MSI - Z490 Godlike DDR4 M.2 Extended-ATX Socket 1200

PROCESSOR

Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ and Pentium® Gold /Celeron® processors for LGA 1200 socket

1. Onboard graphics output are disabled when using F SKU processors.

CHIPSET

Intel® Z490 Chipset

MEMORY

• 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB1
• Supports 1R 2133/2666/2933 MHz
  • 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 5000+ MHz
  • 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz
  • 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz
  • 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz
• Supports Dual-Channel mode
• Supports non-ECC mode, un-buffered memory
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

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

EXPANSION SLOTS

• 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, support x16/ x0/ x4 or x8/ x8/ x4 mode1
• 1x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

1. Please refer to page 33 for details.

MULTI-GPU

• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
• Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology

ONBOARD GRAPHICS

Intel® JHL7540 Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller

• 2x Thunderbolt™ 3 (Type-C) ports on the back panel
• Supports Thunderbolt™ 3 with a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 @60 Hz
• Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with a maximum resolution of 4096x2304 @60 Hz
• Maximum shared memory is 1GB

1. Thunderbolt 3 supports two displays in 4K resolution or one display in 5K resolution.

STORAGE

Intel® Z490 Chipset

• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports1,
• 3x M.2 slots (Key M)
  • M2_1 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
  • M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
  • M2_3 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
  • Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
  • Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

1. SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_1 slot.
2. SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SSD in the M2_2 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

Intel® Z490 Chipset

• Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 PCIe storage devices

USB

Intel® Z490 Chipset

• 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 1 Type-C internal connector)
• 6x USB 2.0 ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)

ASMedia® ASM1074 Chipset

• 8x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (4 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports through the internal USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors)

Intel® JHL7540 Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller

• 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-C ports on the back panel

AUDIO

Realtek® ALC1220 Codec + ESS E9018 combo DAC

• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
• Supports Optical S/PDIF output

THUNDERBOLT 3™

Intel® JHL7540 Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller

• 2x Thunderbolt™ 3 (USB Type-C) ports on the back panel
• Supports up to 40 Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt 3 devices
• Supports up to 10 Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps devices
• Supports up to 5V/3A , 15W power charging
• Supports Daisy-chain up to six ThunderboltTM 3 devices

LAN

• 1x Aquantia® AQC107 10G LAN controller
• 1x Realtek® RTL8125B 2.5G LAN controller

WIFI & BLUETOOTH

Intel® AX201

• The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot
• Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz/ 5GHz (160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps
• Supports 802.11ac
• WiFi 6 pre-certified
• Supports Bluetooth® 5.1, FIPS, FISMA

INTERNAL CONNECTORS

• 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 2x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
• 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
• 8x 4-pin system fan connectors
• 1x 3-pin Water Flow connector
• 1x Front panel audio connector
• 2x System panel connectors
• 1x Chassis Intrusion connector
• 2x 2-pin Thermal Sensors connectors
• 1x TPM module connector
• 1x 4-pin RGB LED connector
• 2x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors
• 1x 3-pin CORSAIR LED connector

BACK PANEL PORTS

DIMENSIONS

• 30.5 cm x 27.7 cm
• E-ATX Form Factor

MOUNTING

9 mounting holes

OPERATING SYSTEM

• Support for Windows® 10 64-bit