MSI Z170A GAMING M7 User Manual

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Speci󰄈cations
Specifications
CPU
Supports 6th Gen Intel
®
Core
™
i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel
®
Pentium
®
and Celeron
®
processors for Socket LGA1151
Chipset Intel
®
Z170 Chipset
Memory
● 4x 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 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
● Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Expansion Slots
● 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x8/x4 or x8/
x8/x2 modes)
● 4x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Onboard Graphics
● 2x HDMI
™
ports, support a maximum resolution of
4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
● 1x DisplayPort, support a maximum resolution
of 4096x2304@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz,
3840x2160@60Hz, 1920x1200@60Hz
Multi-GPU
● Supports 3-Way AMD
®
CrossFire
™
Technology
● Supports 2-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
Technology
Storage
Intel
®
Z170 Chipset
● 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
● 2x M.2 slots
▶ 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**
● 2x SATAe ports (PCIe 3.0 x2)***
● Supports Intel
®
Smart Response Technology for Intel
Core
™
processors
* M.2, SATA and SATAe ports maximum support 1x M.2_PCIe + 6x SATAs
or 1x M.2_SATA + 1x M.2_PCIe + 4x SATAs. Please refer to page 35 for
M.2 slots with examples of various combination possibilities.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
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MSI Z170A GAMING M7 Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel Z170
CPU Socket	LGA 1151
Memory Slots	4 x DIMM
Maximum Memory	64GB
Form Factor	ATX
Audio	Realtek ALC1150
M.2 Slots	1
USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports	8
PCI Express x16 Slots	3
PCI Express x1 Slots	4
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Multi-GPU Support	AMD 3-Way CrossFire, NVIDIA 2-Way SLI
Storage Interface	6 x SATA 6Gb/s
USB Ports	8 x USB 3.1 Gen1
LAN	Killer E2400 Gigabit LAN Controller