MSI 970A - Specifications

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Specifications
Specifications
CPU
Supports AMD
®
FX
™
/ Phenom
™
/ Athlon
™
II/ Sempron
™
processors for Socket AM3/ AM3+
Chipset AMD
®
970 & SB950 Chipset
Memory
y 4x DDR3 memory slots, support up to 32GB
 Supports DDR3 1066/ 1333/ 1600/ 1866/ 2133(OC) MHz
y Dual channel memory architecture
Expansion Slots
y 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (support x16/x0, x8/x8 mode)
y 3x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
y 1x PCI slot
Multi-GPU
y Supports 2-Way AMD
®
CrossFire
™
Technology
y Supports 2-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
Technology
Storage
AMD
®
SB950 Chipset
y 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports
 Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA
storage devices
y 1x M.2 slot (Key M)*
 Supports PCIe 2.0 x2 or x4 and SATA 6Gb/s**
 Supports 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
* M.2 and SATA ports maximum support 1x M.2_PCIe + 6x SATAs or 1x M.2_
SATA + 5x SATAs. Please refer to page 30 for M.2/ SATA ports & PCIe slots
combination table.
** When inserted M.2_PCIe of x4, PCI_E3 & PCI_E4 can not be used.
** When inserted M.2_PCIe of x2, PCI_E3 & PCI_E4 can be used.
USB
y ASMedia
®
ASM1143 Chipset
 2x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports (1
Type-A port and 1 Type-C port on the back panel)
y ASMedia
®
ASM1143 Chipset
 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports available
through the internal USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors
y AMD
®
SB950 Chipset
 14x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (8 ports on the
back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB
connector)
Audio
y Realtek
®
ALC1150 Codec
y 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
y Supports S/PDIF output
LAN
1x Intel I211-AT Gigabit LAN controller
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