MSI Z97 MPOWER

CPU 

• Supports 5th and 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® Processors for the Socket LGA1150
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
 

Chipset

• Intel® Z97 Express Chipset
 

Main Memory

• Support four DDR3 DIMMs 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2667*/2800*/3000*/3100*/3200*/3300*(OC) DRAM (32GB Max)
- Supports Dual-Channel mode
- Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
 

Slots

• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots(PCI_E2, PCI_E5, PCI_E7 support x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 modes)
• 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (PCI_E4, supports x4 speed)*
• 3 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots*  * The PCIe x1 slots (PCI_E1, PCI_E3, PCI_E6) will be unavailable when installing an expansion card in the PCI_E4 slot.
 

On-Board SATA

• Intel Z97 Express Chipset
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)
- 1 x M.2 port*
- M.2 port supports M.2 SATA 6Gb/s module
- M.2 port supports M.2 PCIe module up to 10Gb/s speed**
- M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10***
- Supports Intel Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Intel Smart Connect Technology****

• ASMedia ASM1061 Chipset
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA7~8)

* The SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be unavailable when installing a module in the M.2 port.
** M.2 PCIe interface only supports UEFI option ROM, NOT support legacy option ROM.
*** M.2 PCIe interface does not support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.
**** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1
 

USB
 

• Intel Z97 Express Chipset
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors**) 

• ASMedia ASM1074 Chipset
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel
** internal JUSB1 connector supports MSI Super Charger
 

Audio

• Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output 
 

 
LAN 

• 1x Intel I218-V Gigabit LAN controller 
 

 
Multi-GPU

• Supports 3-Way AMD CrossFire™ Technology*
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
*Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.
 

 
Internal I/O Connectors
 

- 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x 6-pin ATX 12V power connector*
- 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 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 Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x System panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 9 x V-Check connectors
- 1 x GO2BIOS button
- 1 x Power button
- 1 x Reset button
- 2 x Base Clock control buttons
- 1 x OC Genie button
- 1 x Multi-BIOS switch
- 1 x OC Genie mode switch
- 1 x Slow mode switch
- 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
* Provides additional power to PCIe x16 slots
 

 
Back Panel I/O Ports
 

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF-out  port
- 4 x USB 2.0  ports
- 6 x USB 3.0  ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 1 x 6 in 1 OFC audio jack
- 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
- 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz, 3840x2160@60Hz,1920x1200@60Hz

This platform supports dual-display and triple-display function

BIOS
 

• The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications. 
 

Dimension
 

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

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes.