PROCESSOR

Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™, 11th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors for LGA 1200 socket12

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1. Onboard graphics output are disabled when using F SKU processors.

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

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CHIPSET

Intel® Z490 Chipset

MEMORY

• 2x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB 1

• Supports 1R 2133/2666/2933 MHz 1

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

o 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4600+ 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.

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EXPANSION SLOTS

• 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (From CPU)

Support up to PCIe 4.0 for 11th Gen Intel® CPU

Support up to PCIe 3.0 for 10th Gen Intel® CPU

ONBAORD GRAPHICS

• 1x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2304 @60Hz

• 1x HDMI™ port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 @30Hz

• Intel® JHL7540 Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller

• 1x Thunderbolt™ 3 [Type-C] port on the back panel

o Supports Thunderbolt™ 3 with a maximum resolution of 3840x2160 @60Hz or DisplayPort 1.4 with a maximum resolution of 4096x2304 @60 Hz

• Maximum shared memory is 1GB

THUNDERBOLT™ 3

• Intel® JHL7540 Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller

o 1x Thunderbolt™ 3 [USB Type-C] port on the back panel

o Supports up to 40 Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt 3 devices

o Supports up to 10 Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps devices

o Supports up to 5V/3A , 15W power charging

o Supports Daisy-chain up to six Thunderbolt™ 3 devices

STORAGE

• 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports 1

• 2x 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 2280 storage devices1

o M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2280 storage devices

o Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready 2

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

5. The SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA device into M2_1 slot.

6. 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

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

o Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices

USB

• Intel® Z490 Chipset

o 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps ports [1 Type-A port on the back panel, 1 Type-C internal connector]

o 4x USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps ports [2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 2 ports through the internal USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps connector]

o 4x USB 2.0 ports [2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 2 ports through the internal USB 2.0 connector]

• Intel® JHL7540 Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller

o 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps Type-C port on the back panel

AUDIO

Realtek® ALC1220 Codec

• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

• Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

• 1x Realtek® RTL8125B 2.5Gbps LAN controller

WIRELESS LAN & BLUETOOTH

Intel® AX201

• The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 [Key-E] slot

• Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz/ 5GHz [160MHz] up to 2.4Gbps

• Supports 802.11ac

• WiFi 6

• Supports Bluetooth® 5.1, FIPS, FISMA

INTERNAL CONNECTORS

• 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

• 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

• 4x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

• 2x M.2 slots [M-Key]

• 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps Type-C port

• 1x USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps connector [supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps ports]

• 1x USB 2.0 connector [supports additional 2 USB 2.0 ports]

• 1x 4-pin CPU fan connector

• 1x 4-pin water-pump fan connector

• 1x 4-pin system fan connector

• 1x Front panel audio connector

• 2x System panel connectors

• 1x Chassis Intrusion connector

• 2x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors

• 1xTPM module connector

LED FEATURES

• 4x EZ Debug LED

BACK PANEL CONNECTORS

1. Display port

2. USB 2.0 ports

3. 2.5G LAN

4. Wi-Fi /Bluetooth Antenna Connectors

5. HD Audio Connectors

6. HDMI™ port

7. USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps (Type-A)

8. Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps)

9. USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps (Type-A)

10. Clear CMOS Button

11. Optical S/PDIF Out

DIMENSIONS

• 6.7 in. x 6.7 in. [17.0 cm x 17.0 cm]

• Mini-ITX Form Factor

MOUNTING

4 mounting holes

OPERATING SYSTEM

• Support for Windows® 10 64-bit