MSI z170a GAMING M9 ACK - Specifications; CPU and Chipset; Memory and Expansion Slots; Onboard Graphics and Multi-GPU

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Speci󰄈cations
Specifications
CPU
Supports 6th Gen Intel
®
Core
™
i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel
®
Pentium
®
and Celeron
®
processors for Socket LGA1151
Chipset Intel
®
Z170 Chipset
Memory
󰁡 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
󰁈 Supports DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/
2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
󰁡 Dual channel memory architecture
󰁡 Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
󰁡 Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Expansion Slots
󰁡 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x4/x0, x8/x4/x8 or x8/
x1/x8 modes)
󰁡 3x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Onboard Graphics
󰁡 1x HDMI
™
port, supports a maximum resolution of
4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
󰁡 1x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution
of 4096x2304@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz,
3840x2160@60Hz, 1920x1200@60Hz
Multi-GPU
󰁡 Supports 3-Way AMD
®
CrossFire
™
Technology
󰁡 Supports 2-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
Technology
Storage
Intel
®
Z170 Chipset
󰁡 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (4 ports reserved for SATA Express
port)
󰁡 2x M.2 slots
󰁈 Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards,
4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
󰁈 Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo
U.2 Host Card**
󰁡 2x SATAe ports (PCIe 3.0 x2)***
󰁡 Supports Intel
®
Smart Response Technology for Intel
Core
™
processors
* M.2, SATA and SATAe ports maximum support 1x M.2_PCIe + 6x SATAs
or 1x M.2_SATA + 1x M.2_PCIe + 4x SATAs. Please refer to page 35 for
M.2 slots with examples of various combination possibilities.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
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