MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING 32GB DDR3 Intel Motherboard

MSI GAMING motherboards are designed to provide gamers with best-in-class features and technology. Backed by the imposing looks of MSI's Dragon, each motherboard is an engineering masterpiece tailored to gaming perfection.

THE BEST GAMING WEAPONS AT HAND
The highest frag and the lowest lag with Killer E2200 Game Networking
Crystal clear sound with Audio Boost
Top quality audio solution with Sound Blaster Cinema
Superb graphics with VGA Boost
Blazing fast booting with Smart Utilities
Gaming Device Port
Military Class 4 Components
OC Genie 4 & Click BIOS 4
Optimized for multiple graphics cards
Supports DDR3-3000 memory for super fast loading

Features
Supports 4th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket
Supports DDR3-3000(OC) Memory
mSATA + USB 3.0 + SATA 6Gb/s
Audio Boost: Reward Your Ears with True Quality
Killer Ethernet: Kill Your Lag
Military Class 4: Top Quality & Stability
OC Genie 4: Overclock in 1 Second
Click BIOS 4: Easily Fine-tune Your System
PCI Express Gen 3: World's 1st PCI Express Gen 3 Motherboard Brand
Multi-GPU: NVIDIA SLI & AMD CrossFire Support
Sound Blaster Cinema: Realistic Surround Sound Experience
Gaming Device Port: Optimized with Triple Gold-plating for High Polling Rate Gaming Devices
Total Fan Control: Optimize All Fan Speed As You Wish
Lucid Virtu MVP 2.0: Uncompromised Game Response Performance
Super Charger: Quickly Charge your iPad/iPhone/smartphones even under S0/S1/S3/S4/S5 mode

KILLER™ E2200
GAME NETWORKING
The Killer™ E2200 Intelligent Networking Platform is built for maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Featuring Advanced Stream Detect™, Killer E2200 automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge. With this exclusive, automatic traffic prioritization, games and real-time chat get priority over low-level system chatter, giving you the lowest latency for game data on the most controllable network hardware available.

AUDIO BOOST
Reward your ears with true quality. Get ready for ear-drum shattering sound, with MSI Audio Boost! With Audio Boost we're delivering the highest audio quality so you can enjoy crystal clear sound and music in games.

Because the complete audio circuitry is isolated from other features, you'll enjoy less interference and more stability.

The built-in headphone amplifier allows you to use studio-grade headgear and get the most amazing sound quality out of your gaming PC.
Studio level Integrated 600Ω Headphone amplifier
Golden audio jacks for pure audio signals
EMI shielded audio codec
High quality audio capacitors

TOP QUALITY AUDIO
WITH SOUND BLASTER CINEMA
Hear your enemies perfectly, even on an ear-drum shattering battlefield. Thanks to Sound Blaster Cinema, you're getting amazing surround sound with just stereo

headphones. Your most important gaming sound effects are reproduced crystal clear allowing you to focus on your game even during extremely long gaming sessions.

Powered by the SBX Pro Studio technologies, Sound Blaster Cinema enables you to clearly hear specific sounds in gaming environments, making your ears a decisive tool on the battlefield.

SMART UTILITIES
With MSI Smart Utilities you can combine hard drives, SSDs and mSATA into blazing fast bootable drives. Load your operating system, videos or even games faster than ever. You can now enjoy the benefits of bigger and faster storage, without all the trouble that normally surround RAID configurations.

STEAMOS SUPPORT
OUT OF THE BOX
MSI is committed to PC Gaming and that is why MSI GAMING motherboards support SteamOS by default. Because of this, MSI works close with numerous tier #1 system integrators that released their popular SteamBOX PC's.

FOCUS ON QUALITY
We put extra effort in increasing customer satisfaction. Our RMA rate has drastically decreased in the last few years.
To achieve the highest quality the MSI GAMING motherboards are developed by our most senior engineers on the most advanced production lines.

We are continuously improving our customer services, so in case you might run into a problem you can be assured we offer a fast response to your questions and hand you in depth information on the subject.

GAMING DEVICE PORT
MSI Gaming Device Port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high end gaming mice to fully utilize it's speed. This results in a much faster and smoother mouse response in games.

Gaming benefits
More responsive
Smoother gameplay

Faster reactions
Technical benefits
3x more gold than regular connectors
10x longer lifetime when plugging/un-plugging
Prevents oxidation

OC GENIE 4
OC Genie is the world's first built-in hardware overclocking technology on motherboards. With this one-second overclocking option we're giving you even more performance.

Just hit the button and your PC gets another adrenalin shot. Delivering up to 20% of free extra performance for the CPU, memory and iGPU.

BOOST YOUR FRAME RATE
Outperform your competition with the MSI GAMING APP which allows simultaneous control of both your Motherboard and Graphics Card's overclocking.

CLICK BIOS 4
The MSI Click BIOS 4 is the latest UEFI BIOS with optimizations for Windows 8. Not only that it also reacts faster, runs smoother and has better mouse support. And this all comes with many cool features. Click on the button on the right to visit our dedicated BIOS page and learn more.

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
This feature shows the user a visual representation of all the connectors of the motherboard and displays which devices are connected. In case of a device having a bad connection you can easily trace it with board explorer.

OC PROFILES PREVIEW
With OC profiles you can rapidly switch between settings and you can save up to 8 profiles. In the blink of an eye, you can see the differences between your current system settings and any of the stored profiles.

OPTIMIZED FOR MULTIPLE GRAPHICS CARDS
NVIDIA SLI/AMD CrossFireX/VirtuMVP 2.0
MSI GAMING motherboards feature one or more PCI-Express 3.0 slots, perfectly aligned and with enough space for an optimal airflow when using multiple graphics cards.

That way, you will never have to worry about an overheating PC, while you are enjoying the best graphics jumping off from your monitor when running a NVIDIA® SLI or AMD CrossFire gaming setup.

SUPER CHARGER
With MSI Super Charger you can simply deliver more power than regular USB chargers to your smartphone, tablet, USB game controller or portable console.
This allows you to quickly charge these devices for use when you're not gaming on your PC, eliminating the need for wall power sockets.

SMART FAN CONTROL
Smart Fan Control gives you complete control of all your fans on the motherboard, convenient for gamers and overclockers;
Users can real-time monitor the status of the fans
Set profiles
Record fan speed, voltage and temperate status into a log file.

DRAGON HEATSINK
With an awesome product comes an inspiring heatsink! Styled after the iconic MSI GAMING Dragon. The heatsink is oversized to provide the best thermal transfer and heat dissipation to enable your PC to just game 24 hours per day.

SUPPORTS DDR3-3000 MEMORY FOR SUPER FAST LOADING
Tired of everlasting loading screens? The MSI Gaming series motherboards offer support for DDR3-3000 MHz memory modules. That way, you will not have to miss out on any gaming action because your in-game levels will be loaded superfast!

OC ESSENTIALS
A small set of tools that are essential to get the best performance out of your motherboard. These features increase stability, assist in trouble shooting, allow you to keep your complete system in check and allow for simple management. This way you can keep your mind on gaming and be confident that you have the tools to maximize your performance.

PACKAGE CONTENT
What's in the box? Check it out for yourself! Besides a plethora of necessary cables and connectors you also get a cool Do-Not-Disturb door-hanger, a slick gaming case badge and a stylish gaming I/O panel.

Technical Details

Brand :  MSI
Model :   Z97-GD65

CPU
Supports 4th and 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® Processors for Socket LGA1150
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
 
Chipset :  Intel® Z97 Express Chipset
 
Main Memory
Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*(*OC) MHz DRAM, 32GB Max
Dual channel memory architecture
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
 
Slots
3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 modes)
4 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
 
Onboard Graphics
1 x VGA port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @60Hz, 24bpp
1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @60Hz, 24bpp
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp 
Multi-GPU
Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology*
Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.
 
On-Board SATA
Intel Z97 Express Chipset
1 x mSATA 6Gb/s port*
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)
Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
Supports Intel Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start
Technology and Intel Smart Connect Technology*
ASMedia ASM1061 Chipset
2x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA7~8)
The SATA6 port will be unavailable when a SSD installed in the mSATA port.
Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8. 
 
USB
 6 x USB 3.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
8 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB connectors*)

Audio
Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
Supports S/PDIF output
 
LAN :   1x Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*

Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-Pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports)
1 x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)
2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x Front panel audio connector
2 x System panel connectors
1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
1 x TPM module connector
1 x Serial port connector
7 x V-Check points (7x V-Check connectors)
1 x GO2BIOS button
1 x Power button
1 x Reset button
1 x OC Genie button
1 x Multi-BIOS switch
1 x OC Genie mode switch
1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
 
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
1 x Clear CMOS button
1 x Coaxial S/PDIF-out port
1 x Optical S/PDIF-out  port
2 x USB 2.0  ports
4 x USB 3.0  ports
1 x RJ45 LAN jack
6 OFC audio jacks
1 x VGA port
1 x DVI-D port
1 x HDMI port