Product Description

MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus Gaming Motherboard ATX

Supports 10th Generation Intel Core / Pentium Gold / Celeron Processors for LGA 1200 socket

Supports dual channel DDR4 memory up to 128GB (4800MHz)

Twin Turbo M.2 with M.2 Shield Frozr delivers transfer speeds of up to 32 GB/s for ultra-fast SSDs

Core Boost technology combines optimized power circuit layouts, double CPU power connectors, and a digital power design which allows for precise and steady current delivery to the CPU

On-board 2.5G LAN plus Gigabit LAN with with Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)

Pre-installed I/O Shielding for convenience and protection from electrostatic discharge

PROCESSOR

Supports 10^th Gen Intel^® Core™ and Pentium^® Gold / Celeron^® processors for LGA1200 socket ^1 2

Please go to intel.com for compatibility information.

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

See supported processors

CHIPSET

Intel^® Z490 Chipset

MEMORY

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

Supports 1R 2133/2666/2933 MHz ¹

1DPC 1R Max speed up to 4800+ MHz

1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4266+ 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)

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

See supported memory

EXPANSION SLOT

1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (from CPU)

1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (from PCH， supports x4 mode)

3x PCIe x1 slots (from PCH)

ONBOARD GRAPHICS

1x HDMI port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096×2160 @ 30Hz

1x DisplayPort port supports a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz

MULTI-GPU

Supports 2-Way AMD^® CrossFire^™ Technology

STORAGE

Intel^® Z490 Chipset

6x SATA 6Gb/s ports ¹

2x M.2 slots (Key M)

M2_1 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices ¹

M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices ²

Intel^® Optane^™ Memory Ready ³

Supports Intel^® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core^™ processors

SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_1 slot.

SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA/PCIe SSD in the M2_2 slot.

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, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices

USB

Intel^® Z490 Chipset

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

7x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports through the internal USB connectors, 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)

AUDIO

Realtek^® ALC1200-VD1 Codec

7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

1x Realtek^® RTL8125B-CG 2.5G LAN Controller