Motherboard specifications -4, Chapter 1, Motherboard specifications – MSI A88XM GAMING User Manual

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Chapter 1

1-4

Getting Started

Motherboard Specifications

CPU

Support

AMD Socket FM2+/ FM2 A-Series/Athlon™ Processors

Chipset

AMD A88X

Memory

Support

4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB

Supports DDR3 2400 (OC)/ 2133/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333 MHz

Dual channel memory architecture

Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Supports AMD Memory Profile (AMP)

Supports Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Expansion

Slots

2x PCIe x16 slots

PCI_E1 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x16 speed*

PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x8 speed*

2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots

* Only FM2+ processors can support PCIe 3.0

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Graphics

1x VGA port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @

60Hz, 24bpp

1x DVI-D port, supporting the maximum resolutions of

2560x1600@60Hz, 24bpp/ 1920x1200 @ 60Hz, 24bpp

1x HDMI port, supporting the maximum resolutions of

4096x2160@24Hz, 36bpp*/ 3840x2160@30Hz, 36bpp*/

1920x1200@120Hz, 36bpp and 1920x1200@60Hz, 36bpp

1x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of

4096x2160@24HZ, 24bpp**

* Only support when using an FM2+ APU.

** The DisplayPort does not support "Hot-plug".

Multi-GPU

Support

Supports 2-Way AMD

®

CrossFire

TM

Technology*

* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Storage

AMD

®

A88X Chipset

8x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID 10

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USB

AMD

®

A88X Chipset

4x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available

through the internal USB connectors)

8x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available

through the internal USB connectors)

VIA VL806 Chipset

2x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel*

* These USB 3.0 ports do not support M-Flash recovery function.

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Audio

Realtek

®

ALC1150 Codec

7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

Supports S/PDIF output

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LAN

Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*

1x LAN port on the backpanel

* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 currently. The

supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on the website if provided

by vendor.

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