MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING

CPU

Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
* Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
 

Chipset

Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
 

Main Memory

4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
- Supports DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports ECC, un-buffered memory
- ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs
* Please refer to Compatibility reports for more information of compatible memory.

Slots

3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x8/x4 or x8/ x8/x1 modes)
4 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
 

Onboard Graphics

1 x HDMI port, support a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
- Support for HDMI 1.4 version.
1 x DVI-D port, support a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
 

 
Multi-GPU Support

Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire Technology
Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI Technology
 

Storage

Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (4 ports reserved for SATA Express port)
2 x M. 2 Key M Socket support type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in both PCIE Gen3 x4 & SATA mode
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M. 2 SSD cards
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U. 2 Host Card**
2 x SATAe ports (PCIe 3.0 x2)***
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core processors

* M. 2, SATA and SATAe ports maximum support 1x M. 2_PCIe + 6x SATAs or 1x M. 2_SATA + 1x M. 2_PCIe + 4x SATAs. Please refer to page 34 for M. 2 slots with examples of various combination possibilities.
** The Turbo U. 2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.

RAID

Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
- Supports RAID 0 and RAID1 for M. 2 PCIe storage devices*

* M. 2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with UEFI BIOS
 

USB

ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) port on the back panel
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port on the back panel

Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connector)
- 6 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
 

Audio

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

 
LAN 

1 x Killer E2400 Gigabit LAN controller
 

 
Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 2 x SATAe connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Slow mode switch
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
 

 
Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
- 5 x OFC audio jacks
 

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

12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
ATX Form Factor
 

Mounting

9 mounting holes