Military Class Essentials

The core of Military Class 4 is based on the essentials which increase your stability in the worst conditions. The humidity protection and high temperature protection ensure your system surviving each environment, no matter how harsh. The new structure of the PCB limits EMI radiation. On top of that all the connectors have ESD protection in order to prevent short circuit.
 

HUMIDITY PROTECTION The latest Gen 4 Fabric PCB helps to against moisture cause by some humid conditions and environments.	ESD PROTECTION Anti-ESD ICs and fuses onboard helps to totally protect your motherboard from electrostatic damage.
EMI PROTECTION The optimized EMI-proof design helps to keep users safe when during a long-time computer operation.	HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTECTION Certificated Military Class 4 components help to work stable under some extreme conditions.

OC Genie 4

OC Genie 4 supercharges your speed experience! When used, OC Genie 4 accelerates your entire system and puts it into overdrive! Tuned by the professional overclockers, OC Genie 4 hands you record-breaking performance on a silver plate.

Click BIOS 4

The MSI Click BIOS 4 is the latest UEFI BIOS with optimizations for Windows 8. Not only reacting faster and running smoother, it also has better mouse support. This is all comes with many cool features, such as Hardware Monitor, Board Explorer, and OC Profile Preview. Benefits: - Optimizations for Latest Windows - Hardware Monitor - Board Explorer - OC Profile Preview

Hardware Monitor		Board Explorer		OC Profile Preview
Hardware monitor allows you to take control of your system through Total Fan and check your primary system characteristics in an easy graphical interface.		Board explorer gives you detailed info about on-board components on mouse-over. Quickly identify connected ports and devices. *Actual performance and photos vary by your system and model.		In the blink of an eye, you can see the differences between your current system settings and any of the eight profiles you can have stored.

USB 3.0

Compared to the 480Mbps provided by traditional USB 2.0, the all-new USB 3.0's 5Gb/s offers 10 times the transfer bandwidth, so transferring a Blu-ray movie takes less than one minute.

Features
- 10X Faster Than USB 2.0
- Up to 5Gb/s Data Transfer Bandwidth
- Boost Transfer Rate Between Your PC and External Storage Devices

Super RAID

MSI's exclusive Super RAID application helps to easily setup and configure to boost your system performance and stay current with automatic, no-wait updates to your e-mail, social networks, news, and more via the 3 Intel® key technologies:

3 Key Intel® Technologies:
- Intel® Rapid Start
- Intel® Smart Response*
- Intel® Smart Connect

*This feature only works on platform/model that supports Intel® Smart Response technology.

SATA 6Gb/s

SATA 6Gb/s provides double the bandwidth of traditional SATA 3Gb/s, and increases the data transfer rate between your motherboard and internal storage devices, such as 7200RPM HDDs, 10000RPM HDDs and SSDs. It's also the current trend for upcoming high-speed internal storage devices to break the existing bottleneck of a PC's performance.

Features
- 2X Faster Than SATA 3Gb/s
- Up to 6Gb/s Data Transfer Bandwidth
- Unleash True Performance of New HDDs/SSDs

Command Center

Command Center is the next-gen multi-function software platform and allows easy visual adjustment of system settings, automatically tune fans or give complete freedom. It features an integrated unlimited RAM disk. With the Command Center mobile version, you can remote and monitor your PC wirelessly via your iPhone or Android phone. Benefits: - System Settings Adjustment - Fan Curve Tuning - Unlimited RAMDisk - Mobile Control

Fan Curve Tuning		Unlimited RAMDisk		Mobile Control
Fan Curve Tuning helps to completely control all your fans to enable you to find the best balance of fan performance and silence.		Easily configure a RAMDisk to give an enormous speed boost to your system by storing your most used files in it.		MSI Command Center is an user-friendly and easy to use app that lets you control every aspect of your motherboard with your mobile device.

Fast Boot

No more waiting for entering O/S! MSI Fast Boot helps to make motherboards boot lightning fast. MSI also adds the GO2BIOS button with-in. Simply click it to reset your PC and then go straight to the system BIOS.

Live Update 5

M-Flash

Compared to common motherboards which need extra BIOS chips, MSI's M-Flash has a double advantage which doesn't need extra components and secondly, all your BIOS data will be saved in the USB drive. The stored data does not only have backup and upgrade function, moreover, it can also be seen as a portable BIOS chip which is actually able to boot up your PC.

Features
- Backup/Restore Your BIOS to/from Any USB Flash Disk
- Avoid Unnecessary Repair Due to Accident Failures During The Upgrading Process
- Earn more BIOS Lifespan by Reducing Unnecessary Rewriting Process

CPU 

• 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
 

Chipset 

• Intel® H81 Express Chipset
 

Main Memory

• Support two DDR3 DIMMs 1066/1333/1600 MHz, up to 16GB Max
- Supports Dual-Channel mode
 

 
Slots

• 1 x PCIE x16 slot
• 1 x PCIE x1 slot
• 2 x PCI slots 
 

On-Board SATA 

• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® H81 chipset 
- Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports two SATAIII ports (SATA1~2) by H81 

• SATAII controller integrated in Intel® H81 chipset 
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports two SATAII ports (SATA3~4) by H81

 

USB

• 2 x USB 3.0 rear IO ports by Intel® H81
• 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
 

Audio

• Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC887
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
 

LAN

• Supports LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek® RTL8111G
 

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 4 x SATA connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
- 1 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x 3-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x TPM Moudle connector
- 2 x System panel connectors
- 1 x Front Panel Audio connector
- 1 x Chasis intrusion connector
- 2 x USB power connector
 

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 x PS/2 mouse port
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x Serial port 
- 1 x Parallel port
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
- 1 x 3 in 1 audio jack
- 1 x Graphics port with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

 

BIOS

• The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.
 

Dimension

• 24.3cm(L) x 22.8cm(W) M-ATX Form Factor
 

 
Mounting

• 6 mounting holes