MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Intel Z87 LGA 1150 Motherboard

CPU


• 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket

Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.



Chipset


• Intel® Z87 Express Chipset



Main Memory


• Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*(*OC) MHz DRAM, 64GB Max

- Dual channel memory architecture

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

- Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory



Slots


• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 modes)

• 4 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots



On-Board SATA


• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® Z87 chipset

- 1 x mSATA 6Gb/s port*

- Supports six SATAIII ports (SATA1~6) by Z87

- Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.


• SATAIII controller integrated in ASMedia® ASM1061 chipset

- Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.

- Supports two SATA ports (SATA7~8) by ASM1061

* The SATA6 port will be unavailable when a SSD installed in the mSATA port.

** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8.


• RAID

- SATA1~6 ports support Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (AHCI / RAID 0/1/5/10) by Intel Z87



USB


• 6 x USB 3.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

• 8 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB connectors*)

*internal JUSB1 connector supports MSI Super Charger



Audio


• Realtek® ALC1150 Codec

- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

- Supports S/PDIF output



LAN


• 1x Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*

* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 currently. The supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on the website if provided by vendor.



Multi-GPU


• Supports ATI® CrossFire™ Technology

• Supports NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology

• Supports Lucid® Virtu Universal MVP 2.0

* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.


Internal I/O Connectors


- ATX 24-Pin power connector

- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

- 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

- 1 x mSATA port

- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports)

- 1 x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)

- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors

- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors

- 1 x Multi BIOS Switch

- 1 x TPM Module connector

- 1 x Serial port connector

- 1 x Front Panel Audio connector

- 2 x System panel connectors

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

- 1 x V-Check Points Set (7x V-Check connectors)

- 1x GO2BIOS button

- 1 x Power button

- 1 x OC Genie button

- 1 x Reset button

- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

- 1x 2-Digit Debug Code LED




Back Panel I/O Ports


- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF-out port
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF-out port
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 6 OFC audio jacks
- 1x VGA port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @60Hz, 24bpp
- 1x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @60Hz, 24bpp
- 1x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp/ 2560x1600@60Hz, 24bpp/ 1920x1080@60Hz, 36bpp