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MSI Z87-G41-PCMate S1150 Intel Z87 DDR3 ATX

MSI Z87-G41-PCMate S1150 Intel Z87 DDR3 ATX

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Quicklinx: 8QWHWS00 Mfr#: Z87-G41-PCMate
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Description

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.

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.

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.

  • Optimizations for Latest Windows
  • Hardware Monitor
  • Board Explorer
  • OC Profile Preview

Key Features

  • Intel® Z87 Express Chipset
  • Supports 4th Gen Intel® Core™/Pentium®/Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket
  • Supports DDR3-3000(OC) 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
  • 3 Display Outputs: HDMI/DVI/D-Sub Support
  • PCI Express Gen 3: World's 1st PCI Express Gen 3 Motherboard Brand
  • Multi-GPU: AMD CrossFire Support
  • Sound Blaster Cinema: Realistic Surround Sound Experience
  • Command Center: Control & Customize Your PC Settings
  • Fast Boot: Quickly Boot Up & Enter OS in A Few Seconds
  • Super RAID: Easily Setup & Configure Intel® Technologies
  • Military Class 4

    MSI's 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 standard in stability built on a proven technology of high quality components.
  • 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 structure of the PCB limits EMI radiation. On top of that all the connectors have ESD protection in order to prevent short circuit.
  • 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 UEFI BIOS with optimizations. 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.
  • AMD CrossFire

    AMD CrossFireX is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Enabling game-dominatig power, AMD CrossFireX technology enables two or more discrete graphics processors to work together to improve graphics performance. AMD CrossFireX technology allows you to expand your system's graphics capabilities. It allows you the ability to scale your system's graphics horsepower as you need it, supporting up to four AMD Radeon HD graphics cards, making it the most scalable gaming platform ever. With an AMD CrossFireX gaming technology, the traditional graphics limitation exists no more, allowing you to enjoy higher performance as well as visual experience.
  • World's PCI Express motherboard brand

    With ultra-high 32 Gb/s transfer bandwidth, PCI Express provides a 2x faster transfer rate than the previous generation, this delivers amazing capabilities for true extreme gaming.
  • 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.
  • Super RAID

    MSI's exclusive Super RAID application helps to easily setup and configures to boost your system performance and stay current with automatic, no-wait updates to your e-mail, social networks, news, and more via the 3 Intel key technologies.
  • USB 3.0

    Compared to the 480 Mbps provided by traditional USB 2.0, the USB 3.0's 5 Gb/s offers 10 times the transfer bandwidth, so transferring a Blu-ray movie takes less than one minute.
  • SATA 6 Gb/s

    SATA 6 Gb/s provides double the bandwidth of traditional SATA 3 Gb/s, and increases the data transfer rate between your motherboard and internal storage devices, such as 7200 RPM HDDs, 10000 RPM 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.
  • 3 Display Outputs

    With the Intel Core processors featuring Intel HD Graphics core inside, MSI's 8 series motherboards that equip with 3 video ports support the triple display outputs a more flexible usage.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Specifications

Summary

Product Description
MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate - motherboard - ATX - LGA1150 Socket - Z87
Product Type
Motherboard - ATX
Chipset Type
Intel Z87 Express
Processor Socket
1 x LGA1150 Socket
Compatible Processors
Pentium, Celeron, Core i5, Core i3, Core i7, Xeon E3-1200 series
Max RAM Size
32 GB
RAM Supported
4 DIMM slots - DDR3, non-ECC, unbuffered
Storage Ports
6 x SATA-600 (RAID)
USB / FireWire Ports
2 x USB 3.0 + 4 x USB 2.0 + (2 x USB 3.0 + 4 x USB 2.0 via headers)
Max Allocated RAM Size
1760 MB
Audio
HD Audio (8-channel)
LAN
Gigabit Ethernet


Detailed Specification

General

Product Type
Motherboard - ATX
Chipset Type
Intel Z87 Express
Processor Socket
LGA1150 Socket
Max Processors Qty
1
Compatible Processors
Pentium, Celeron, Core i5, Core i3, Core i7, Xeon E3-1200 series

Supported RAM

Max Size
32 GB
Technology
DDR3
Bus Clock
2400 MHz, 2200 MHz, 2000 MHz, 1600 MHz, 1333 MHz, 1066 MHz, 1866 MHz, 2133 MHz, 2800 MHz, 3000 MHz, 2600 MHz, 2666 MHz
Supported RAM Integrity Check
Non-ECC
Registered or Buffered
Unbuffered
Features
Dual channel memory architecture, Intel Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP)

Graphics

Max Allocated RAM Size
1760 MB

Audio

Type
HD Audio (8-channel)
Audio Codec
Realtek ALC887
Compliant Standards
High Definition Audio, Sound Blaster Cinema

LAN

Network Controller
Realtek RTL8111G
Network Interfaces
Gigabit Ethernet

Expansion / Connectivity

Expansion Slots
1 x CPU , 4 x DIMM 240-pin , 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 , 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode) , 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 , 2 x PCI
Storage Interfaces
SATA-600 -connectors: 6 x 7pin Serial ATA - 6 devices - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 10 / RAID 5
RAID Features
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
Interfaces
1 x LAN (Gigabit Ethernet) , 4 x USB 2.0 , 1 x PS/2 keyboard , 1 x PS/2 mouse , 2 x USB 3.0 , 1 x VGA , 1 x audio line-out - mini-jack , 1 x audio line-in - mini-jack , 1 x DVI-D , 1 x microphone - mini-jack , 1 x HDMI
Internal Interfaces
4 x USB 2.0 - header , 2 x USB 3.0 - header , 1 x audio - header , 1 x serial - header , 1 x parallel - header
Power Connectors
24-pin main power connector, 8-pin ATX12V connector

Features

BIOS Features
DMI support, MSI ClickBIOS 4
Hardware Features
Audio jack detect technology, Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) support, AMD CrossFireX technology support, MSI Military Class IV, Military Class Essentials, OC Genie 4, MSI Fast Boot, 4K Ultra HD ready, MSI Super RAID

Miscellaneous

Software Included
Drivers & Utilities, MSI Command Center
Compliant Standards
Plug and Play
Width
30.5 cm
Depth
24.4 cm
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