MSI 970 - Motherboard Specifications

Chapter 1
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Getting Started
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CPU Support 󰀲 Supports AMD
®
FX
TM
/ Phenom
TM
II/ Athlon
TM
II and Sempron
TM
processors for the AM3/ AM3+ socket
Hypertransport 󰀲 HyperTransport™ 3.0, supports up to 4.8 GT/s
Chipset 󰀲 AMD
®
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Memory
Support
󰀲 4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB
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󰀲 Dual channel memory architecture
Expansion
Slots
󰀲 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
- PCI_E2 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x16 speed
- PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x8 speed
󰀲 2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
󰀲 2x PCI slots
Multi-GPU
Support
󰀲 Supports 2-Way AMD
®
CrossFire
TM
Technology*
󰀲 Supports 2-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
Technology
* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1.
Storage 󰀲 AMD
®
SB950 Chipset
- 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID 10
USB 󰀲 AMD
®
SB950 Chipset
- 14x USB 2.0 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports
available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
󰀲 VIA VL806 Chipset
- 4x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports
available through the internal USB 3.0 connector)*
* These USB 3.0 ports do not support M-Flash recovery function.
Audio 󰀲 Realtek
®
ALC1150 Codec
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- Supports S/PDIF output
LAN 󰀲 Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
- 1x LAN port on the backpanel
* 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.
Back Panel
Connectors
󰀲 1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
󰀲 8x USB 2.0 ports
󰀲 2x USB 3.0 ports
󰀲 1x Optical S/PDIF-Out connector
󰀲 1x LAN (RJ45) port
󰀲 6x OFC audio jacks