CPU

• Supports 7th/6th Gen Intel^® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel^® Pentium^® and Celeron^® processors for Socket LGA1151
* This function will be supported depend on the CPU.
 

Chipset

• Intel^® Z270 Chipset
 

Slots

• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x0/x0, x8/x8/x0, x8/x4/x4 modes)
• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
 

Multi-GPU

• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ Technology
• Supports 3-Way AMD^® CrossFire™ Technology
 

Storage

• Intel^® Z270 Chipset
• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*/ **
• 1x U.2 port **
- Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD
• 3x M.2 slots (Key M)*
- M2_1 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage devices
- M2_2 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 standard, 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
- M2_3 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 and SATA 6Gb/s ** standards, 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
- Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready for all M.2 slots***
• Supports Intel^® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

* M.2 and SATA ports maximum support 2x M.2 PCIe SSDs + 6x SATA HDDs. 
**The M2_3, U2_1 and SATA5~6 share the same bandwidth.
***Intel® Optane™ Technology is only supported when using 7th Gen processors. Before using Intel® Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.



RAID

• Intel^® Z270 Chipset
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• Supports RAID mode for M.2 PCIe storage devices*
* M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with M.2 GENIE. 
 

USB

• ASMedia^® ASM2142 Chipset
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-C ports (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB connector)
ƒ- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-A port on the back panel

• Intel^® Z270 Chipset
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
- 7 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (3 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
 

Audio

• Dual Realtek^® ALC1220 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
 

 
LAN 

• 1 x Killer™ E2500 Gigabit LAN controller
 

 
Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 1 x U.2 port
- 3 x M.2 slots
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C connector
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
- 1 x 4-pin water pump fan connector
- 4 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x RGB LED connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x Low Temperature Booting Jumper
- 1 x 2-pin Slow mode jumper
- 1 x 2-pin OC retry jumper
- 1 x 2-pin OC Force enter BIOS jumper
- 1 x 2-pin Discharge jumper
- 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
 

 
Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 mouse & keyboard combo port
- 3 x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x DisplayPort
- 1 x HDMI™ port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
- 5 x OFC audio jacks