MSI Z590-A Pro LGA 1200 ATX MotherboardSPECIFICATIONS:



SPECIFIATIONS:

PROCESSOR

Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors¹

Processor socket LGA1200

1.      Please go to intel.com for compatibility information

See supported processors

CHIPSET

Intel^® Z590 Chipset

MEMORY

·        4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB ¹

o   Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel^® CPU (by JEDEC & POR)¹

o   Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933/ 3200 MHz for 11th Gen Intel^® CPU (by JEDEC & POR)

o   Max overclocking frequency:

§  1DPC 1R Max speed up to 5333 MHz

§  1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4700+ MHz

§  2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz

§  2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz

·        Supports Dual-Channel mode

·        Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

·        Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

1.      Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory

See supported memory

EXPANSION SLOT

·        2x PCIe x16 slots

o   Support x16/ x4

o   PCI_E1 (from CPU)

§  Supports up to PCIe 4.0 for 11th Gen Intel^® CPU

§  Supports up to PCIe 3.0 for 10th Gen Intel^® CPU

o   PCI_E3 (from Z590 chipset)

§  Supports up to PCIe 3.0

·        2x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots (from Z590 chipset)

ONBOARD GRAPHICS

·        1x HDMI 2.0b with HDR port, supports a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz ¹²

·        1x DisplayPort 1.4 port, supports a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz ¹²

1.      Available only on processors featuring integrated graphics.

2.      Graphics specifications may vary depending on the CPU installed.

MULTI-GPU

·        Supports 2-Way AMD^® CrossFire^™ Technology

STORAGE

·        6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (from Z590 chipset)

·        3x M.2 slots (Key M)

o   M2_1 slot (from CPU) ¹

§  Available only on 11th Gen Intel^® CPU

§  Supports up to PCIe 4.0x4

§  Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

o   M2_2¹, M2_3² slots (from Z590 chipset)

§  Support up to PCIe 3.0x4

§  Support up to SATA 6Gb/s

§  Support 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices

§  Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready ³

·        Support Intel^® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

1.      SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.

2.      SATA5 & SATA 6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SSD in the M2_3 slot.

3.      Before using Intel® Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.

RAID

·        Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

·        Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

USB

Intel^® Z590 Chipset

·        Intel^® Z590 Chipset

o   1x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps Type-C port on the back panel

o   2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports (1 Type-C internal connector and 1 Type-A port on the back panel)

o   6x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, and 4 ports are available through the internal USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors)

·        USB 2.0 Hubs GL850G

o   4x USB 2.0 Type-A ports on the back panel

o   4x USB 2.0 ports are available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors

AUDIO

Realtek^®ALC897 Codec

·        7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

LAN

·        1x Intel^® I225-V 2.5Gbps LAN controller

INTERNAL CONNECTORS

·        1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

·        1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

·        1x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

·        1x 6-pin ATX PCIe power connector

·        6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

·        3x M.2 slots (M-Key)

·        1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-C port

·        2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)

·        2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)

·        1x 4-pin CPU fan connector

·        1x 4-pin water-pump fan connector

·        6x 4-pin system fan connectors

·        1x Front panel audio connector

·        2x System panel connectors

·        1x Chassis Intrusion connector

·        1x Clear CMOS jumper

·        1x TPM module connector

·        1x Serial port connector

·        1x Tuning controller connector

·        1x TBT connector (Supports RTD3)

BACK PANEL PORTS

1.      Keyboard / Mouse

2.      DisplayPort

3.      USB 2.0

4.      LAN port

5.      Audio connector

6.      Flash BIOS Button

7.      USB 2.0

8.      HDMI

9.      USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A

10.  USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps Type-C

11.  USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-A

DIMENSIONS

·        ATX Form Factor

·        12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)

MOUNTING

9 mounting holes

OPERATING SYSTEM

Support for Windows^® 10 64-bit