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MSI Z170A GAMING M3 ATX Motherboard

The MSI Z170A GAMING M3 ATX Motherboard features an LGA 1151 socket as well as four DIMM slots and two PCIe x16 slots, so you can build an AMD CrossFire gaming system with an Intel 6th-generation Skylake processor and up to 64GB of DDR4 of ECC RAM. This motherboard is also compatible with integrated Intel graphics chipsets, which output visuals via the motherboard’s DVI-D and HDMI ports. Other than the PCIe x16 slots, two PCIe 3.0 x1 and three PCI slots allow you create a versatile Windows system with optional expansion cards. For storage and optical drive support, it comes with six SATA III and two SATA Express connectors along with an M.2 slot, which delivers bandwidths up to 32 Gb/s. Moreover, MSI provides Game Boost that enables Intel’s Extreme Memory Profile to overclock the RAM modules.

This motherboard comes with Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Sound technology to deliver clear sound and music through 8-channel HD audio jacks. MSI has equipped this motherboard with two USB 3.1 Type-A ports that transfer data at a rate of 10 Gb/s. It is also outfitted with four USB 2.0 and four USB 3.0 ports as well as a PS/2 combo port to connect with your peripherals such as a printer, external drive, and keyboard. To access the Internet, it includes a Killer Gigabit LAN controller that has been enhanced with Advanced Stream Detect 2.0, which maximizes the networking performance for your online games.