MSI MEG Z490 ACE (WI-FI)

Motherboard Specification

• Socket / CPU Support: Intel® Socket LGA1200 (Supports 10th Gen and 11th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold, and Celeron® Processors)
• Chipset: Intel® Z490
• Form Factor: ATX (12.0 in x 9.6 in / 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
• Memory Support: DDR4 (Supports up to DDR4 5000+(OC) / 4800(OC) MHz, Dual-Channel, Non-ECC Un-buffered, Intel® XMP)
• Memory Slots & Max Capacity: 4x DIMM slots, Up to 128 GB
• PCIe Expansion Slots:
  ◦ 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (PCI_E1 & PCI_E3 from CPU support PCIe 4.0 with 11th Gen CPUs, PCI_E5 from Z490 Chipset; supports 16/0/4 or 8/8/4 modes, 2-Way SLI / 3-Way CrossFire)
  ◦ 2x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots (from Z490 Chipset)
• M.2 Storage Slots:
  ◦ 1x M.2_1 slot (Key M, type 2242/2260/2280/22110; supports PCIe 4.0 x4 with 11th Gen CPU / PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA 6Gb/s with Chipset)
  ◦ 1x M.2_2 slot (Key M, type 2242/2260/2280 from Chipset) — supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA 6Gb/s
  ◦ 1x M.2_3 slot (Key M, type 2242/2260/2280 from Chipset) — supports PCIe 3.0 x4
• SATA Ports: 6x SATA 6Gb/s (Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 for SATA storage)
• Rear I/O USB Ports:
  ◦ 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps Type-C® (ASMedia® ASM3241)
  ◦ 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-A
  ◦ 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A
  ◦ 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
• Internal Front Panel USB Headers:
  ◦ 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-C® header
  ◦ 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header (supports 2 additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports)
  ◦ 2x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports)
• Networking & Connectivity: Dual LAN (1x Realtek® RTL8125B 2.5Gbps LAN + 1x Intel® I219-V 1Gbps LAN), Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (802.11ax 2x2, up to 2.4Gbps), Bluetooth 5.1
• Display Outputs: None (Requires dedicated graphics card)
• Audio Codec: Realtek® ALC1220 Codec + ESS SABRE9018Q2C Combo DAC (7.1-Channel High Definition Audio, Audio Boost HD, Optical S/PDIF out)
• Power Delivery / Power Connectors: 16+1 Phase 90A Smart Power Stage (SPS) Digital VRM, 1x 24-pin ATX Main Power connector, 2x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connectors
• RGB & Fan Headers:
  ◦ 1x 4-pin CPU Fan header
  ◦ 1x 4-pin Water Pump Fan header
  ◦ 6x 4-pin System Fan headers
  ◦ 2x 3-pin RAINBOW ARGB headers (5V)
  ◦ 1x 4-pin RGB LED header (12V)
  ◦ 1x Corsair RGB header
• Special Features: Frozr Heatsink with small active cooling fan, MOSFET Baseplate chest plate, M.2 Shield Frozr, Smart Button (Reset/Safe Boot/Turbo Fan/EZ LED), Clear CMOS button, Flash BIOS button, 2-Digit Debug Code LED, PS/2 Combo port