MSI Z170A GAMING M5 | LGA1151 | ATX

The MSI® Z170A GAMING M5 motherboard is designed to provide gamers the best gaming experience through genuine GAMING design, best-in-class gaming features and the latest technology. The Z170A GAMING M5 motherboard is an engineering masterpiece tailored to gaming perfection.

DDR4 BOOST & XMP LED
By fully isolating the memory circuitry from other components, DDR4 Boost ensures the memory signal to stay pure for maximum performance and stability.

TWIN TURBO M.2 - GEN3 X4
Twin Turbo M.2 delivers next generation M.2 performance through a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 interface. Delivering transfer speeds 3 times as fast as conventional M.2 solutions, up to 64 Gb/s.

AUDIO BOOST 3 & NAHIMIC
The ultimate audio solution for gamers, powered by Nahimic Audio Enhancer. With dual OPA1652 AMPs and metal EMI Shielding you get breathtaking sound quality.

MSI GAMING LAN POWERED BY KILLER™
MSI GAMING LAN is powered by the KillerTM LAN E2400 Network Controller featuring intelligent AES 2.0 to automatically prioritize games above other applications. GAMING LAN uses LAN Protect with 15KV anti-surge protection for safety, highlighted with a red LED in the LAN port.

SPECIFICATIONS

CPU support
Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® Processors

CPU socket
LGA 1151

Chipset
Intel® Z170 Chipset

Graphics interface
3 * PCI-E 3.0 x16, Steel Armor PCI-E slots, 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI®, 3-Way AMD CrossFire™ support

Display Interface
1 * HDMI, 1 * DVI Port – Requires Processor Graphics

Memory support
4 DIMMs, Dual Channel DDR4-3600+(OC)

Expansion slots
4 * PCI-E x1 slots

M.2 / SATA
2 * M.2 32 Gb/s, 6 * SATA 6 Gb/s (4 ports reserved for SATA Express)

SATA RAID
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 – Available on SATA1 to SATA6

USB
1 * USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C, 1 * USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A, 6* USB 3.1 Gen1, 6 * USB 2.0

LAN
1 * Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN

Audio
8-channel Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic