The MSI® Z170A GAMING M5 motherboard is designed to provide gamers the best gaming experience through genuine GAMING design, best-in-class gaming features & the latest technology. The Z170A GAMING M5 motherboard is an engineering masterpiece tailored to gaming perfection. **DDR4 BOOST & XMP LED** By fully isolating the memory circuitry from other components, DDR4 Boost ensures the memory signal to stay pure for maximum performance & stability. **TWIN TURBO M.2
- GEN3 X4** Twin Turbo M.2 delivers next generation M.2 performance through a PCI-Express 3.0 x 4 interface. Delivering transfer speeds 3 times as fast as conventional M.2 solutions, up to 64 Gb/s. **AUDIO BOOST 3 & NAHIMIC** The ultimate audio solution for gamers, powered by Nahimic Audio Enhancer. With dual OPA1652 AMPs & metal EMI Shielding you get breathtaking sound quality. **MSI GAMING LAN POWERED BY KILLER™** MSI GAMING LAN is powered by the Killer TM LAN E2400 Network Controller featuring intelligent AES 2.0 to automatically prioritize games above other applications. GAMING LAN uses LAN Protect with 15KV anti-surge protection for safety, highlighted with a red LED in the LAN port. **SPECIFICATIONS** Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® Processors CPU socket LGA 1151 Intel® Z170 Chipset Graphics interface
- 3 * PCI-E 3.0 x 16, Steel Armor PCI-E slots, 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI®, 3-Way AMD Cross Fire™ support Display Interface
- 1 * HDMI, 1 * DVI Port Â- Requires Processor Graphics Memory support
- 4 DIMMs, Dual Channel DDR4-3600+ (OC) Expansion slots
- 4 * PCI-E x 1 slots M.2 / SATA
- 2 * M.2 32 Gb/s, 6 * SATA 6 Gb/s (4 ports reserved for SATA Express) SATA RAID
- RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 Â- Available on SATA1 to SATA6 USB (Universal Serial Bus)
- 1 * USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C, 1 * USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A, 6* USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.1 Gen 1, 6 * USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 LAN
- 1 * Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN Audio
- 8-channel Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic