MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X 64GB DDR4 Intel Motherboard

MSI just passed an incredible milestone of 3 million global fans in 2015. GAMING is the universal language we shared, and we built a stronger connection with all gamers. More than just pursuing hardware performance, we simulate countless gaming scenarios and gamers behaviors to excite gamers as well as power up your games. We play an active role in the global gaming community by sponsoring more than 15 pro gaming teams, gaming events and eSports tournaments worldwide. MSI is more than just a gaming hardware, we are determined to be the dominant player and put it at the forefront of the gaming industry.

GAME IN STYLE
Each game demands different skills, each gamer selects, customizes and levels their own gaming character. Why stop there? MSI Performance GAMING motherboards allow you to fully customize & personalize your gaming PC to any color you want while delivering top performance for a great gaming experience.

UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY
With traditional memory design the memory signals are often distorted by electromagnetic signals from other components, making the system perform slower or become unstable. MSI introduces DDR4 Boost technology with optimized traces and fully isolated memory circuitry. This design ensures the memory signals stay pure for optimal performance and stability. An added XMP LED highlights an active Extreme Memory Profile for the best memory speed and stability setting.

BLACK & WHITE HEATSINK DESIGN
Black & white heavy played premium heatsinks make sure your system stays cool during even the longest gaming sessions.

DOMINATE THE GAME WITH LOWEST LATENCY
Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN, featuring carefully selected components to ensure the best online gaming experience without lag.

DEDICATED GAMING LAN WITH INTEL
Experience a more fluid game with Intel i219 LAN. Intel i219 LAN is designed to deliver high performance when gaming, delivering more throughput than other solutions. Intel i219 LAN is optimized for championship level online and LAN eSports by reducing CPU overhead and offering exceptionally high TCP and UDP throughput. This way, your CPU can be used more effectively and you can enjoy more FPS when gaming.

GAMING OPTIMIZED BANDWITH MANAGEMENT
Dedicated to giving you the best online gaming experience with optimized traffic prioritization and low latency, MSI GAMING LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games.

MSI GAMING LAN MANAGER
Automatically prioritizes games above other applications
Allows you to change applications' traffic priority
Allows you to customize you to customize bandwidth for each application

LAN PROTECT
Featuring 15KV anti-surge protection to shield your network from lightning strikes and static electricity, LAN Protect is a LAN connector designed to give you the best networking experience.

REWARD YOUR EARS WITH STUDIO GRADE SOUND QUALITY
With Audio Boost 3, powered by Nahimic Sound Technology, we're delivering the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. That way, you can enjoy breathtaking, crystal clear sound and music through 8-channel HD Audio or high impendence headphones and truly dominate the game.

WITH NAHIMIC, ENJOY SOUND THAT PUSHES THE LIMITS OF REALITY .
Nahimic sound technology has been approved for its quality and precision in projects undertaken by the military field and the aeronautics industry. It offers immersive virtual 7.1 sound in high definition using exclusive stereo equipment. Nahimic lifts your gaming experience to a new level, offering you highly sought-after gaming benefits

GAME BOOST
Overclock your system instantly and generate more FPS in games with 1 push of a button using Game Boost! You can also easily enable XMP using the XMP button in Click BIOS.

GAMING HOTKEY
Gaming Hotkey enables more functionality using your own keyboard. Simply assign functions or macros to any key and launch your favorite games, load overclocking profiles or do real-time overclocking with the push of a single button. The possibilities are endless!

ENHANCED CPU OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION
Onboard overvoltage protection prevents overvoltage and short-circuit damage of the CPU and other components. A red LED near the 24 pin CPU power connector let you know that overvoltage protection is activated for easier troubleshooting.

EASY DIAGNOSTIC
MSI EZ Debug LED is an easy troubleshooting tool using 3 LEDs to indicate CPU / Memory / VGA operation every time you boot up your system. Run into trouble? Use the LEDs to easily identify the source of your problem and get back into operation quickly.

STEELSERIES CERTIFIED
Get ready to enjoy the best gaming experience with MSI & SteelSeries! Enthusiast gaming gear brand SteelSeries has officially approved MSI GAMING motherboards as ‘SteelSeries Certified (SSC)’. This certification is based on the performance demands and stability of MSI GAMING motherboards and SteelSeries products. Your SteelSeries headset, mouse and other top quality gaming gear works best on MSI GAMING motherboards.

GAMING CERTIFIED
Our GAMING motherboards are tested in our gaming lab, internet cafes and together with the world’s best eSports players to make sure you get top performance and reliability in the world’s most popular games. Through 24-hour on- and offline game testing, MSI ensures the onboard network configuration, audio reception and FPS performance are tested and tuned to perfection for you to enjoy the best possible gameplay experience. Only the motherboards that pass this test receive the GAMING CERTIFIED status and are considered true MSI GAMING motherboards.

GAMING DEVICE PORT
MSI Gaming Device Port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high end gaming mice to fully utilize its speed. You can customize your mouse’ DPI to change accuracy and program macro combinations using the easy to use Mouse Master software to perform multiple commands with just one click.

OBS STREAMING SOFTWARE
Share your gaming achievements with the world! Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is world’s most popular open source software for video recording and live streaming. Show your friends your gaming progress live.

CPU-Z MSI GAMING EDITION
MSI has worked closely with CPUID to develop this special edition of CPU-Z featuring the famous MSI GAMING dragon. Use CPU-Z to gather key information on the main devices of your system, such as your CPU speed, Memory speed and timings, motherboard BIOS version and much more.

Features
Supports 6th Gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors for LGA 1151 socket
Supports DDR4-3600+(OC) Memory
DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost
USB 3.1 Gen2 2X FASTER: USB 3.1 Gen2 offers performance twice as fast as a regular USB 3.0 connection
Turbo M.2 32Gb/s + Turbo U.2 ready + USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C + Type-A combo + SATA Express 10 Gb/s
GAMING LAN with LAN Protect, powered by Intel : The best online gaming experience with lowest latency
Audio Boost 3: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
Nahimic Audio Enhancer: Immersive sound quality that pushes the limits of reality
Military Class 5: The latest evolution in high quality components featuring the brand new Titanium Chokes
Guard-Pro: Improved Protection and Power Efficiency
MULTI-GPU with Steel Armor: Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports NVIDIA SLI & AMD Crossfire
OBS Streaming software: Share your gaming achievements with the world!
Game Boost: Generate more FPS in games with 1 push of a button
EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot
Overvoltage Protection:Prevent Unforeseen Damage
GAMING Hotkey: Launch your favorite games with a single button
Click BIOS 5: Award-winning brand new Click BIOS 5 with high resolution scalable font
SteelSeries Certified: Optimized for SteelSeries gaming gear
GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game testing by eSports players for the best gaming experience

Technical details

General
Brand : MSI
Model : Z170A Krait Gaming 3X

CPU
Supports 6th Gen Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel Pentium and Celeron processors for Socket LGA1151

Chipset
Z170 Chipset

Main Memory
4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
Supports DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
Dual channel memory architecture
Supports ECC, un-buffered memory
ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)
Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Slots
3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x0/x4 or x8/x8/x4 modes)
4 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

Onboard Graphics
1 x HDMI port, support a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz
1 x DVI-D port, support a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
 
Multi-GPU Support
Supports 3-Way AMD CrossFire Technology
Supports 2-Way NVIDIA SLI Technology

Storage
Intel Z170 Chipset
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports* (2 ports reserved for SATA Express port)
1 x M.2 slot
Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card**
1 x SATAe port (PCIe 3.0 x2)***
 Supports Intel Smart Response Technology for Intel Core processors

RAID
Intel Z170 Chipset
Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

USB
ASMedia ASM1142 Chipset
1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) port on the back panel
1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port on the back panel

Intel Z170 Chipset
6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors)
8 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)

Audio
Realtek ALC1150 Codec
7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
Supports S/PDIF output
 
LAN
1 x Intel I219-V Gigabit LAN controller

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 (2 ports reserved for SATA Express port)
1 x SATAe connector
2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
1 x Front panel audio connector
2 x Front panel connectors
1 x TPM module connector
1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x TBT connector 
 
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
4 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x DVI-D port
1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 port
1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
1 x HDMI port
1 x LAN (RJ45) port
2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
5 x OFC audio jacks

BIOS
1x 128 Mb flash
UEFI AMI BIOS
ACPI 5.0, PnP 1.0a, SM BIOS 2.8
Multi-language
 
Dimension
12 in. x 9.25 in. (30.5 cm x 23.5 cm)
ATX Form Factor

Mounting
6 mounting holes