MSI Z270 gaming M3

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Specifications
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Storage
Intel
®
Z270/ H270/ B250 Chipset
y 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
y 2x M.2 slots (Key M)
 Support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s
 Support PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD with Turbo U.2 Host
Card**
 M2_1 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage
devices
 M2_2 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
 Intel
®
Optane™ Memory Ready for all M.2 slots***
y Supports Intel
®
Smart Response Technology for Intel
Core™ processors (optional)
* M.2 and SATA ports maximum support 2x M.2 PCIe SSDs + 6x SATA HDDs.
Please refer to page 33 for M.2 slots with examples of various combination
possibilities.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** Intel
®
Optane™ Technology is only supported when using 7th Gen
processors. Before using Intel
®
Optane™ memory modules, please ensure
that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI
website.
RAID (optional)
Intel
®
Z270/ H270 Chipset
y Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA
storage devices
y Supports RAID 0 and RAID1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices*
* M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with M.2 GENIE. Please refer to page
42 for details about M.2 GENIE.
USB
y ASMedia
®
ASM2142 (Z270/ H270 chipset)/ ASM1142 (B250
chipset)
 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-C port
on the back panel
 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-A port
on the back panel
y Intel
®
Z270 & H270/ B250 Chipset
 8x/ 6x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4/ 2
Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available
through the internal USB connector) (optional)
 6x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the
back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB
connector)
Audio
y Realtek
®
ALC1220 Codec
y 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
y Supports S/PDIF output
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