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Specifications

CPU

Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ and Pentium® Gold /

Celeron® processors for LGA 1200 socket*

* Please go to intel.com for compatibility information.

* Onboard graphics output are disabled when using the F SKU processors.

Chipset Intel® Z490 Chipset

Memory

∙ 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB*

∙ Supports 1R 2133/2666/2933 MHz*

▪ 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 4800+ MHz

▪ 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4266+ MHz

▪ 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz

▪ 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz

∙ Supports Dual-Channel mode

∙ Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

∙ Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

*Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory

Expansion Slot

∙ 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (from CPU)

∙ 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (x4 mode, from PCH)

∙ 2x PCIe x1 slots (from PCH)

* Please refer to page 29 for PCIe 3.0 bandwidth table.

Onboard Graphics

∙ 1x HDMI port, supports a maximum resolution of

4096x2160 @ 30Hz

∙ 1x DisplayPort port supports a maximum resolution of

4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz

Multi-GPU ∙ Supports AMD® 2-Way CrossFire™ Technology

Storage

Intel® Z490 Chipset

∙ 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*

∙ 2x M.2 slots (Key M)

▪ Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s

▪ M2_1 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage

devices*

▪ M2_2 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices**

▪ Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready***

* SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_1 slot.

** SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA/PCIe SSD in the

M2_2 slot.

*** Before using Intel

Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have

updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.

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