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MSI Z170A GAMING M3 Motherboard
  • LGA1151, Z170, 4xDDR4-3600(OC), 2xPCI-Ex16 v3.0, 2xPCI-Ex1 v3.0, 3xPCI, 6xSATA-III, 1xM.2, 2xSATAe, RAID, 1xGigLAN, 8Chl-HD, DVI, HDMI, ATX

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401470
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MSI Web Site
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Z170A GAMING M3
Shipping Weight:
2.5 KG (Includes product packaging)
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Date Added:
27/10/2015
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Z170AGAMINGM3, Z170A GAMING M3, MBMZ170AGMM3, MBM-Z170AGMM3, 4719072415327

Z170A GAMING M3  

  • Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1151 socket
  • Supports DDR4-3600+(OC) Memory
  • DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost
  • USB 3.1 Gen2 2X FASTER: USB 3.1 Gen2 offers performance twice as fast as a regular USB 3.0 connection
  • Turbo M.2 32Gb/s + Turbo U.2 ready + USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A + SATA 6Gb/s
  • GAMING LAN with LAN Protect, powered by Killer™: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency
  • Audio Boost 3: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
  • Nahimic Audio Enhancer: Immersive sound quality that pushes the limits of reality
  • Game Boost: This one goes up to eleven; generate more FPS in games with 1 push of a button
  • GAMING Hotkey: Launch your favorite games with a single button
  • OBS Streaming software: Share your gaming achievements with the world!
  • SteelSeries Certified: Optimized for SteelSeries gaming gear
  • Military Class 5: The latest evolution in high quality components featuring the brand new Titanium Chokes
  • MULTI-GPU with VGA Armor: VGA Armor PCI-E slots. Supports AMD Crossfire™
  • Click BIOS 5: Award-winning brand new Click BIOS 5 with high resolution scalable font
  •  GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game testing by eSports players for the best gaming experience

 Overview 

 

MASTER THE GAME

To master the game you need a masterful system. The MSI Enthusiast GAMING motherboards are honored with the suffix “M for Master” to cite its truly outstanding design, ready to guide you to the next level in gaming.

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Unmatched memory performance and stability

DDR4 Boost
XMP LED

With traditional memory design the memory signals are often distorted by electromagnetic signals from other components, making the system perform slower or become unstable. MSI introduces DDR4 Boost technology with optimized traces and fully isolated memory circuitry. This design ensures the memory signals stay pure for optimal performance and stability.

An added XMP LED highlights an active Extreme Memory Profile for the best memory speed and stability setting.

Gaming LAN

Dominate the game with lowest latency

Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI® GAMING LAN, featuring carefully selected components to ensure the best online gaming experience without lag.

Killer E2400

True Gaming LAN with Killer™

Designed with gaming DNA, Killer™ LAN is optimized for championship level online and LAN eSports.

The new Killer E2400 Intelligent Networking Platform, featuring Advanced Stream Detect 2.0, is built for maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Killer™ LAN automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge.

Gaming optimized bandwith management

Dedicated to giving you the best online gaming experience with optimized traffic prioritization and low latency, MSI GAMING LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games.

MSI GAMING LAN Manager

  • Automatically prioritizes games above other applications
  • Allows you to change applications' traffic priority
  • Allows you to customize you to customize bandwidth for each application
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LAN Protect

LAN Protect

Featuring 15KV anti-surge protection to shield your network from lightning strikes and static electricity, LAN Protect is a LAN connector designed to give you the best networking experience. It's highlighted with a red LED inside the RJ45 connector to show its functionality.

Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality

With Audio Boost 3, powered by Nahimic Sound Technology, we're delivering the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. That way, you can enjoy breathtaking, crystal clear sound and music through 8-channel HD Audio or high impendence headphones and truly dominate the game.

Nahimic Sound Technology

Nahimic Sound Technology

Golden Audio Jacks

Golden Audio Jacks

High Quality EMI-Shielded HD Audio Processor

High Quality EMI-Shielded HD Audio Processor

Isolated Audio PCB

Isolated Audio PCB

Chemi-Con Audio Capacitors

Chemi-Con Audio Capacitors

Dual Headphone Amplifiers

Dual Headphone Amplifiers

Front Dedicated Headphone Out

Front Dedicated Headphone Out

Convenient use of the front panel audio output while retaining high quality amplified sound.

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WITH NAHIMIC, ENJOY SOUND THAT PUSHES THE LIMITS OF REALITY .

Nahimic sound technology has been approved for its quality and precision in projects undertaken by the military field and the aeronautics industry. It offers immersive virtual 7.1 sound in high definition using exclusive stereo equipment.

Nahimic lifts your gaming experience to a new level, offering you highly sought-after gaming benefits:

 

Optimized for multiple graphics cards

AMD CrossFire

CrossFire support

This motherboard supports AMD CrossFire. Optimal PCI-Express slot placement allows for better fitting and airflow.

That way, you can enjoy the best graphics at the highest framerate jumping from your screen when running an AMD CrossFire™ setup.

Prevent damage!

Worried about damaging the PCI-Express slot or your graphics card because of the weight?

MSI® VGA Armor

With the increased size and weight of modern high end graphics cards, traditional PCI Express slots often show signs of bending or even breaking. Meet VGA Armor, strengthened PCI Express slots using more solder points to make sure you never have to worry about breaking off any of the slots.

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MSI® VGA ArmorReinforced, heavy soldered connections

Specifications

Socket: 1151

CPU (Max Support): i7

Chipset: Intel® Z170 Express

DDR4 Memory: 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz

Memory Channel: Dual

DIMM Slots: 4

Max Memory (GB): 64

PCI-Ex16: 2

PCI-E Gen: Gen3

PCI-Ex1: 2

PCI: 3

SATA Express: 2

SATAIII: 6

M.2 port: 1

TPM (header): 1

LAN: 10/100/1000*1

USB 3.1 ports(Front): 2(Gen1)

USB 3.1 ports (Rear):4(Gen1), 2(Gen2)

USB 2.0 ports (Front): 2

USB 2.0 ports (Rear): 2

Audio ports (Rear): 5+Optical SPDIF

HDMI: 1

DVI: 1

DirectX: DX12

Form Factor: ATX

CrossFire: Y

 

CPU

• Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core&trade 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
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs

 


Slots

• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots*
• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
• 3 x PCI slots
* The PCI_E4 slot will only run PCIe 3.0 x1 speed when the PCI_E1 or PCI_E3 slot is installed a device.
 

 
Onboard Graphics

• 1 x HDMI™ port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
• 1 x DVI-D port, supports a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
 

 
Multi-GPU

• Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
 


Storage

• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• 1 x M.2 slot
- 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 (optional)*

• 2 x  SATAe port
• Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors.

* The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
** SATAe port is backward compatible with SATA.
 


USB

• Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports on the back panel
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connector)
- 4 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 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 
- 1 x USB 2.0 connector (supports additional 2 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 Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Parallel port connector
- 1 x Slow mode switch
 

 
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 HDMI™ port
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 ports
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
- 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. (30.4 cm x 24.4 cm)
• ATX Form Factor
 


Mounting

• 9 mounting holes

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