Primeira placa-mãe socket LGA 1155 com a revisão G3, que vem com slots PCI-Express x16 Gen3 2011

A nova MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) é a primeira placa-mãe socket LGA 1155 com a revisão G3...
A grande novidade são os slots PCI-Express Gen3, é isso mesmo, Gen3, 3.0. A interface das futuras ATi Radeon HD 7xxx e nVidia GeForce GTX 6xx.

A nova MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) é totalmente compatível com SLI e CrossfireX.

Especificações (em inglês)

CPU
• Supports Intel® Sandy Bridge processors in LGA1155 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset
• Intel® Z68 (G3) Chipset

Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2133*(OC) DRAM, 32GB Max
- Supports 1GB/ 2GB/ 4GB/ 8GB DRAM size
- Supports Dual channel mode

Slots
• 2 PCI Express Gen3 x16 slots
• 3 PCIE x1 slots
• 2 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots.
- Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.

On-Board SATA
• SATAII controller integrated in Intel® Z68 (G3) chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports four SATAII ports (SATA3~6) by Z68 (G3) PCH

• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® Z68 (G3) chipset
- Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports two SATAIII ports (SATA1~2) by Z68 (G3) PCH
- SATA1~6 ports support RAID 0/1/5/10 mode by Intel Z68 (G3) PCH

• SATAIII controller integrated in Marvell® 88SE9128 chipset
- Supports two SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB 3.0
• 1 USB 3.0 internal connector by NEC® D720200
• 2 USB 3.0 rear I/O ports by NEC® D720200

Audio
• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC892
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec

LAN
• Supports one PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111E.

Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 4 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 1 x USB 3.0 connectors
- 4 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 4 x Serial ATAIII connectors
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x DLED3 connector
- 1 x Voltage Check Point
- 1 x Power button
- 1 x Reset button
- 1 x OC Genie button

Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard port
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF port
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x Graphics Card port
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack

MSI Reminds You...
• HDMI, DVI-D & Graphics Card ports can only work with CPUs with GPUs core inside.

BIOS
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

Dimension
• 30.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Fotos

Vídeo Unboxing(em inglês)