All stock codes associated to this product
MSIB250GAMINGPROCARBON, MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON, MBMB250GAMINGPROCB, MBM-B250GAMINGPROCB, 4719072496128
Overview
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Supports 7th / 6th Gen IntelCore /
Pentium/ Celeronprocessors for LGA 1151
socket
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Supports DDR4-2400 Memory (Max.)
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DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance
boost
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VR Ready: Best virtual reality game experience without
latency
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Mystic Light and Mystic Light Sync: Control all LEDs in
system with one click by GAMING APP or mobile devices.
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Lightning Fast Game experience: Twin Turbo M.2 with
Steel Armor. Intel Optane Memory Ready, Turbo U.2, Lightning USB 3.1
Gen2
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Audio Boost 4 with Nahimic 2: Reward your ears with
studio grade sound quality for the most immersive gaming
experience
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GAMING LAN with LAN Protect, powered by
Intel: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency and
bandwidth management
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Military Class 5, Guard-Pro: Latest evolution in high
quality components for best protection and efficiency
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MULTI-GPU: With Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports AMD
Crossfire
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In-Game Weapons: GAMING Hotkey, X-Boost, Xsplit
Gamecaster
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EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot
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Click BIOS 5: Award-winning BIOS with high resolution
scalable font, favorites and search function
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GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game and
motherboard testing by eSports players
EXCEPTIONAL BY DESIGN
- GAMING Device Port
- Lightning USB 3.1 Gen2
- VR Ready
- Intel GAMING LAN
- Golden audio jacks with S/PDIF
- Mystic Light RGB IO cover - Change up to 7 colors &LED effects
- Gaming heatsinks with CARBON - Leading heatsink design, for maximum
cooling
- DDR4 Boost - Optimized traces and isolated memory circuitry
- PCI-E Steel Armor - Protecting VGA cards against bending and EMI
- 2x Turbo M.2 - with NVMe support, up to 32 Gb/s using PCI-Express Gen3 x4
- M.2 Steel Armor, ready for Intel Optane Memory - Against EMI noise for
M.2 devices for best performance
- Audio Boost 4 with amplifier - Optimized gaming audio using best
components, with Nahimic 2
MYSTIC LIGHT | PERSONALIZE YOUR GAMING RIG
Customize and set up your own color scheme with RGB Mystic Light. Select any
of the colors from the palette using your smartphone or the MSI Gaming App to
match your system style. Bored of the same colors? Simply change the complete
look of your system in 1 second!
GAMING AMBIANCE
With multiple colors available, you are the artist to create your own unique
gaming rig. Done selecting colors? Choose between several LED effects to really
make your system come alive and enjoy your personalized design!
EXTEND YOUR RGB EXPERIENCE WITH EASE
MSI's Mystic Light Extension pinheader provides an intuitive way to control
additional RGB strips and other RGB peripherals added to a system, without
needing a separate RGB controller. By simply connecting any 12V RGB LED strip to
the 4-pin Mystic Light Extension RGB-strip header gamers can sync colors to any
style they choose.
MYSTIC LIGHT SYNC: SYNCHRONIZE YOUR LED EXPERIENCE
With the convenience of Mystic Light Sync, you can control RGB LED solutions
from other brands, such as CPU coolers, keyboards and mice or RGB system
fans.
GET STARTED WITH MYSTIC LIGHT
To use Mystic Light, download the latest version of the MSI Gaming App below.
For remote control of Mystic Light, simply download the latest version of the
Mystic Light App for your smartphone from the Google Play Store or the App
Store.
SMARTPHONE & CONTROL
Create your own colorful masterpiece with ease. The easy to use Gaming APP is
available on PC, phone and tablet. It offers remote control, simply using your
smartphone or tablet. Make your PC look and feel brand new with any color you
want with just a few clicks!
COOLING | STAY COOL WHILE GAMING
Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. We've made sure to
include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system
any way you want.
- 6x fan headers
- DC/PWM mode
- Full fan control
- Watercooling ready
LOOKING COOL WHILE KEEPING COOL
High quality materials and smart fan optimizations contribute to cooling all
essential components, which is key to making sure your system runs stable at the
best performance during long gaming sessions.
FULLY CONTROLLABLE FAN HEADERS
MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system
and CPU fans, giving you full control to set up a cool &lent system. The
fan headers are conveniently placed with the most popular CPU coolers in
mind.
DC OR PWM MODE WITH HYSTERESIS
MSI fan headers running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds
and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your
system stays silent, no matter what.
TOTAL CONTROL IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE
Total Fan Control allows you to take control of your fans and check your
primary system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also
set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the
fan speeds automatically.
OPTIMIZED FOR WATER COOLING
Designed to support the most popular All-In-One &stom water cooling
solutions on the market. A dedicated water pump PIN header supports up to 2 amp,
giving you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked
‘keep-out-zone’ allows for easy and safe installation and a perfect fit.
WATERPUMP HEADER
- Up to 2A supported
- Speed control from BIOS and OS
GAMING FEATURES | YOUR IN-GAME ADVANTAGE
Outsmart and outperform your opponents in-game using an array of unique MSI
GAMING tools. Clever hardware &ftware tools, created to keep you one step
ahead of the competition and boost your skills.
- Gaming Hotkey
- Gaming Device Port
- Multi-GPU
STORAGE | BE THE FIRST ON THE BATTLEFIELD
This MSI GAMING motherboard supports all the latest storage standards. This
allows you to connect any ultra-fast storage device, giving you in-game
benefits. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over
your enemies.
- 2x M.2
- Ultra-fast storage caching
INTEL OPTANE READY
- This new technological marvel brings game-changing performance to memory
and storage devices. Allow Optaneâ„¢ caching to boost your storage devices for
an even faster system!
*
Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Optane and the Intel Optane logo are trademarks of
Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other
countries.
PROTECT &TIMIZE YOUR DEVICES WITH STEEL ARMOR
Steel Armor protects your M.2 SSD and slot from damage. But it does much more
than that, Steel Armor ensures a clean data signal from the motherboard and M.2
SSD by protecting against electromagnetic interference (EMI) for a smooth
experience.
2X TURBO M.2
Enjoy a blazing fast system boot up and insanely quick loading of
applications and games with MSI motherboards. Delivering speeds up to 32Gb/s per
device using Gen3 x4, Turbo M.2 is over 5 times faster than a regular SATA III
connection!
XBOOST YOUR STORAGE PERFORMANCE
This great little tool is very simple to use and automatically detects your
storage devices connected to the system. When enabled, X-Boost optimizes your
SSDs to keep your system fast and maximize storage performance, making sure you
reach the battlefield even quicker or saving you a lot of time when transferring
data.
EASY RAID SETUP WITH M.2 GENIE
Looking to go all out in terms of raw data speed and put multiple SSDs in
RAID 0? Setting this up can prove to be quite the challenge. That’s why we
created M.2 Genie, a brilliant feature to make setting up RAID 0 for M.2 and U.2
much easier and less time consuming.
SATA MASS STORAGE
We made sure each MSI motherboard comes with enough SATA ports to connect
loads of HDDs for long term storage of large files and system backups.
ULTRA-FAST PERFORMANCE, GREAT GAMING EXPERIENCE
All of the next gen storage connectors support NVMe, the fastest storage
standard in the world. Simply put, MSI GAMING motherboards offer the best of the
best in storage options &rformance. Instantly load your favorite games
and always be the first on the battlefield with MSI.
VR | IMMERSE YOURSELF INTO VIRTUAL WORLDS
Integrating the very best of cutting edge technologies on MSI hardware
provides a smooth VR ride. Through joint efforts with major VR brands, combined
with unique MSI features geared to VR, MSI brings gamers and VR professionals a
vivid and realistic experience in which content truly comes alive.
AUDIO | SOUND THAT PULLS YOU INTO THE GAME
Get the most immersive sound experience when gaming. MSI Audio Boost delivers
the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components.
This lets you enjoy breathtaking, game-changing sound to create the most
exciting gameplay.
- Nahimic 2
- Audio Boost 4
- Audio amplifier
- Audio capacitors
GAMING LAN | DOMINATE THE GAME WITH THE LOWEST LATENCY
Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN.
Featuring the highest quality components tuned to deliver the best online gaming
experience without lag.
- Intel gaming LAN
- Bandwidth management
- LAN protect
MEMORY | UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE
MSI motherboards are crammed with features to fuel your gaming rig's memory
with more speed, higher overclockability and increased stability.
- Optimal layout
- 100% compatibility
- XMP LED
TUNING | DESIGNED FOR LIMITLESS TUNING
Founded on experience and with a long history of creating the best performing
motherboards packed with smart features, you can count on this motherboard to
deliver the best performance under the most extreme conditions. Countless system
tuning and troubleshooting tools are at your disposal to push your system to new
heights and satisfy even the most demanding tweaker.
USB | MAXIMIZE YOUR USB DEVICE PERFORMANCE
Transfer your favorite games, music and movies over USB faster than ever. MSI
offers a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB 3.1 devices,
delivering lightning-fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s!
- Double bandwidth USB 3.1
- Reversible Type-C connector
- Front USB 3.1
- Boost your USB
SOFTWARE | APPS TO GREATLY IMPROVE EFFICIENCY
With years of experience in creating performance enhancing tools that are
easy to use, only the highest quality applications are at your disposal. Use
these tools to get the most out of your motherboard and achieve victory when
gaming.
- X-Boost
- Command Center
- Live Update
- RAMDisk
QUALITY &OTECTION | BUILT ON EVERLASTING QUALITY
Using only the finest quality components and integrating the latest
technological innovations delivers the best possible gaming and professional
experience. Rigorous quality testing under the most extreme conditions ensures a
super reliable, high performance motherboard.
- Steel Armor
- Military Class 5
- Gaming Certified
BIOS | A GAMERS' BIOS
We made sure our BIOS contains all the latest options and is easy to use for
everyone. The extensive features let you fine-tune your system to deliver
reliable maximum performance when gaming.
- Easy/advanced mode
- Convenient search
- Hardware monitor
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Specifications |
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Socket |
1151 |
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CPU (Max Support) |
i7 |
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Chipset |
Intel B250Chipset |
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DDR4 Memory |
2400/ 2133 MHz |
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Memory Channel |
Dual |
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DIMM Slots |
4 |
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Max Memory (GB) |
64 |
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PCI-Ex16 |
2 |
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PCI-E Gen |
Gen3 |
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PCI-Ex1 |
2 |
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PCI |
2 |
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SATAIII |
6 |
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M.2 Slot |
2 |
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TPM (header) |
1 |
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LAN |
10/100/1000*1 |
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USB 3.1 ports (Front) |
4(Gen1, Type A) |
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USB 3.1 ports (Rear) |
1(Gen2, Type A),1 (Gen2, Type C), 2(Gen1, Type A) |
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USB 2.0 ports (Front) |
4 |
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USB 2.0 ports (Rear) |
2 |
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Audio ports (Rear) |
5 +S/PDIF Output |
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DVI-D |
1 |
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HDMI |
1 |
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DirectX |
12 |
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Form Factor |
ATX |
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CrossFire |
Y |
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Details |
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CPU |
Supports 7th/6th Gen Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel Pentium and
Celeron processors for Socket LGA1151 |
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* This function will be supported depend on the
CPU. |
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Chipset |
Intel B250 Chipset |
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Main Memory |
4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB |
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- 7th Gen processors support DDR4 2400/ 2133 MHz* |
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- 6th Gen processors support DDR4 2133 MHz* |
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Dual channel memory architecture |
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Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) |
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* Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible
memory. |
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* DDR4 memory modules can only run at maximum of 2400 MHz for
7th Gen processors and 2133 MHz for 6th Gen processors on XMP mode. |
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Slots |
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x4 mode) |
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2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots |
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2 x PCI x1 slots |
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Multi-GPU |
Supports 2-Way AMD CrossFire Technology |
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Onboard Graphics |
1 x HDMI port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30Hz(7th CPU),
4096x2160@24Hz(6th CPU), 2560x1600@60Hz |
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1 x DVI-D port, supports a maximum resolution of
1920x1200@60Hz |
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Storage |
Intel B250 Chipset |
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6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports* |
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2 x M.2 slots (Key M) |
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- Support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s |
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- Support PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD with Turbo U.2 Host
Card** |
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- M2_1 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage
devices |
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- M2_2 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage
devices |
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- Intel Optane Memory Ready for M2_2 slot |
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Supports Intel Smart Response Technology for Intel Core
processors |
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* M.2 and SATA ports combination details please refer user
manual. |
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** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase
separately. |
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*** 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. |
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USB |
ASMedia ASM2142 Chipset |
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- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-C port on the back
panel |
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- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-A port on the back
panel |
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Intel B250 Chipset |
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- 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)* |
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- 6 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel,
4 ports available through the internal USB connectors) |
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Audio |
Realtek ALC1220 Codec |
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- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio |
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- Supports S/PDIF output |
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LAN |
1 x Intel I219-V Gigabit LAN controller |
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Internal I/O Connectors |
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector |
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- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector |
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- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors |
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- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1
ports) |
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- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0
ports) |
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- 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector |
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- 1 x 4-pin water pump fan connector |
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- 4 x 4-pin system fan connectors |
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- 1 x Front panel audio connector |
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- 2 x Front panel connectors |
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- 1 x RGB LED connector |
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- 1 x TPM module connector |
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- 1 x Serial port connector |
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- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector |
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- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper |
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Back Panel I/O Ports |
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port |
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- 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A ports |
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- 1 x DVI-D port |
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- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A port |
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- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port |
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- 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports |
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- 1 x HDMI port |
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- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port |
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- 5 x OFC audio jacks |
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- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector |
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Dimension |
12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) |
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ATX Form Factor |
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Mounting |
9 mounting holes |
