MSI MB Sc AM3+, 970A GAMING PRO CARBON, AMD 970, 4xDDR3, GbLAN, SATA3, USB 3.0C, ATX

CPU supports AMDFX™/ Phenom™ II/ Athlon™ II and Sempron™ processors for the AM3/ AM3+ socket

Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Hyper Transport Bus

• HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 4.8GT/s

Chipset

• AMD 970 and SB950 Chipset

Main Memory

• 4 x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB
• Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz
• Dual channel memory architecture

Slots

• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
- PCI_E2 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x16 speed
- PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x8 speed
• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
• 2 x PCI slots

Multi-GPU

• Supports 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ Technology*
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA SLI™ Technology*

* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1.

On-Board SATA

• AMD SB950 Chipset
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID 10

USB

• AMD SB950 Chipset
- 14x USB 2.0 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)

• VIA VL806 Chipset

- 4 x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB 3.0 connector)*

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

Audio

• Realtek ALC1150 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

• Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
- 1 x LAN port on the backpanel
* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 currently. The supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on the website if provided by vendor.

Internal I/O Connectors

-1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

-1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

-6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

-3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports)

-1 x USB 3.0 connector

-1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector

-2 x 4-pin system fan connectors

-2 x 3-pin system fan connectors

-1 x Front panel audio connector

-2 x System panel connectors

-1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

-1 x TPM module connector

-1 x Serial port connector

-1 x S/PDIF-Out connector

-1 x Clear CMOS jumper

-1 x Slow mode booting switch

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF-Out connector
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 6 x OFC audio jacks

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

Dimension
• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes.