MSI H81M-E33 16GB DDR3 Intel Motherboard

MSI's new Military Class 4 components support you while you are questing, racing, battling and shooting your way to the top. MSI's Military Class 4 components deliver record-breaking stability when you need to keep cool in the heat of battle. The new standard in stability built on a proven technology of high quality components.

Features
Supports 4th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket
Supports DDR3-1600 Memory
USB 3.0 + SATA 6Gb/s
Military Class 4: Top Quality & Stability
Military Class Essentials: Total Protection for Military Class Motherboards
OC Genie 4: Overclock in 1 Second
Click BIOS 4: Easily Fine-tune Your System
4K UHD Support: Ultra-high Definition Visual Experience
Command Center: Control & Customize Your PC Settings
Fast Boot: Quickly Boot Up & Enter OS in A Few Seconds
M-Flash: Simply Update & Backup Your BIOS
Live Update 5: Easily Update The Latest BIOS & Drivers

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
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
Board explorer gives you detailed info about on-board components on mouse-over. Quickly identify connected ports and devices.

OC Profile Preview
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.

4K UHD Support
Enjoy the awesome 4K UHD video playback now! MSI's 8 series motherboards that equip with HDMI port(s) supports the latest and the most innovative 4K UHD (2160p ultra-high definition) signal outputs to provide an unprecedented visual experience.

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

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

Intel® Smart Connect
Automatically pull data from cloud services for always updated content
Fast applications sync with cloud services, without the need for manual interaction
Great power efficiency as system wakes to a low power state to download content

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
Fan Curve Tuning helps to completely control all your fans to enable you to find the best balance of fan performance and silence.

Unlimited RAMDisk
Easily configure a RAMDisk to give an enormous speed boost to your system by storing your most used files in it.

Mobile Control
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
MSI Live Update 5 is a powerful and useful application for updating the latest BIOS and Drivers, saving your time and lowering the risk of updating. End-users can install and run the Live Update 5 software on their computers with the companion CD or downloading the app from the MSI website.

Features
Automatically Detect the BIOS/Driver/VGA/Utility Update
Support Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 32/64bit

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

Technical Details

Model

Brand : MSI
Model : H81M-E33

Specifications

CPU
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket

Chipset : Intel® H81 Express

Main Memory

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

Slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
1 x PCIe x1 slot

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 3.0
2 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel (rear x 2)

Audio

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

LAN
Supports Gb LAN 10/100/1000 by Realtek® RTL8111G

Internal I/O Connectors
1 x ATX 24-Pin power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
CPU x 1 / System x 2 FAN connectors
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
2 x SATAIII connectors
2 x SATAII connectors
2 x USB 2.0 connectors
1 x Serial port connector
1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
1 x Front Panel Audio connector
1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
4 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports
1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
1 x 3 in 1 audio jack
1 x Graphic Card port
1 x HDMI port

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 : 22.6cm(L) x 17.3cm(W) Micro-ATX Form Factor
Mounting : 6 mounting holes