MSI Z87-G43 GAMING Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) Motherboard
i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron Support (4th Gen), ATX, DDR3 (max 32GB), 4 x USB3, 8 x USB2, 6 x SATA3, DSub, DVI-D, HDMI
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i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron Support (4th Gen), ATX, DDR3 (max 32GB), 4 x USB3, 8 x USB2, 6 x SATA3, DSub, DVI-D, HDMI
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 | Intel LGA1150 4th Generation Core CPU Support
This motherboard supports Intel 4th generation Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron processors in the LGA1150 package, with iGPU, memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support onboard graphics output with dedicated chipsets, 2-channel DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes. This provides great graphics performance. Intel 4th generation Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron processors are among the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world. |
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Intel Z87 Express Chipset The Intel Z87 Express Chipset is a single-chipset design that supports socket LGA1150 4th generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, Z87 provides a maximum six USB 3.0 ports and six SATA III 6Gb/s ports for faster data retrieval. Moreover, the Intel Z87 Express Chipset also supports iGPU functions, letting users enjoy the latest Intel integrated graphics performance. |
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MSI GAMING Series 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. |
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Military Class 4 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. |
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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 new structure of the PCB limits EMI radiation. On top of that all the connectors have ESD protection in order to prevent short circuit. |
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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 professional overclockers, OC Genie 4 hands you record-breaking performance on a silver plate. |
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4K UHD HDMI Support Enjoy awesome 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) video playback now! MSI's 8 series motherboards that equip an HDMI port(s) supports the latest and the most innovative 4K UHD (2160p ultra-high definition) signal outputs to provide an unprecedented visual experience. |
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MSI VGA Boost MSI VGA Boost is one of MSI's exclusive ways to support gamers to fully engage in their virtual world. VGA Boost increases the power limitations for MSI GAMING graphics cards when inserted in an MSI GAMING motherboard. It simply upgrades your Power Tuning and current limits allowing your graphics to boost to higher clock speeds when your gaming graphics get more intense and sustain maximum performance for a longer time. This is all supported because of the power design for the PCI Express slots and the build quality of MSI Graphics cards. Now, matching MSI gaming hardware not only gives your gaming PC some fiery red dragon looks but also your gaming experience will benefit from a powerful boost in graphics. |
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AMD CrossfireX Multi-GPU Support AMD CrossFireX is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Enabling game-dominating 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. |
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Dual-Channel DDR3 3000(OC) MHz Support The motherboard supports 32GB DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of up to 3000(OC) MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications. |
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Total Fan Control Total Fan Control gives you complete control of all your fans to enable you to find the best balance of fan performance and silence. Because you can also monitor and record all your fan information, a great pool of information is available to base the fan settings on. |
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Dragon Heat Sink With an awesome product comes an inspiring heat sink! Styled after the iconic MSI GAMING Dragon. The heat sink is oversized to provide the best thermal transfer and heat dissipation to enable your PC to just game 24 hours per day. |
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Audio Boost Reward your ears with true quality. Get ready for ear-drum shattering sound, with MSI Audio Boost! With Audio Boost we're delivering the highest audio quality so you can enjoy crystal clear sound and music in games. Because the complete audio circuitry is isolated from other features, you'll enjoy less interference and more stability. The built-in headphone amplifier allows you to use studio-grade headgear and get the most amazing sound quality out of your gaming PC. |
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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 |
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SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s provides double the bandwidth of traditional SATA 3Gb/s, and increases the data transfer rate between your motherboard and internal storage devices, such as 7200RPM HDDs, 10000RPM 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. |
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USB 3.0 Compared to the 480Mbps provided by traditional USB 2.0, the all-new USB 3.0's 5Gb/s offers 10 times the transfer bandwidth, so transferring a Blu-ray movie takes less than one minute. MSI also has implemented a front panel USB 3.0 port, making the use of an external USB 3.0 device even more convenient. |
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Super RAID MSI's exclusive Super RAID application helps to easily setup and configure 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, Intel Rapid Start, Intel Smart Response and Intel Smart Connect. |
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Killer E2200 Game Networking 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. Through the detection and prioritization of gaming traffic you can finally fully utilize your network without fear of being kicked from an on-line game because of high ping. This enables true multi-tasking without manually enabling or disabling applications, updates and installations. Killer networking actually allows you to use your PC 24 hours a day. |
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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. Click BIOS 4 comes with many cool features, such as Hardware Monitor, Board Explorer, and OC Profile Preview. Hardware monitor allows you to take control of your system through Total Fan and check your primary system characteristics in an easy graphical interface. Board explorer gives you detailed info about on-board components on mouse-over and let you quickly identify connected ports and devices. With OC Profile Preview you can see the differences between your current system settings and any of the eight profiles you can have stored. |
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MSI Command Center MSI Command Center gives you complete freedom to adjust your system settings. Fan Curve Tuning helps to completely control all your fans to enable you to find the best balance of fan performance and silence. Easily configure a RAMDisk to give an enormous speed boost to your system by storing your most used files in RAM. MSI Command Center Mobile APP is a user-friendly app that lets you control every aspect of your motherboard with your mobile device. |
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Fast Boot No more waiting to enter your Opertating System! With MSI Fast Boot your motherboard will boot lightning fast. MSI also adds the GO2BIOS button. Simply click it to reset your PC and then go straight to the system BIOS. Ideal for users who make frequent changes to BIOS settings. |
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M-Flash Compared to common motherboards which need extra BIOS chips on the motherboard, MSI's M-Flash allows all of your BIOS data to be saved onto a USB drive. The stored data not only has backup and upgrade functions, it can also be seen as a portable BIOS chip which is actually able to boot up your PC. |
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Live Update 5 MSI Live Update 5 is a powerful application for updating the latest BIOS and Drivers, saving your time and lowering the risk of updating. End-users can install and run the Live Update 5 software on their computers with the companion CD or downloading the app free from the MSI website. |
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Windows 8 Ready This MSI mainboard is officially certified from Microsoft for Windows 8 compatibility. MSI are the only leading mainboard brand that runs 3DMark for Windows 8 successfully on their certified mainboards, which proves that MSI is fully ready for Windows 8 in terms of both software and hardware, safeguarding the Windows 8 system’s stability and compatibility for consumers and providing the best user experience! |
| Model Number | Z87-G43 Gaming |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Dimensions | 30.5cm x 24.5cm |
| Compatible Processors | Intel 4th Generation Core i7/i5/i3 Intel 4th Generation Pentium Intel 4th Generation Celeron |
| Socket Type | LGA 1150 |
| Power Design | 6 Phase |
| Chipset Manufacturer | Intel |
| Chipset Type | Z87 Express |
| RAM Installed / Max Capacity | 0 MB / 32 GB Max |
| RAM Slots | 4 x DDR3 DIMM |
| Supported RAM | DDR3 Non-ECC UDIMM |
| RAM Architecture | Dual-Channel |
| Supported RAM Speeds | 3000/2800/2600/2400/2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 Mhz |
| Expansion Slots Total (Free) | 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (@ x16)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x4) 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 3 x PCI |
| Video Controller | Supports Intel HD Graphics |
| Multi-GPU Support | Supports AMD CrossFireX |
| Ports Present & Quantity | 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
6 x USB 2.0 ports 2 x USB 3.0 ports 1 x RJ45 LAN jack 6 x OFC audio jacks 1 x Graphics card port 1 x DVI-D port 1 x HDMI port |
| Ports Present & Quantity | ATX 24-Pin power connector
8-pin ATX 12V power connector 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 2 x USB 2.0 connectors 1 x USB 3.0 connector 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header 1 x Serial port connector 1 x Front Panel Audio connector 2 x System panel connectors 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector 1 x Parallel port connector 1 x Clear CMOS jumper |
| Intel Z87 Express | 6 x SATA 6Gb/s (RAID 0,1,5,10) |
| Controller | Killer E2205 |
| Lan Speed | 10/100/1000 |
| Ports | 1 x LAN(RJ45) port |
| Wireless | N/A |
| Speed | N/A |
| Features | N/A |
| Controller | Realtek ALC1150 |
| Features | 8-Channel HD Audio |
| Feature List | Support for OC Genie 4
Support for Click BIOS 4 Support for Command Center Support for Fast Boot Support for Super RAID Support for M-Flash Support for Live Update 5 |
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