MSI 990FXA GAMING 32GB DDR3 AMD 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
Amazing sound with Audio Boost 2, powered by Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2
The highest frag and the lowest lag with Killer E2200 Game Networking
Military Class 4 components
Specialized production lines just for GAMING motherboards
OC Genie 4
Gaming Device Port
Click BIOS 4 (click here to visit our dedicated BIOS page)
Optimized for multiple graphics cards (CrossFire certified)
Take control with Command Center & Live Update 6

KILLER E2200 GAME NETWORKING KILL YOUR LAG!
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.

MSI USB 3.1  2X FASTER
USB 3.1 allows for speeds up to 10 Gbps, doubling the speed compared to USB 3.0 and 20x faster than legacy USB 2.0. USB 3.1 is even faster than SATAIII! Transferring your favorite games, music and movies over USB has never been faster.

FEATURE
2x faster than USB 3.0
20X faster than USB 2.0
Up to 10Gbps data transfer bandwidth
Boost transfer rate between your PC and external storage devices

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.

Features
Supports AMD FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron processors for AM3+ socket
Supports DDR3-2133(OC) Memory
USB 3.1 + SATA 6Gb/s
Audio Boost 2 : Reward Your Ears with True Quality
Killer Ethernet : Kill Your Lag
OC Genie 4 : Overclock in 1 Second
Click BIOS 4 : Easily Fine-tune Your System
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

Technical details

Model

Brand : MSI
Model : 990FXA GAMING

Specifications

CPU  : Supports AMD FX/ Phenom II/ Athlon II and Sempron processors for the AM3/ AM3+ socket
Chipset : AMD 990FX & SB950

Main Memory
4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB
Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz
Dual channel memory architecture

Slots
3x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
PCI_E2, PCI_E5 support up to PCIe 2.0 x16 speed
PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x4 speed
2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
1 x PCI slot

On-Board SATA
AMD SB950 Chipset
6x SATA 6Gb/s ports

RAID
Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID 10

USB

AMD SB950 Chipset
4x USB 2.0 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)

VIA VL806 Chipset
2x USB 3.0 ports available through the internal USB 3.0 connector

Asmedia 1142 Chipset
2x USB 3.1 ports on the back panel
These USB 3.0 ports do not support M-Flash recovery function.

Audio
Realtek ALC1150 Codec
7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
Supports S/PDIF output

LAN
Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller
1 x LAN port on the backpanel

Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports)
1 x USB 3.0 connector
1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
2 x 4-pin system fan connectors
2 x 3-pin system fan connectors
1 x Front panel audio connector
2x Front panel connectors
1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
1 x TPM module connector
1 x Serial port connector
1x S/PDIF-Out connector
1x Clear CMOS jumper
1x Slow mode booting switch

Back Panel I/O Ports
1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
8x USB 2.0 ports
2x USB 3.1 ports
1x Optical S/PDIF-Out connector
1x LAN (RJ45) port
6x OFC audio jacks

Multi-GPU Support
Supports 3-Way AMD CrossFireTM Technology
Supports 2-Way NVIDIA SLITM Technology
Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1.

Dimension
12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor

Mounting
9 mounting holes