Supports 4th and 5th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket Supports DDR3-3300(OC) Memory M.2 + USB 3.0 + SATA 6Gb/s Audio Boost 2: Reward Your Ears with True Quality Killer Ethernet: Kill Your Lag USB Audio Power: Serve Stable 5V Power & Better Signal Transmission over USB XSplit Gamecaster: Show off Your Skills and Achievements Guard-Pro: Improved Protection and Power Efficiency OC Genie 4: Overclock in 1 Second Gaming App: Boost Your Frame Rate Click BIOS 4: Easily Fine-tune Your System Multi-GPU: NVIDIA SLI & AMD CrossFire Support Sound Blaster Cinema 2: Realistic Surround Sound Experience Gaming Device Port: Optimized with Triple Gold-plating for High Polling Rate Gaming Devices Product Description MSI Z97M Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard Model Brand MSI Model Z97M Gaming Supported CPU CPU Socket Type LGA 1150 CPU Type Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron (LGA1150) Chipsets Chipset Intel Z97 Memory Number of Memory Slots 4×240pin Memory Standard DDR3 3300(OC)/3200(OC)/2800(OC)/2600(OC)/2200(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 Maximum Memory Supported 32GB Channel Supported Dual Channel Expansion Slots PCI Express 3.0 x16 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 PCI Express x1 2 x PCI Express x1 Storage Devices SATA 6Gb/s 6 x SATA 6Gb/s M.2 1 x M.2 Onboard Video Onboard Video Chipset Supported only by CPU with integrated graphic Onboard Audio Audio Chipset Realtek ALC1150 Audio Channels 8 Channels Onboard LAN LAN Chipset Qualcomm Killer E2205 Max LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps Rear Panel Ports HDMI 1 x HDMI DisplayPort 1 x DisplayPort USB 3.0 6 x USB 3.0 USB 1.1/2.0 2 x USB 2.0 Audio Ports 6 Ports Internal I/O Connectors Onboard USB 2 x USB 3.0 + 4 x USB 2.0 Physical Spec Form Factor Micro ATX Power Pin 24 Pin