI-D port, supports a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
 
Multi-GPU
• Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
 
Storage
• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• 1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in both PCIE Gen3 x4 & SATA mode
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card (optional)*
 
• 2 x  SATAe port
• Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors.
 
* The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
 
USB
• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports on the back panel
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connector)
- 4 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
 
Audio
• Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output
 
LAN
• 1 x Killer™ E2400 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
- 2 x SATAe connectors
- 1 x USB 2.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Parallel port connector
- 1 x Slow mode switch
 
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x HDMI™ port
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 ports
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
- 5 x OFC audio jacks
 
BIOS
• The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.
 
Dimension
• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.4 cm x 24.4 cm)
• ATX Form Factor
 
Mounting
• 9 mounting holes

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Socket 1151
CPU (Max Support) I7
Chipset Intel® Z170 Express
DDR4 Memory 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
Memory Channel Dual
DIMM Slots 4
Max Memory (GB) 64
PCI-Ex16 2
PCI-E Gen Gen3
PCI-Ex1 2
PCI 3
SATA Express 2
SATAIII 6
M.2 Slot 1 x 2280 Key M(PCIe Gen3 x4/SATA)
RAID 0/1/5/10
TPM (header) 1
LAN 10/100/1000*1
USB 3.1 ports(Front) 1(Gen1)
USB 3.1 ports(Rear) 4(Gen1), 2(Gen2)
USB 2.0 ports (Front) 2
USB 2.0 ports (Rear) 2
Audio ports (Rear) 5+Optical SPDIF
HDMI 1
DVI 1
DirectX DX12
From Factor ATX
CrossFire Y
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