The Z97 MPOWER MAX AC ATX Desktop Motherboard from MSI is equipped with an LGA 1150 socket that lets you build a system using a 4th or 5th generation Intel Core, Pentium, or Celeron processor. You can connect multiple storage and optical drives using the eight internal SATA III ports. When you need to maintain the fast read and write times of an SSD, this motherboard offers a M.2 connector and an optional M.2 to SATA Express converter. It is built with two USB 2.0 and eight USB 3.0 ports for connecting to external storage drives, printers, and more. To help the system run multiple applications, the motherboard provides four RAM slots that can accept a total of 32 GB DDR3 memory modules. You can also use the RAM for running programs as a virtual drive, which is 20 times faster than the typical SSD.
The Z97 MPOWER MAX AC desktop motherboard is designed for overclocking the components in your system. It provides many features that allow the system to run stably while providing even faster performance that the CPU, graphics card, or RAM can offer. To accomplish this, the motherboard provides precise power to these components with additional PCB layers, capacitors, and a DigitALL Power PWM controller. MSI has built the motherboard with buttons that lets you easily overclock the system and tweak it systematically to achieve the fastest possible performance. They also improve the reliability of the motherboard by including military Class 4 components. To help maintain the temperature of the components, this motherboard can utilize a liquid cooling solution and even lets you directly connect it to the heatsink without a waterblock.
The Z97 MPOWER MAX AC desktop motherboard allows you to build a gaming system by supporting 3-way AMD CrossFire and 2-Way NVIDIA SLI technologies. This lets you install multiple graphics cards and link them together to provide faster frame rates at higher resolutions while playing highly detailed 3D games. To complete the multimedia experience, this motherboard provides 7.1-channel audio through gold-plated audio jacks. In addition, it comes with an integrated headphone amplifier that boosts the audio quality when listening with headphones. When you need to add more ports to your system, this motherboard has four PCI Express 2.0 slots. For connectivity, this motherboard provides Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11AC Wi-Fi to networks as well as Bluetooth 4.0 and Intel Wireless Display technology for connecting to devices.
MSI overclocking motherboards are equipped with all the necessary features to make sure you receive the most out of your system. The enhanced PWM with a large amount of power phases and a thermal design offer you stability.
- Eight PCB layers
- Increased humidity resistance
- Tight weave fiberglass PCB
- Increased ESD protection
Super Ferrite Chokes: built with a super-permeable ferrite core that allows it to run at a 95°F (35°C) lower temperature, have a 30% higher current capacity, a 20% improvement in power efficiency, and better overclocking power stability.
Dark CAP: provides lower Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) and has over a 10-year lifespan.
Humidity Protection: treated PCBs absorb 10% less moisture that helps prevent "Conductive Anodic Filament".
High Temperature Protection: key components have gone through military testing to ensure stable operation in harsh environments.
ESD Protection: each I/O port is protected against Electro Static Discharge.
EMI Protection: this motherboard complies with American FCC regulations to reduce the impact of electromagnetic interference.
ECO Power: with MSI ECO Center, you can physically cut the power to unused chips to save up to 29% power usage.
MSI Command Center Lite: this software tool does not need to be installed and does not use system resources to access important overclocking features.
RAMdisk: within MSI Command center, you can create a virtual drive from your system memory that is 20 times faster than a modern SSD.