MSI Z68A-G45 (G3) Bios 11.0

CPU
• Supports Intel Core i7 / Core i5 / Core i3 / Pentium / Celeron processors in LGA1155 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
 
Chipset
• Intel Z68 (B3) Chipset
 
Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/1866*/2133*(OC) DRAM, 32GB Max
- Supports 1GB/ 2GB/ 4GB/ 8GB DRAM size
- Supports Dual channel mode
 
Slots
• 2 PCI Express gen3 x16 slots
- PCI_E2 supports up to PCIE x16 speed
- PCI_E5 supports up to PCIE x8 speed
• 3 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
• 2 PCI slots
 
On-Board SATA
• SATAII controller integrated in Intel Z68 (B3) chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports four SATAII ports (SATA3~6) by Z68 (B3) PCH
- SATA3~6 ports support Intel Rapid Storage Technology (AHCI / RAID 0/1/5/10) by Intel Z68 (B3)

• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel Z68 (B3) chipset
- Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports two SATAIII ports (SATA1~2) by Z68 (B3) PCH
- SATA1~2 ports support Intel Rapid Storage Technology (AHCI / RAID 0/1) by Intel Z68 (B3)
 
USB 3.0
• 2 USB 3.0 rear I/O ports by NEC D720200
 
Audio
• Chipset integrated by Realtek ALC892
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec
 
LAN
• Supports one PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111E.
 
Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 4 FAN connectors
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 4 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 1 x USB 3.0 connector
- 4 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 2 x Serial ATAIII connectors
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x DLED3 connector
 
Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard port
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out port
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x Graphics Card port
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
MSI Reminds You...
• Graphics Card, HDMI, DVI-D ports can only work with CPUs with GPUs core inside.

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



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