CPU

• Supports Intel® i3 / i5 / i7 based processors in LGA1156 package. Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

• Intel® H55 Chipset
  - Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s
  - Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec.
  - 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
  - PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
  - ACPI 2.0 compliant.

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2000*/2133* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max
  - Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size
  - Supports Dual channel mode

• 1 PCI Express gen2 x16 slot

• 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots

• 1 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface

• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron® 368.
  - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
  - Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.

• SATAII controller integrated in Intel H55 chipset
  - Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
  - Supports six SATAII ports by H55

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC889
  - Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
  - Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
  - Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec

• Supports one PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL.

• ATX 24-Pin power connector

• 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

• CPU x 1 / System x 2 FAN connectors

• CD-in connector

• Front panel audio connector

• Front panel connector

• 1 x chasis intrusion connector

• 3 x USB 2.0 connectors

• 6 x Serial ATAII connectors

• 1 x ATA133 connector

• 1 x OC Switch

• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

• 1 x SPDIF-out connector

• 1 x TPM module connector

• 2 x Serial port connectors

• 1 x Parallel port connector

• MSI Reminds You...
  • The floppy disk cable will be optional.

• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard

• 1 x PS/2 Mouse

• 6 x USB 2.0 ports

• 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack

• 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack

• 1 x HDMI port

• 1 x Graphic Card port

• 1 x DVI port

• MSI Reminds You...
  • HDMI, VGA & DVI-D ports can only work with CPUs with GPUs core inside.

• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.

• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

• 24.4cm(L) x 24.0cm(W) M-ATX Form Factor

• 6 mounting holes.