MSI H97M-G43 - Motherboard Specifications

Chapter 1
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Getting Started
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CPU
Support
󰀲 Supports 4th and 5th Generation Intel
®
Core™ Processors, and
Intel
®
Pentium
®
and Celeron
®
Processors for Socket LGA1150
Chipset 󰀲 Intel
®
Z97/ H97 Express Chipset
Memory
Support
󰀲 4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB
󰀲 Z97M-G43 supports DDR3 3200(OC)/3100(OC)/ 3000(OC)/
2800(OC)/ 2666(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2200(OC)/ 2133(OC)/
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󰀲 Dual channel memory architecture
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󰀲 Supports Intel
®
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Expansion
Slots
󰀲 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (PCI_E1, supports x16 speed)
󰀲 1x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (PCI_E4, supports x4 speed)
󰀲 2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots*
* Two PCIe x1 slots can not be used simultaneously. When installing an expansion card in one
of pcie 2.0 x1 slots, another slot will be unavailable.
Onboard
Graphics
󰀲 1x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of
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󰀲 1x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of
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󰀲 1x VGA port, supporting a maximum resolution of
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󰀲 1x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of
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Multi-GPU
Support
󰀲 Supports AMD
®
CrossFire
TM
Technology*
* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1
Storage 󰀲 Intel Z97/ H97 Express Chipset
- 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)
- 1x M.2 port*
- M.2 port supports M.2 SATA 6Gb/s module
- M.2 port supports M.2 PCIe module up to 10Gb/s speed**
- M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10***
- Supports Intel Smart Response Technology, Intel
®
Rapid Start
Technology and Intel Smart Connect Technology****
* The SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be unavailable when installing a module in the M.2 port.
** Intel RST only supports PCIe M.2 SSD with UEFI ROM, does not support Legacy ROM.
*** M.2 PCIe interface does not support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.
**** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1
USB 󰀲 Intel Z97/ H97 Express Chipset
- 6x USB 3.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available
through the internal USB connectors)
- 8x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available
through the internal USB connectors*)
* Internal JUSB1 connector supports MSI Super Charger.
Audio 󰀲 Realtek
®
ALC892 Codec
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- Supports S/PDIF output