PROCESSOR

• Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors 1

• Processor socket LGA1200

See supported processors

CHIPSET

Intel® Z590 Chipset

MEMORY

• 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB 1

• Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel® CPU (by JEDEC & POR)

• Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933/ 3200 MHz for 11th Gen Intel® CPU (by JEDEC & POR) 1

o Max. overclocking frequency:

 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 5600 MHz

 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4800+ MHz

 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz

 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 x16 slots

o Support x16/x0/x4, x8/x8/x4, x8/x4+x4/x4, x8+x8/x0/x4, x8+(x4+x4)/x0/x4

o PCI_E1 & PCI_E2 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_E3 slot (From Z590 chipset) 1

 Supports up to PCIe 3.0

1. PCI_E3 will run at x1 speed when installing device in M2_4 slot.

MULTI-GPU

• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology

• Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology

THUNDERBOLT 4

Intel® JHL8540 Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller

• 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 (Type-C) ports on the back panel

o Support up to 40 Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt devices

o Support up to 20 Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices

o Support up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2 devices

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

o Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4 devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices

o Supports up to 8K display (need to connect the discrete graphics card to the Mini DisplayPort Input port on the back panel)

STORAGE

• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (from Z590 chipset)

• 4x M.2 slots (Key M)

o M2_1 (from CPU)

 Available only on 11th Gen Intel® CPU

 Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4

 Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

o M2_2 1, M2_3 2 & M2_4 slots (from Z590 chipset)

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

 M2_3 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

 M2_4 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices 3

 Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

o Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors 4

1. SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.

2. SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SSD in the M2_3 slot.

3. M2_4 will run at x2 speed when installing device in PCI_E3 slot.

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

• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

USB

Intel® Z590 Chipset

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

• 2x USB 2.0 ports are available through the internal USB 2.0 connector

Hub GL850G

• 2x USB 2.0 ports are available through the internal USB 2.0 connector

Asmedia® 1074 Chipset

• 10x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (6 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports are available through the internal USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectors)

AUDIO

Realtek® ALC4082 Codec + ESS ES9218PQ Combo DAC/HPA

• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

• Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

• 1x Aquantia® AQC107 10Gbps LAN controller

• 1x Intel® I225-V 2.5Gbps LAN controller

WIRELESS LAN & BLUETOOTH

Intel® WiFi-6E AX210

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

• Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz/ 5GHz/ 6GHz 1 (160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps

• Supports 802.11a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax

• Supports Bluetooth® 5.2 2 , FIPS, FISMA

1. Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz may depend on every country’s regulations and will be ready in WIN10 21H1.

2. Bluetooth 5.2 will be ready in WIN10 21H1.

INTERNAL CONNECTORS

• 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

• 2x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors

• 1x 6-pin ATX PCIE power connector

• 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

• 4x M.2 slots (M-Key)

• 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-C port

• 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors (supports additional 4 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 fan connector

• 8x 4-pin system fan connectors

• 1x 3-pin Water Flow connector

• 1x Front panel audio connector

• 2x System panel connectors

• 1x Chassis intrusion connector

• 2x 2-pin Thermal sensors connectors

• 1x TPM module connector

• 1x Tuning controller connector

LED FEATURE

• 1x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

• 4x EZ Debug LED

• 1x 4-pin RGB LED connector

• 2x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors

• 1x 3-pin CORSAIR LED connector

• 1x EZ LED Control switch

BACK PANEL PORTS

1. Clear CMOS Button

2. 2.5G LAN

3. 10G Super LAN

4. Thunderbolt 4 40Gbps (Type-C)

5. Wi-Fi / Bluetooth

6. HD Audio Connectors

7. Flash BIOS Button

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

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

10. Mini DisplayPort Input (for Thunderbolt passthrough)

11. Optical S/PDIF-Out

DIMENSIONS

• 12 in. x 10.9 in. (30.5 cm x 27.7 cm)

• E-ATX Form Factor

MOUNTING

9 mounting holes

OPERATING SYSTEM

• Support for Windows® 10 64-bit