MSI H170 Gaming M3 ATX Motherboard (LGA 1151)

MASTER THE GAME To master the game you need a masterful system. The MSI Enthusiast GAMING motherboards are honored with the suffix “M for Master” to cite its truly outstanding design, ready to guide you to the next level in gaming. Unmatched memory performance and stability With traditional memory design the memory signals are often distorted by electromagnetic signals from other components, making the system perform slower or become unstable. MSI introduces DDR4 Boost technology with optimized traces and fully isolated memory circuitry. This design ensures the memory signals stay pure for optimal performance and stability. An added XMP LED highlights an active Extreme Memory Profile for the best memory speed and stability setting. Dominate the game with lowest latency Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI® GAMING LAN, featuring carefully selected components to ensure the best online gaming experience without lag. True Gaming LAN with Killer™ Designed with gaming DNA, Killer™ LAN is optimized for championship level online and LAN eSports. The new Killer E2400 Intelligent Networking Platform, featuring Advanced Stream Detect 2.0, is built for maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Killer™ LAN automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge. Gaming optimized bandwith management Dedicated to giving you the best online gaming experience with optimized traffic prioritization and low latency, MSI GAMING LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games. LAN Protect Featuring 15KV anti-surge protection to shield your network from lightning strikes and static electricity, LAN Protect is a LAN connector designed to give you the best networking experience. It's highlighted with a red LED inside the RJ45 connector to show its functionality. Studio grade sound with AUDIO BOOST 3 With Audio Boost 3, powered by Nahimic Sound Technology, we're delivering the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. That way, you can enjoy breathtaking, crystal clear sound and music through 8-channel HD Audio or high impendence headphones and truly dominate the game. WITH NAHIMIC, ENJOY SOUND THAT PUSHES THE LIMITS OF REALITY . Nahimic sound technology has been approved for its quality and precision in projects undertaken by the military field and the aeronautics industry. It offers immersive virtual 7.1 sound in high definition using exclusive stereo equipment. GAMING HOTKEY Gaming Hotkey enables more functionality using your own keyboard. Simply assign functions or macros to any key and launch your favorite games, load overclocking profiles or do real-time overclocking with the push of a single button. The possibilities are endless! TOTAL FREEDOM, MAXIMUM EASE Easily program your most used commands to be executed with a single keystroke. You are free to choose any key you want. 2X FRONT USB 3.1 GEN1 With a clever placed USB 3.1 Gen1 front pin header, available on MSI motherboards, you can connect up to 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 devices directly to the front of your PC Chassis. This way you can easily enjoy fast USB speeds without having to use the hard-to-reach USB ports on the rear. FAST STORAGEWITH SATA EXPRESS SATA Express offers a solution in high speed storage through PCI-Express, providing more bandwidth for the latest generation SSDs up to 16 Gb/s. PUSH YOUR SSD HARDER WITH TURBO M.2 Delivering speeds up to 32Gb/s using Gen3 x4, Turbo M.2 is more than 5 times faster than a regular SATA III connection! Enjoy a blazing fast system boot up and insanely fast loading of applications and games with MSI motherboards. M.2 TO TURBO U.2 (optional) The U.2 Host Card delivers performance up to 32 Gb/s and allows support for next gen 2.5-inch SSDs using the U.2 connector. A redriver chip is added to increase data transfer speed. OC Essentials Meet the overclockers' swiss army knife; OC essentials is a set of tools that are essential to get the best performance out of your motherboard. These features increase stability, assist in trouble shooting, allow you to keep your complete system in check and allow for simple management. This way you can keep your mind on overclocking. ENHANCED CPU OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION Onboard overvoltage protection prevents overvoltage and short-circuit damage of the CPU and other components. A red LED near the 24 pin CPU power connector let you know that overvoltage protection is activated for easier troubleshooting. SteelSeries Certified Get ready to enjoy the best gaming experience with MSI & SteelSeries! Enthusiast gaming gear brand SteelSeries has officially approved MSI GAMING motherboards as ‘SteelSeries Certified (SSC)’. This certification is based on the performance demands and stability of MSI GAMING motherboards and SteelSeries products. Your SteelSeries headset, mouse and other top quality gaming gear works best on MSI GAMING motherboards. GAMING CERTIFIED Our GAMING motherboards are tested in our gaming lab, internet cafes and together with the world’s best eSports players to make sure you get top performance and reliability in the world’s most popular games. Through 24-hour on- and offline game testing, MSI ensures the onboard network configuration, audio reception and FPS performance are tested and tuned to perfection for you to enjoy the best possible gameplay experience. Only the motherboards that pass this test receive the GAMING CERTIFIED status and are considered true MSI® GAMING motherboards. MILITARY CLASS 5 COMPONENTS Military Class 5 is the latest evolution in high quality components. The Titanium Choke and Dark CAP ensure that your PC runs stable under extreme gaming conditions. Titanium Choke Titanium Choke uses a Titanium core that has better ability in thermal and higher temperature tolerance. This allows the Titanium Choke to run at a 220 degree Celsius high temperature, have a 40% higher current capacity, a 30% improvement in power efficiency and better overclocking power stability. DARK CAP With their aluminum core design, Dark CAPs has been a staple in high-end motherboard designs and provides lower Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) as well as its over-10-year lifespan. Optimized for multiple graphics cards This motherboard supports AMD CrossFire. Optimal PCI-Express slot placement allows for better fitting and airflow. That way, you can enjoy the best graphics at the highest framerate jumping from your screen when running an AMD CrossFire™ setup. THE ALL NEW, AWARD-WINNING CLICK BIOS 5 Explore the greatly improved, award-winning CLICK BIOS 5 and use it to tune your system to maximum performance to get the most out of your games. MSI CLICK BIOS 5 is the next generation UEFI BIOS with optimizations for Windows 10. Control your system in two modes: EZ mode, for the most used settings and functions. Advanced mode for more detailed settings and fine-tuning options to boost your system’ s performance. - Variety of options to boost your game performance - Next gen UEFI BIOS with award winning design - High-resolution multi language scalable font - Easy to use - Advanced overclocking GAMING DEVICE PORT MSI Gaming Device Port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high end gaming mice to fully utilize its speed. You can customize your mouse’ DPI to change accuracy and program macro combinations using the easy to use Mouse Master software to perform multiple commands with just one click. OBS STREAMING SOFTWARE Share your gaming achievements with the world! Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is world’s most popular open source software for video recording and live streaming. Show your friends your gaming progress live. OVERCLOCKING MADE EASY Outperform your competition with the MSI® GAMING APP which allows simultaneous control of both your Motherboard and Graphics Card's overclocking. CPU-Z MSI GAMING EDITION MSI has worked closely with CPUID to develop this special edition of CPU-Z featuring the famous MSI GAMING dragon. Use CPU-Z to gather key information on the main devices of your system, such as your CPU speed, Memory speed and timings, motherboard BIOS version and much more. SSD not fast enough? Try MSI RAMDisk! Get an unlimited RAMDisk for free (worth $35) with MSI GAMING motherboards. RAMDisk allows you to create a virtual drive from your system memory, enabling speeds up to 25x faster than a modern SSD. You can load complete games, speed up your browser or your page file significantly increasing system performance! You even increase your SSD's lifespan by using RAMDisk as it reduces unnecessary read and write operations to your SSD. PACKAGE CONTENT What's in the box? Check it out for yourself! Besides an abundance of necessary cables and connectors, you also get a cool Do-Not-Disturb door-hanger, a slick GAMING case badge and a stylish all black GAMING I/O shield. Connectivity Be sure to take full advantage of all the GAMING weapons by connecting your devices to the optimized ports.

General

Brand:	MSI
Release date:	August 2015
Package Dimensions:	350 x 270 x 66mm (L x W x T)
Categories:	Computers > Components > Motherboards
LSN:	XCY-4A4-QC2-3
Barcode:	0824142120767
Component For:	PC
Model Number:	H170 GAMING M3

Supported CPU

CPU Socket Type:	LGA 1151 (Socket H4)
Processor Series:	Intel® Celeron® • Intel® Pentium®

Chipset

Chipset:	Intel® H170
Chipset Family:	Intel

Memory

Channels Supported:	Dual-channel
ECC:	Yes
Maximum Memory Supported:	64 GB
Memory Standard:	DDR4-SDRAM
Slot Type:	DIMM
Supported Clock Speed:	2133
Unbuffered Memory:	Yes

Storage

SATA 6Gb/s:

6

Onboard

Audio Channels:	7.1 channels
Chassis Intrusion Detection:	Yes
Front Panel Audio Connectors:	Yes
USB Ports:	1

Expansion Slots

PCI Slots:	3
SLI / Crossfire Support:	2-Way CrossFireX

Rear Panel Ports

DVI-D:	1
Ethernet:	1
HDMI:	1
Headphone Out:	1
Mic In:	Yes
PS/2:	1
S/PDIF Out:	Yes
USB 2.0:	4

BIOS

BIOS Memory Size:	16 Mbit
BIOS Type:	UEFI AMI
Clear BIOS Jumper:	Yes

Power

Power Source:

ATX

Networking

Ethernet / LAN:	Yes
Ethernet Interface Type:	Gigabit Ethernet
Lan Chipset:	Atheros Killer E2400

Ports

USB 3.1 (Gen 2) Type-A Ports:

4

Physical Specification

Form Factor:	ATX
Item Depth (mm):	244
Item Width (mm):	304

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Solid build with plenty of features

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 | Review by: Jason N.

I've been running this board for a few months now with zero problems. Solid build quality, with 6 USB ports (4 rear, 2 front), M.2 support, and DDR4 amongst other features. Handles the hardcore gaming sessions during the day. Very little power draw at idle overnight when I leave PC on for downloads.

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