MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt manual Mainboard Specifications, Processor Support

Getting Started

Mainboard Specifications

Processor Support

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

Chipset

■ Intel® Z77 chipset

Memory Support

■4x DDR3 DIMMs support for DDR3-1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*(OC), 2200*/ 2400*/2600*/2667*/2800*(OC, 22nm CPU required) MHz up to 32GB max

■Supports Dual-Channel mode

Network

■ Supports LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek® 8111E

Audio

■Integrated HD audio codec by Realtek® ALC892

■8-channel audio with jack sensing

■Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

SATA

■2x SATA 6Gb/s ports, (SATA1~2) by Intel® Z77

■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

Connectors & Buttons

■Back panel

-1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port

-1x Clear CMOS button

-1x Coaxial S/PDIF-out port

-1x Optical S/PDIF-out port

-4x USB 2.0 ports

-2x USB 3.0 ports

-1x LAN port

-6x audio ports

-1x HDMI® port**, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz

-1x VGA port**, supporting a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 @ 75 Hz

-1x Thunderbolt port** (Mini DisplayPort), supporting a maximum resolution of 2560x1600 @ 60Hz

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