Description
Personalize Your Gaming Rig
Connect external RGB strips and sync other RGB capable gear to set up your own colour scheme using only 1 application: Mystic Light Sync. Select any of the colours from the palette using your smartphone or the MSI Gaming App to match your system style. Feel like using a different colour? Completely change the look of your system in 1 second!
Fully Controllable Fan Headers
MSI FAN headers automatically detect fans running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your system stays silent, no matter what.
Your In-Game Advantage
Outsmart and outperform your opponents in-game using an array of unique MSI GAMING tools. Clever hardware & software tools, created to keep you one step ahead of the competition and boost your skills.
X-Boost Your Storage Performance
When enabled, X-Boost auto-detects and optimizes your SSDs to keep your system fast and maximize storage performance, making sure you reach the battlefield even quicker or saving you a lot of time when transferring data.
Intel Optane™ Ready
This new technological marvel brings game-changing performance to memory and storage devices. Allow Optane™ caching to boost your storage devices for an even faster gaming system!
Immerse Yourself into Virtual Worlds
Want the best of the best VR experience without any compromise? Through joint efforts with major VR brands, combined with unique MSI features geared to VR, MSI brings gamers and VR professionals a vivid, smooth and realistic experience in which content truly comes alive.
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Personalize your gaming rig
Customize and set up your own color scheme with RGB Mystic Light sync. Select any of the colors from the palette using your smartphone or the MSI Gaming App to match your system style. Bored of the same colors? Simply change the complete look of your system in 1 second! -
Stay cool while gaming
Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. Enough fan headers with full control are included to allow you to cool your system any way you want. -
Looking cool while keeping cool
High quality materials and smart fan optimizations contribute to cooling all essential components, which is key to making sure your system runs stable at the best performance during long gaming sessions. -
Fully controllable fan headers
MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans, giving you full control to set up a cool & silent system. The fan headers are conveniently placed with the most popular CPU coolers in mind. -
DC or PWM mode with hysteresis
MSI fan headers running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your system stays silent, no matter what. -
Total control in BIOS and software
Total Fan Control allows you to take control of your fans and check your primary system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically. -
Optimized for water cooling
Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & custom water cooling solutions on the market. A dedicated water pump PIN header supports up to 2 amp, giving you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked 'keep-out-zone' allows for easy and safe installation and a perfect fit. -
Your in-game advantage
Outsmart and outperform your opponents in-game using an array of unique MSI GAMING tools. Clever hardware & software tools, created to keep you one step ahead of the competition and boost your skills. -
Be the first on the battlefield
This MSI GAMING motherboard supports all the latest storage standards. This allows you to connect any ultra-fast storage device, giving you in-game benefits. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.
Specifications
Summary
- Product Description
- MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING - motherboard - ATX - LGA1151 Socket - B250
- Product Type
- Motherboard - ATX
- Chipset Type
- Intel B250
- Processor Socket
- 1 x LGA1151 Socket
- Compatible Processors
- Pentium, Celeron, Core i5, Core i3, Core i7 (supports 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Pentium / Celeron)
- Max RAM Size
- 64 GB
- RAM Supported
- 4 DIMM slots - DDR4
- Storage Ports
- 6 x SATA-600, 2 x M.2
- USB / FireWire Ports
- 1 x USB-C Gen 2 + 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 + 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 + 2 x USB 2.0 + (4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 + 4 x USB 2.0 via headers)
- Audio
- HD Audio (8-channel)
- LAN
- Gigabit Ethernet
Detailed Specification
General
- Product Type
- Motherboard - ATX
- Chipset Type
- Intel B250
- Processor Socket
- LGA1151 Socket
- Max Processors Qty
- 1
- Compatible Processors
- Pentium, Celeron, Core i5, Core i3, Core i7 (supports 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Pentium / Celeron)
Supported RAM
- Max Size
- 64 GB
- Technology
- DDR4
- Bus Clock
- 2400 MHz, 2133 MHz
- Features
- Dual channel memory architecture, Intel Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP)
Audio
- Type
- HD Audio (8-channel)
- Audio Codec
- Realtek ALC892
- Compliant Standards
- High Definition Audio
LAN
- Network Controller
- Intel I219V
- Network Interfaces
- Gigabit Ethernet
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Slots
- 1 x CPU , 4 x DIMM 288-pin , 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16/x4/x1 modes) , 3 x PCIe 3.0 x1
- Storage Interfaces
- SATA-600 -connectors: 6 x 7pin Serial ATA , SATA-600 / PCIe 3.0 -connectors: 2 x M.2
- Interfaces
- 1 x HDMI , 1 x LAN (Gigabit Ethernet) , 1 x TOSLINK , 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 , 2 x USB 2.0 , 1 x PS/2 keyboard / mouse , 1 x DVI-D , 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 , 1 x USB-C Gen2 , 1 x audio line-out - mini-jack , 1 x microphone - mini-jack , 1 x audio line-out (center/subwoofer) - mini-jack , 1 x audio line-out (rear) - mini-jack , 1 x audio line-in - mini-jack
- Internal Interfaces
- 4 x USB 2.0 - header , 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 - header , 1 x serial - header , 1 x audio - header , 1 x parallel - header
- Power Connectors
- 24-pin main power connector, 8-pin ATX12V connector
Features
- BIOS Features
- MSI ClickBIOS 5
- Hardware Features
- Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) support, AMD CrossFireX technology support, MSI Audio Boost, MSI Gaming Device Port, MSI Guard-Pro, Debug LED, MSI Mystic Light, MSI Steel Armor, MSI Military Class V, LAN Protect, Intel Optane Memory Ready
Miscellaneous
- Software Included
- MSI Command Center, RAMdisk, MSI Live Update 6, MSI Gaming Hotkey, MSI Gaming LAN Manager, MSI CPU-Z, MSI X-BOOST
- Width
- 30.4 cm
- Depth
- 24.3 cm
