MSI X99A SLI PLUS - Motherboard Specifications

Chapter 1
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Getting Started
Motherboard Speci󰘰cations
CPU
Support
■ Supports New Intel
®
Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition for
LGA2011-3 Socket
Chipset ■ Intel
®
X99 Express Chipset
Memory
Support
■ 8x DDR4 memory slots supporting up to 128GB
■ Supports DDR4-2133/ 2200(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2666(OC)/
2750(OC) / 3000(OC)/ 3110(OC)/ 3333(OC)
■ Quad channel memory architecture
■ Supports non-ECC, un-bu󰘯ered memory
■ Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Pro󰘰le (XMP)
Expansion
Slots
■ 4x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, support up to 3-way mode
- 1-way mode: x16/ x0/ x0/ x0
- 2-way mode: x16/ x16/ x0/ x0*, 16/ x8/ x0/ x0**
- 3-way mode: x16/ x16/ x0/ x8*, x8/ x8/ x8/ x0**
■ 2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
* For the CPU that supports 40 PCIe lanes
** For the CPU that supports 28 PCIe lanes
Multi-GPU
Support
■ Supports 3-Way AMD
®
CrossFire
TM
Technology*
■ Supports 3-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI™ Technology
* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1
Storage ■ Intel
®
X99 Express Chipset
■ 10x SATA 6Gb/s ports (2x ports reserved for SATA Express port)*
- SATA1~6 support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
- SATA7~10 ports only support IDE mode and AHCI mode.
- Supports Intel
®
Smart Response Technology (Windows 7/ 8/ 8.1)
■ 1x SATA Express port*
■ 1x M.2 port, supports up to 32Gb/s speed**
- M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module
- M.2 PCIe interface does not support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and
RAID 10.
* The SATA Express port or SATA5~6 ports will be unavailable when installing the M.2 SATA
interface module in the M.2 port.
** Intel RST does not support PCIe M.2 SSD with Legacy ROM.
USB ■ Intel
®
X99 Express Chipset
- 6x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available
through the internal USB 3.0 connectors*)
- 6x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available
through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
■ ASMedia ASM1142
- 2x USB 3.1 ports on the back panel
■ VIA VL805
- 4x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel
* Internal JUSB1 connector supports MSI Super Charger.
Audio ■ Realtek
®
ALC892 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High De󰘰nition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output
LAN ■ 1x Intel I218 Gigabit LAN