• Supports 8th Gen Intel^® Core^TM / Pentium^® Celeron^® processors for LGA 1151 socket
• Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 4000+(OC) MHz
• MYSTIC LIGHT: 16.8 million colors / 17 effects controlled in one click. MYSTIC LIGHT EXTENSION supports both RGB and RAINBOW LED strip.
• Lightning Fast Game experience: 2x TURBO M.2, Intel Optane Memory Ready. M.2 Shield, LIGHTNING USB 3.1 GEN2
• AUDIO BOOST 4 with NAHIMIC 2+: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality for the most immersive gaming experience
• DDR4 Boost: Fully isolated, shielded and optimized DDR4 PCB design to give your DDR4 memory a performance boost.
• GAMING LAN and Wireless support, powered by Intel^®: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency and bandwidth management.
• MULTI-GPU: With STEEL ARMOR PCI-E slots. Supports 2-Way NVIDIA SLI^™ & 3-Way AMD Crossfire^™
• VR Ready: Best virtual reality game experience without latency, reduces motion sickness.
• Military Class 5, Guard-Pro: Latest evolution with high quality Japanese components for best protection and efficiency.
• In-Game Weapons: Game Boost, GAMING Hotkey, X-Boost, WTFast.
• EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot.
• Click BIOS 5: Award-winning BIOS with high resolution scalable font, favorites and search function.
• GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game and motherboard testing by eSports players.

PERSONALIZE YOUR GAMING RIG
Customize and set up your own color scheme with MSI Mystic Light utility. Select the available colors from the palette to match your system style. Bored of the same colors? Simply change the complete look of your system in 1 second!


No animation


Breathing


Flashing


Double Flashing


Random


Stack


Wave / Marquee


CPU Tempera
ture


Meteor


Lightning


Rainbow


POP


RAP


JAZZ


Play


Movie


Off



Extendable
Remote control
Mystic Light sync
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COOLING

STAY COOL WHILE GAMING
Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want.


6x fan headers
DC/PWM mode
Full fan control
Watercooling ready
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GAMING FEATURES

YOUR IN-GAME ADVANTAGE
Outsmart and outperform your opponents in-game using an array of unique MSI GAMING tools. Clever hardware & software tools, created to keep you one step ahead of the competition and boost your skills.

Gaming Hotkey
Gaming Device Port
Game Boost
Multi-GPU
LEARN MORE ABOUT GAMING

STORAGE

BE THE FIRST ON THE BATTLEFIELD
This MSI GAMING motherboard supports all the latest storage standards. This allows you to connect any ultra-fast storage device, giving you in-game benefits. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.

M.2 Shield
2x M.2
Ultra-fast storage caching
LEARN MORE ABOUT STORAGE

VR

IMMERSE YOURSELF INTO VIRTUAL WORLDS
Integrating the very best of cutting edge technologies on MSI hardware provides a smooth VR ride. Through joint efforts with major VR brands, combined with unique MSI features geared to VR, MSI brings gamers and VR professionals a vivid and realistic experience in which content truly comes alive.

One click VR
LEARN MORE ABOUT VR READY

AUDIO

SOUND THAT PULLS YOU INTO THE GAME
Get the most immersive sound experience when gaming. MSI Audio Boost delivers the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. This lets you enjoy breathtaking, game-changing sound to create the most exciting gameplay.

Nahimic 2+
Audio Boost 4
Audio amplifier
Audio capacitors
LEARN MORE ABOUT AUDIO

GAMING LAN

DOMINATE THE GAME WITH THE LOWEST LATENCY
Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN. Featuring the highest quality components tuned to deliver the best online gaming experience without lag.

Intel® gaming LAN
Bandwidth management
LAN protect
Intel® WiFi
LEARN MORE ABOUT GAMING LAN
MEMORY

UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE
MSI motherboards are crammed with features to fuel your gaming rig's memory with more speed, higher overclockability and increased stability.


Optimal layout
100% compatibility
XMP LED
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TUNING

DESIGNED FOR LIMITLESS TUNING
Founded on experience and with a long history of creating the best performing motherboards packed with smart features, you can count on this motherboard to deliver the best performance under the most extreme conditions. Countless system tuning and troubleshooting tools are at your disposal to push your system to new heights and satisfy even the most demanding tweaker.

11 PHASE POWER DESIGN
For power users
For overclocking
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USB

MAXIMIZE YOUR USB DEVICE PERFORMANCE
Transfer your favorite games, music and movies over USB faster than ever. MSI offers a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB 3.1 devices, delivering lightning-fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s!

Double bandwidth USB 3.1
Reversible Type-C connector
Front USB 3.1
Boost your USB
LEARN MORE ABOUT USB
SOFTWARE

APPS TO GREATLY IMPROVE EFFICIENCY
With years of experience in creating performance enhancing tools that are easy to use, only the highest quality applications are at your disposal. Use these tools to get the most out of your motherboard and achieve victory when gaming.


X-Boost
Command Center
Live Update
RAMDisk
LEARN MORE ABOUT SOFTWARE
QUALITY & PROTECTION

BUILT ON EVERLASTING QUALITY
Using only the finest quality components and integrating the latest technological innovations delivers the best possible gaming and professional experience. Rigorous quality testing under the most extreme conditions ensures a super reliable, high performance motherboard.


M.2 Shield
Steel Armor
Military Class 5
Gaming Certified
LEARN MORE ABOUT QUALITY
BIOS

A GAMERS' BIOS
We made sure our BIOS contains all the latest options and is easy to use for everyone. The extensive features let you fine-tune your system to deliver reliable maximum performance when gaming.






Easy/advanced mode
Convenient search
Hardware monitor
LEARN MORE ABOUT BIOS
3D PRINTING & MODDING

FIRE YOUR IMAGINATION!
Create your own unique modifications for MSI GAMING motherboards! MSI supports 3D-printable parts for personalization. With various design offered by MSI MOD HUB, you are able to easily customize heatsink covers, SLI bridges, and even your own name plates and logos in your favorite colors and materials.