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Specifications
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Storage
Intel
®
X299 Chipset
y 8x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
y 3x M.2 slots (Key M)
 M2_1 & M2_2 support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s,
2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
 M2_3 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280
storage devices**
 Intel
®
Optane™ Memory Ready for M2_1, M2_2 slots ***
y 1x U.2 port
 Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe storage
* The SATA1 connector will be unavailable when a SATA M.2 SSD has been
installed in the M.2_1 slot.
* The SATA2 connector will be unavailable when a SATA M.2 SSD has been
installed in the M.2_2 slot.
** M2_3 slot and PCIe slots share the bandwidth. Please refer to page 34 for
details.
*** Before using Intel
®
Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have
updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.
RAID
Intel
®
X299 Chipset
y Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA
storage devices
y Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices
USB
y Intel
®
X299 Chipset
 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports available
through the internal USB connectors
 6x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports(2 ports on the
back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB
connectors)
y ASMedia
®
ASM3142 Chipset
 3x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports (1
Type-C and 1 Type-A port on the back panel, 1 Type-C
internal connector)
y ASMedia
®
ASM1074 Chipset
 6x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports on the back
panel
Audio
y 1x Realtek
®
ALC1220 Codec
 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
 Supports S/PDIF output
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