CPU

• Supports Intel® i7 based processors in LGA1366 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

 

Chipset

• Intel® X58 Chipset
- Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s

• Intel® ICH10R Chipset
- 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.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
- Integrated AHCI controller.

- Supports x8 / x16 data lines per DIMM

- Supports up to 3 channel mode

Slots

• 3 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots
- supports ATI® Crossfire™
• 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
• 2 PCI slot, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface

 

On-Board SATA

• SATAII / III controller integrated in ICH10R/Marvell® SE9128/JMicron® JMB362 chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports by ICH10R (SATA1~6)
- Supports two SATAIII ports by Marvell® SE9128 (SATA7~8)
- Supports two eSATA ports by JMicron® JMB362.
- SATA1~6 support AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by ICH10R.
- SATA7~8 support SATA RAID 0/1 by Marvell® SE9128.
- eSATA1~2 support SATA RAID 0/1 & JBOD mode by JMicron® JMB362.

MSI Reminds You... • The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.

USB 3.0

Audio

LAN

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

IEEE1394 / FireWire

• VIA® VT6308 chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.

Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 
- CPU x 1 / System x 3 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 1 x serial port pinheader
- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 6 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 2 x Serial ATAIII connectors
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
- 1 x Reset Button
- 1 x Power Button
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector

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

 

Back Panel I/O Ports - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port - 1 x PS/2 Mouse port - 1 x Claer CMOS button - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out - 1 x Optical SPDIF-out - 1 x IEEE1394 port - 4 x USB 2.0 ports - 2 x USB 3.0 ports - 2 x eSATA ports - 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack - 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack

BIOS

• 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.

Dimension

• 30.5cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes.