MSI motherboards have been designed with tons of smart features for convenient setup and usage, such as pin-header keep out zone, friendly SATA & USB location and multiple cooling solutions, so DIY users can pick and choose any gaming rig they want.
USB / FireWire Ports1 x USB-C Gen 2 + 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 + 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 + 2 x USB 2.0 + (1 x USB-C Gen 2 + 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 + 4 x USB 2.0 via headers)
Expansion Slots1 x CPU ¦ 4 x DIMM 288-pin ¦ 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (PCIe 4.0 x16 mode (with 3rd Generation Ryzen CPU); PCIe 3.0 x16 mode (with 2nd Generation Ryzen CPU); PCIe 3.0 x8 mode (with Ryzen CPU with Radeon Vega Graphics / 2nd Generation Ryzen CPU with Radeon Graphics)) ¦ 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4 mode) ¦ 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1
Storage InterfacesSATA-600 -connectors: 6 x 7pin Serial ATA - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 10 ¦ SATA-600 / PCIe 4.0 -connectors: 1 x M.2 ¦ PCIe 4.0 -connectors: 1 x M.2
Interfaces1 x LAN (2.5Gigabit Ethernet) ¦ 1 x audio line-in - mini-jack ¦ 1 x audio line-out - mini-jack ¦ 1 x microphone - mini-jack ¦ 1 x TOSLINK ¦ 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ¦ 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ¦ 1 x audio line-out (center/subwoofer) - mini-jack ¦ 1 x audio line-out (rear) - mini-jack ¦ 1 x USB-C Gen2 ¦ 1 x PS/2 keyboard / mouse ¦ 2 x USB 2.0 ¦ 1 x HDMI
Internal Interfaces4 x USB 2.0 - header ¦ 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 - header ¦ 1 x serial - header ¦ 1 x USB-C Gen2 ¦ 1 x audio - header
Power Connectors4-pin ATX12V connector, 24-pin main power connector, 8-pin ATX12V connector
Features
BIOS TypeAMI
BIOS FeaturesUEFI BIOS, SMBIOS 2.8 support, ACPI 6.1 support
Hardware MonitoringCPU core temperature, chassis temperature, CPU fan tachometer, chassis fan tachometer