Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1151 socket
Supports DDR4-3600+(OC) Memory
DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost/li>
USB 3.1 Gen2 2X FASTER: USB 3.1 Gen2 offers performance twice as fast as a regular USB 3.0 connection
Turbo M.2 32Gb/s + Turbo U.2 ready + USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A + SATA Express 10 Gb/s
GAMING LAN powered by Intel™: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency
LAN Protect: 15KV Anti-surge protection
Audio Boost 3: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
Military Class 5: The latest evolution in high quality components featuring the brand new Titanium Chokes
Guard-Pro: Improved Protection and Power Efficiency
MULTI-GPU with Steel Armor: Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports NVIDIA SLI™ & AMD Crossfire™
OBS Streaming software: Share your gaming achievements with the world!
Game Boost: Generate more FPS in games with 1 push of a button
EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot
Overcurrent Protection:Prevent Unforeseen Damage
GAMING Hotkey: Launch your favorite games with a single button
Click BIOS 5: Award-winning brand new Click BIOS 5 with high resolution scalable font
SteelSeries Certified: Optimized for SteelSeries gaming gear
GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game testing by eSports players for the best gaming experience
GAME IN STYLE
Each game demands different skills, each gamer selects, customizes and levels their own gaming character. Why stop there? MSI Performance GAMING motherboards allow you to fully customize & personalize your gaming PC to any color you want while delivering top performance for a great gaming experience.

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UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY
DDR4 Boost XMP LED
With traditional memory design the memory signals are often distorted by electromagnetic signals from other components, making the system perform slower or become unstable. MSI introduces DDR4 Boost technology with optimized traces and fully isolated memory circuitry. This design ensures the memory signals stay pure for optimal performance and stability.

An added XMP LED highlights an active Extreme Memory Profile for the best memory speed and stability setting.


UNIQUE BLACK & WHITE DESIGN
White PCB highlights compliment a unique black & white design, to display when GAMING meets class. Perfect for gamers and case modders who are looking for something different.


DRAGON HEATSINK
The black & white Dragon Heatsink has been redesigned. Thick white PCB highlight adds class to the design, to show you are dealing with a unique motherboard.


BLACK & WHITE HEATSINK DESIGN
Black & white heavy played premium heatsinks make sure your system stays cool during even the longest gaming sessions.

Gaming LAN
DOMINATE THE GAME WITH LOWEST LATENCY
Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI® GAMING LAN, featuring carefully selected components to ensure the best online gaming experience without lag.

DEDICATED GAMING LAN WITH INTEL®
Experience a more fluid game with Intel® i219 LAN. Intel® i219 LAN is designed to deliver high performance when gaming, delivering more throughput than other solutions.

Intel® i219 LAN is optimized for championship level online and LAN eSports by reducing CPU overhead and offering exceptionally high TCP and UDP throughput. This way, your CPU can be used more effectively and you can enjoy more FPS when gaming.


GAMING OPTIMIZED BANDWITH MANAGEMENT
Dedicated to giving you the best online gaming experience with optimized traffic prioritization and low latency, MSI GAMING LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games.

MSI GAMING LAN MANAGER
Automatically prioritizes games above other applications
Allows you to change applications' traffic priority
Allows you to customize you to customize bandwidth for each application
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LAN Protect
LAN PROTECT
Featuring 15KV anti-surge protection to shield your network from lightning strikes and static electricity, LAN Protect is a LAN connector designed to give you the best networking experience.

MSI Xtreme Audio DAC
STUDIO GRADE SOUND WITH AUDIO BOOST 3
With Audio Boost 3, we're delivering the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. That way, you can enjoy breathtaking, crystal clear sound and music through 8-channel HD Audio or high impendence headphones and truly dominate the game.



Golden Audio Jacks
Golden Audio Jacks

High Quality EMI-Shielded HD Audio Processor
High Quality EMI-Shielded HD Audio Processor

Isolated Audio PCB
Isolated Audio PCB

Chemi-Con Audio Capacitors
Chemi-Con Audio Capacitors

Dual Headphone Amplifiers
Dual Headphone Amplifiers

Front Dedicated Headphone Out
Front Dedicated Headphone Out


GAME BOOST
Overclock your system instantly and generate more FPS in games with 1 push of a button using Game Boost! You can also easily enable XMP using the XMP button in Click BIOS.

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*Features may vary according to your platform and model

GAMING HOTKEY
Gaming Hotkey enables more functionality using your own keyboard. Simply assign functions or macros to any key and launch your favorite games, load overclocking profiles or do real-time overclocking with the push of a single button. The possibilities are endless!

Customize any key on your keyboard
Up to 8 steps macro programming
User friendly, easy to use application
1 key load up of your favorite game
1 key overclocking
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TOTAL FREEDOM, MAXIMUM EASE
Easily program your most used commands to be executed with a single keystroke. You are free to choose any key you want.

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*Real GAMING Hotkey settings depend on the configuration

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Hotkeys
Assign your own keyboard combinations

Windows keys Quick launch any application or folderQuick launch of mail, browser or more
MSI® Smart keys
One press to login (program passwords)Login Keys
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2x FASTER
MSI USB 3.1 GEN2
Transferring your favorite games, music and movies over USB has never been faster. USB 3.1 enables lightning fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s!

Benefits

2X faster than USB 3.0
20X faster than USB 2.0
Up to 10Gbps data transfer bandwidth
Boost transfer rate for your PC and peripherals
2X FRONT USB 3.1 GEN1
With a clever placed USB 3.1 Gen1 front pin header, available on MSI motherboards, you can connect up to 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 devices directly to the front of your PC Chassis. This way you can easily enjoy fast USB speeds without having to use the hard-to-reach USB ports on the rear.

FRONT USB 3.1 GEN1DOUBLE ESD PROTECTION
FAST STORAGEWITH SATA EXPRESS
SATA Express offers a solution in high speed storage through PCI-Express, providing more bandwidth for the latest generation SSDs up to 16 Gb/s.

PUSH YOUR SSD HARDER WITH TURBO M.2
Delivering speeds up to 32Gb/s using Gen3 x4, Turbo M.2 is more than 5 times faster than a regular SATA III connection! Enjoy a blazing fast system boot up and insanely fast loading of applications and games with MSI motherboards.

M.2 TO TURBO U.2 (optional)
The U.2 Host Card delivers performance up to 32 Gb/s and allows support for next gen 2.5-inch SSDs using the U.2 connector. A redriver chip is added to increase data transfer speed.

DATA TRANSFER SPEED
SUPPORTS

ENHANCED CPU OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION
Onboard overvoltage protection prevents overvoltage and short-circuit damage of the CPU and other components. A red LED near the 24 pin CPU power connector let you know that overvoltage protection is activated for easier troubleshooting.

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EASY DIAGNOSTIC
MSI EZ Debug LED is an easy troubleshooting tool using 3 LEDs to indicate CPU / Memory / VGA operation every time you boot up your system. Run into trouble? Use the LEDs to easily identify the source of your problem and get back into operation quickly.

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MSICertified by SteelSeries
STEELSERIES CERTIFIED
Get ready to enjoy the best gaming experience with MSI & SteelSeries!

Enthusiast gaming gear brand SteelSeries has officially approved MSI GAMING motherboards as ‘SteelSeries Certified (SSC)’. This certification is based on the performance demands and stability of MSI GAMING motherboards and SteelSeries products. Your SteelSeries headset, mouse and other top quality gaming gear works best on MSI GAMING motherboards.

GAMING CERTIFIED
Our GAMING motherboards are tested in our gaming lab, internet cafes and together with the world’s best eSports players to make sure you get top performance and reliability in the world’s most popular games. Through 24-hour on- and offline game testing, MSI ensures the onboard network configuration, audio reception and FPS performance are tested and tuned to perfection for you to enjoy the best possible gameplay experience.

Only the motherboards that pass this test receive the GAMING CERTIFIED status and are considered true MSI® GAMING motherboards.

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MILITARY CLASS 5 COMPONENTS
Military Class 5 is the latest evolution in high quality components. The Titanium Choke and Dark CAP ensure that your PC runs stable under extreme gaming conditions.


Titanium Choke
Titanium Choke uses a Titanium core that has better ability in thermal and higher temperature tolerance. This allows the Titanium Choke to run at a 220 degree Celsius high temperature, have a 40% higher current capacity, a 30% improvement in power efficiency and better overclocking power stability.


DARK CAP
With their aluminum core design, Dark CAPs has been a staple in high-end motherboard designs and provides lower Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) as well as its over-10-year lifespan.


HUMIDITY PROTECTION
Reduction in moisture absorption helps prevent "Conductive Anodic Filament". Untreated PCB's can have 10x higher failure rate.


HIGH TEMPERATURE
PROTECTION
All key components used in MSI motherboards have all passed military testing ensuring stable operation in the harshest environments.


CIRCUIT PROTECTION
Carefully selected materials, multiple PCB layers and shielding result in the best circuit protection for our GAMING motherboards.


ESD PROTECTION
Each and every I/O port is protected against the hazards of Electro Static Discharge.


EMI PROTECTION
All MSI motherboards comply with strict American FCC regulations and reduce the impact of Electromagnetic Interference.

AMD CrossFire NVIDIA SLI
OPTIMIZED FOR MULTIPLE GRAPHICS CARDS
SLI /CROSSFIRE SUPPORT
This motherboard supports SLI / CrossFire. Optimal PCI-Express slot placement allows for better fitting and airflow.

That way, you can enjoy the best graphics at the highest framerate jumping from your screen when running an NVIDIA® SLI™ or AMD CrossFire™ setup.


PREVENT DAMAGE!
Worried about damaging the PCI-Express slot or your graphics card because of the weight?


MSI® STEEL ARMOR
Steel Armor has more solder points on the PCB for more strength and protects the PCI-Express signals against electromagnetic interference for a stutter-free gaming experience and higher GPU overclocking.


OTHERS
NO STRENGTHENING


MSI® STEEL ARMOR
REINFORCED, HEAVY SOLDERED CONNECTIONS

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THE ALL NEW, AWARD-WINNING CLICK BIOS 5
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Explore the greatly improved, award-winning CLICK BIOS 5 and use it to tune your system to maximum performance to get the most out of your games. MSI CLICK BIOS 5 is the next generation UEFI BIOS with optimizations for Windows 10.

Control your system in two modes: EZ mode, for the most used settings and functions. Advanced mode for more detailed settings and fine-tuning options to boost your system’s performance.

Variety of options to boost your game performance
Next gen UEFI BIOS with award winning design
High-resolution multi language scalable font
Easy to use
Advanced overclocking
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Low res, non-scalable

CLICK BIOS 5
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Sharp, hi-res, scalable design

GAMING DEVICE PORT
MSI Gaming Device Port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high end gaming mice to fully utilize its speed. You can customize your mouse’ DPI to change accuracy and program macro combinations using the easy to use Mouse Master software to perform multiple commands with just one click.

Gaming benefits

More responsive, faster reactions
Customizable mouse settings
Customizable mouse accuracy (DPI)
Program macros for multiple actions in 1 click
Smoother gameplay
Technical benefits

3x more gold than regular connectors
10x longer lifetime when plugging/un-plugging
Prevents oxidation
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OBS STREAMING SOFTWARE
Share your gaming achievements with the world! Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is world’s most popular open source software for video recording and live streaming. Show your friends your gaming progress live.

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Optimized video quality
OBS records videos using small file size,but with perfect image and sound quality, without lag.

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Easy to share
Live streaming to your favorite video sharing websites such as Twitch, YouTube, DailyMotion, Hitbox and many more.

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Webcam supported
OBS supports almost any webcam. DirectShow capture device support (webcams, capture cards, etc).

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Multiple profiles
Add different profiles, each of them with its own settings. Easy to use OBS for anyone, in any situation.

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Plenty of plugins
Allowing developers to create their own unique plugins and complete control of their streaming experience.

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OVERCLOCKING MADE EASY
Outperform your competition with the MSI® GAMING APP which allows simultaneous control of both your Motherboard and Graphics Card's overclocking.

Simply select your preferred mode with the click of a button:

/ Silent / Gaming / OC /

ON-SCREEN SPEED & TEMPERATURES

Real-time monitor GPU Core, DRAM Frequency, GPU & CPU Temperatures and much more, in game or in other fullscreen applications, customizable to your preference.

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CPU-Z
MSI GAMING EDITION
MSI has worked closely with CPUID to develop this special edition of CPU-Z featuring the famous MSI GAMING dragon. Use CPU-Z to gather key information on the main devices of your system, such as your CPU speed, Memory speed and timings, motherboard BIOS version and much more.

Download CPU-Z
MSI GAMING Edition HERE
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RAMDisk
SSD NOT FAST ENOUGH? TRY MSI RAMDISK!
Get an unlimited RAMDisk for free (worth $35) with MSI GAMING motherboards. RAMDisk allows you to create a virtual drive from your system memory, enabling speeds up to 25x faster than a modern SSD. You can load complete games, speed up your browser or your page file significantly increasing system performance! You even increase your SSD's lifespan by using RAMDisk as it reduces unnecessary read and write operations to your SSD.
Speed up system performance
Speed up games, apps and browser
Increase SSD lifespan
25X
FASTER
$35
VALUE
PACKAGE CONTENT
What's in the box? Check it out for yourself! Besides an abundance of necessary cables and connectors, a stylish all black GAMING I/O shield.

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FRONT SIDE OF I/O PANEL

I/O Panel Ports Label
Dark coating

BACK SIDE OF I/O PANEL
Force Absorbing Layer (NEW)
Aluminium Interference Shielding
Steel Shielding
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CABLE LABELS

CONNECTIVITY
Be sure to take full advantage of all the GAMING weapons by connecting your devices to the optimized ports.

Connectivity
Gaming Device Port
USB 3.1 Gen1
MSI GAMING LAN
Audio connectors
USB 2.0
DVI Port
USB 3.1 Gen2
HDMI Port
USB 3.1 Gen1
Optical S/PDIF Out
Socket
1151
CPU (Max Support)
i7
Chipset
Intel® Z170 Express
DDR4 Memory
3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
Memory Channel
Dual
DIMM Slots
4
Max Memory (GB)
64
PCI-Ex16
3
PCI-E Gen
Gen3
PCI-Ex1
3
PCI
1
SATA Express
1
SATAIII
6
M.2 port
1
RAID
0/1/5/10
TPM (header)
1
LAN
10/100/1000*1
USB 3.1 ports(Front)
2(Gen1)
USB 3.1 ports (Rear)
4(Gen1), 2(Gen2)
USB 2.0 ports (Front)
4
USB 2.0 ports (Rear)
2
Audio ports (Rear)
5+Optical SPDIF
HDMI
1
DVI
1
DirectX
DX12
Form Factor
ATX
SLI
Y
CrossFire
Y
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