Features
- Supports 8th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® Celeron® processors for LGA 1151 socket
- Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 4000+(OC) MHz
- DDR4 Boost: Advanced technology provided by MSI OC lab to ensure maximum compatibility for overclocking performance.
- Twin Turbo M.2: Delivering Speeds Up to 32Gb/s, Intel Optane Memory Ready
- Audio Boost: Isolated audio with a high quality audio processor for the most immersive gaming experience.
- MULTI-GPU: With Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports AMD 2-Way Crossfire™
- GAMING LAN powered by Intel®: Experience smooth gaming experience by reducing CPU overheadand, offering more effective and long-term CPU usage.
- EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot
- Military Class 5, Guard-Pro: Latest evolution in high quality components for best protection and efficiency
- VR Ready: Best virtual reality game experience without latency, reduces motion sickness
- X-Boost: Great tool to boost your USB & Storage performance
- Click BIOS 5: Award-winning BIOS with high resolution scalable font, favorites and search function
BUILT FOR HARDCORE GAMERS AND PC ENTHUSIAST
This motherboard is designed to fully utilize the Intel® Coffee Lake 6 core
processors, ready to deliver world class performance when gaming.
MYSTIC LIGHT
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!
With multiple colors available, you are the artist to create your own unique gaming rig. Done selecting colors? Choose between several LED effects to really make your system come alive and enjoy your personalized design!
EXTEND YOUR RGB EXPERIENCE WITH EASE
MSI's Mystic Light Extension pinheader provides an intuitive way to control
additional RGB strips and other RGB peripherals added to a system, without
needing a separate RGB controller. By simply connecting any 12V RGB LED strip to
the 4-pin Mystic Light Extension RGB-strip header gamers can sync colors to any
style they choose.
MYSTIC LIGHT SYNC:
SYNCHRONIZE YOUR LED EXPERIENCE
With the convenience of Mystic Light Sync, you can control RGB LED solutions
from other brands, such as CPU coolers, keyboards and mice or RGB
system fans.
GET STARTED WITH MYSTIC LIGHT
To control Onboard Mystic light LED remotely, Install the latest version of MSI
Gaming App from Google Play or App Store to your smartphone.
SMARTPHONE & PC CONTROL
Create your own colorful masterpiece with ease. The easy to use MYSTIC LIGHT APP
is available on PC, phone and tablet. It offers remote control, simply using
your smartphone or tablet. Make your PC look and feel brand new with any color
you want with just a few clicks!
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.
LOOKING COOL WHILE KEEPING COOL
High quality materials and smart fan optimizations contribute to cooling all
essential components, which is key to making sure your system runs stable at the
best performance during long gaming sessions.
FULLY CONTROLLABLE FAN HEADERS
MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and
CPU fans, giving you full control to set up a cool & silent system. The fan
headers are conveniently placed with the most popular CPU coolers in mind.
DC OR PWM MODE WITH HYSTERESIS
MSI fan headers running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and
silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your
system stays silent, no matter what.
FAN MODE LED INDICATORS
Onboard LED indicators show if your fans are running in a mode
that’s controllable or not. When the LED indicator is red, you have full
control of your fan. If the LED indicator is green, it means your fan is running
in a mode you cannot control.
TOTAL CONTROL IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE
Total Fan Control allows you to take control of your fans and check your primary
system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up
to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan
speeds automatically.
OPTIMIZED FOR WATER COOLING
Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & custom water cooling
solutions on the market. A dedicated water pump PIN header supports up to
2 amp, giving you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked
‘keep-out-zone’ allows for easy and safe installation and a
perfect fit.
WATERPUMP HEADER
• Up to 2A supported
• Speed control from BIOS and OS
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.
1-SECOND OVERCLOCKING!
Need more power from your CPU and memory to get more FPS? MSI Game Boost enables
one-second overclocking, giving you the performance boost you need. Simply turn
the dial or use the Gaming App and your PC gets another adrenalin shot!
WANT MORE PERFORMANCE? TRY MULTI GPU!
Gaming enthusiasts are always looking for more performance to get the ultimate
experience. Using multiple graphics cards is a great way to find out just how
good it gets. MSI GAMING motherboards fully support multi GPU technologies and
have optimal PCI-E slot placement for the best thermal performance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE
MSI motherboards are crammed with features to fuel your gaming rig's memory
with more speed, higher overclockability and increased stability.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Technical Specifications
SOCKET: 1151
CPU (MAX SUPPORT): i7
CHIPSET: Intel® Z370 Chipset
DDR4 MEMORY: 4000+(OC)/ 3866(OC)/ 3733(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/
3333(OC)/ 3300(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2667/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
MEMORY CHANNEL: Dual
DIMM SLOTS: 4
MAX MEMORY (GB): 64
PCI-EX16: 2
PCI-E GEN: Gen3
PCI-EX1: 2
SATAIII: 4
M.2 SLOT: 2
RAID: 0/1/5/10
TPM (HEADER): 1
LAN: 10/100/1000*1
USB 3.1 PORTS (FRONT): 4(Gen1, Type A)
USB 3.1 PORTS (REAR): 4(Gen1, Type A)
USB 2.0 PORTS (FRONT): 4
USB 2.0 PORTS (REAR): 2
AUDIO PORTS (REAR): Realtek® ALC892 Codec
DISPLAYPORT: 1
DVI-D: 1
HDMI: 1
DIRECTX: 12
FORM FACTOR: Micro-ATX
CROSSFIRE: Y
OPERATING SYSTEM: Support for Windows® 10 64-bit