MSI MEG Z490 ACE ATX Gaming Motherboard

PROCESSOR

Supports 10th Gen Intel^® Core™, 11th Gen Intel^® Core™, Pentium^® Gold and Celeron^® processors for LGA 1200 socket^1 2

1.      Please go to intel.com for compatibility information.

2.      BIOS updated to be compatible with 11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors

See supported processors

CHIPSET

Intel^® Z490 Chipset

MEMORY

·         4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB¹

·         Supports 1R 2133/2666/2933 MHz

o    1DPC 1R Max speed up to 5000+ MHz

o    1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4500+ MHz

o    2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz

o    2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz

·         Supports Dual-Channel mode

·         Supports non-ECC mode, un-buffered memory

·         Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

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

See supported memory

EXPANSION SLOTS

·         3x PCIe 3.0 16 slots (2 from CPU, 1 from PCH, support 16/0/4, 8/8/4)

o    PCI_E1 & PCI_E3 slots (From CPU)
Support up to PCIe 4.0 for 11th Gen Intel^® CPU
Support up to PCIe 3.0 for 10th Gen Intel^® CPU

o    PCI_E5 slot (From chipset)
Supports up to PCIe 3.0

·         2x PCIe x1 slots (from chipset)

·         PCIE_5 shares lanes with M2_3, please refer to manual for details

MULTI-GPU

·         Supports 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ Technology

·         Supports 3-Way AMD^® CrossFire™ Technology

STORAGE

·         6x SATA 6Gb/s ports¹

·         3x M.2 slots (Key M)

o    M2_1 slot
CPU support mode (From 11th Gen Intel^® CPU only)- supports PCIe 4.0 x4/3.0 x4
Chipset support mode-supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s
Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices¹

o    M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices²

o    M2_3 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices³

o    Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready⁴

o    Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

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

2.      SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA/PCIe SSD in the M2_2 slot.

3.      M2_3 shares lanes with PCIE_5, please refer to manual for details

4.      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^® Z490 Chipset

·         Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

·         Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 PCIe storage devices

USB

Intel^® Z490 Chipset

·         4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports (3 Type-A ports on the back panel, 1 Type-C internal connector)

·         4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 2 ports through the internal USB connector)

·         6x USB 2.0 ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)

ASMedia^® 3241 chipset

·         1x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps Type-C port on the back panel

AUDIO

Realtek^® ALC1220 Codec + ESS SABRE9018Q2C combo DAC

·         7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

·         Supports Optical S/PDIF output

LAN

·         1x Realtek^® 8125B 2.5G LAN controller

·         1x Intel^® I219V 1G LAN controller

WIFI & BLUETOOTH

Intel^® AX201

·         Supports 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, MU-MINO Rx, 2.4GHz-5GHz (160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps

·         WiFi 6

·         Supports Bluetooth® 5.1 , FIPS, FISMA

·         The Wireless module is pre-install in the M2 (Key-E) slot

1.      Only support windows 10 64-bit

INTERNAL CONNECTORS

·         1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

·         2x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors

·         6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

·         3x M.2 slots (M-Key)

·         1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-C port

·         1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)

·         2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)

·         1x 4-pin CPU fan connector

·         1x 4-pin water-pump connector

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