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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.

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

∙ 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (2 from CPU, 1 from PCH, support

16/0/4, 8/8/4)*

∙ 2x PCIe x1 slots (from PCH)

* PCI_E5 bandwidth will switch from x4 to x1 when M2_3 SSD is inserted

Multi-GPU

∙ Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology

∙ Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology

Storage

Intel® Z490 Chipset

∙ 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*

∙ 3x M.2 slots (Key M)

▪ M2_1 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/

2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices*

▪ M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/

2260/ 2280 storage devices**

▪ M2_3 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280

storage devices***

▪ Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready****

▪ Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel

Core™ processors

* 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.

*** M2_3 bandwidth will swtich from x4 to x2 when PCI_E5 is inserted.

**** 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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