MSI Z77A-GD65 manual Mainboard Specifications, Processor Support

Getting Started

Mainboard Specifications

Processor Support

■3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium® / Celeron® processors in an LGA 1155 socket

(For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com/service/cpu-support)

Chipset

■ Intel® Z77 chipset

Memory Support

■4x DDR3 DIMMs support DDR3 2667*(OC)/ 2400*(OC)/ 2133*(OC)/ 1866*(OC)/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 DRAM (32GB Max)

■Supports Dual-Channel mode

(*OC = OverClocking, for more information on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi.com/service/test-report)

LAN

■ Supports LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Intel® 82579V

Audio

■Integrated HD audio codec by Realtek® ALC898

■8-channel audio with jack sensing

■Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

SATA

■4x SATA 6Gb/s ports

-(SATA1~2) by Intel® Z77

-(SATA7~8) by Asmedia® ASM1061**

-(**If you set external SATA 6Gb/s ports to AHCI mode, we highly recommend that you install Windows 7.)

■4x SATA 3Gb/s ports

-(SATA3~6) by Intel® Z77

RAID

■SATA1~6 support Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (AHCI/ RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 10) by Intel® Z77

USB 3.0

■2x USB 3.0 rear IO ports by Intel® Z77

■1x USB 3.0 onboard connector by Intel® Z77

Multi-GPU

■Supports ATI® CrossFireTM Technology

■Supports NVIDIA® SLITM Technology

■Supports Lucid® Virtu Universal MVP

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