CPU
• Supports Intel® i3 / i5 / i7 based processors in LGA1156 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Chipset
• Intel® H57 Chipset
- Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec.
- 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2000*/2133* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max
- Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size
- Supports Dual channel mode
Slots
• 2 PCI Express gen2 x16 slot
• 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
On-Board IDE/SATA
• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron® 363.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.
• SATAII controller integrated in Intel H55 chipset & JMicron® 363.
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports by H55
- Supports one SATAII port by JMicron® 363
- Supports AHCI controller with AHCI / SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by H57.
MSI Reminds You...
• The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.
Audio
• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC889
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec
LAN
• Supports one PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL.
Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 2 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 4 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 7 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x OC Switch
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x Power button
- 1 x OC Genie button
- 1 x D-LED3 panel connector
- 2 Base clock control buttons
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Serial port connectors
- 1 x Parallel port connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector
MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional.
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x Graphic Card port
- 1 x DVI port
- 1 x Display Port
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 1 Optical S/PDIF-out port
- 1 x eSATA port
BIOS
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.
Dimension
• 24.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) M-ATX Form Factor