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| CPU | Supports Intel i7 based processors in LGA1366 package. |
| Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only. |
| Intel X58 Chipset | - Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s |
| Intel ICH10R Chipset | - Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec. |
| - 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s. |
| - PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC. |
| - ACPI 2.0 compliant. |
| - Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10. |
| - Integrated AHCI controller. |
| Supports six unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600*/1800*/2133* (OC) DRAM, 24GB Max | - Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size |
| - Supports x8 / x16 data lines per DIMM |
| - Supports up to 3 channel mode |
| Slots | 3 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots |
| - supports ATI Crossfire |
| 2 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots |
| 2 PCI slot, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface |
| On-Board SATA | - Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed. |
| - Supports six SATAII ports by ICH10R (SATA1~6) |
| - Supports two SATAIII ports by Marvell SE9128 (SATA7~8) |
| MSI Reminds You... | The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk. |
| 2 USB 3.0 ports by NEC uPD720200F1 |
| LAN | Supports one PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL. |
| IEEE1394 / FireWire | - Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1) |
| - Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps. |
| Internal I/O Connectors | - ATX 24-Pin power connector |
| - 8-pin ATX 12V power connector |
| - CPU x 1 / System x 3 FAN connectors |
| - CD-in connector |
| - Front panel audio connector |
| - Front panel connector |
| - 1 x chasis intrusion connector |
| - 1 x serial port pinheader |
| - 3 x USB 2.0 connectors |
| - 6 x Serial ATAII connectors |
| - 2 x Serial ATAIII connectors |
| - 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port |
| - 1 x Reset Button |
| - 1 x Power Button |
| - 1 x Overclock Switch |
| - 1 x Clear CMOS jumper |
| - 1 x SPDIF-out connector |
| - 1 x TPM module connector |
| MSI Reminds You... | The floppy disk cable will be optional. |
| Back Panel I/O Ports | - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port |
| - 1 x PS/2 Mouse port |
| - 1 x Claer CMOS button |
| - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out |
| - 1 x Optical SPDIF-out |
| - 1 x IEEE1394 port |
| - 4 x USB 2.0 ports |
| - 2 x USB 3.0 ports |
| - 2 x eSATA ports |
| - 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack |
| - 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack |
| 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 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor |
| Mounting | 9 mounting holes. |
| Socket | 1366 |
| CPU (Max Support) | i7 |
| AM3 CPU Ready | N/A |
| FSB / Hyper Transport Bus | 6.4GT/s |
| Chipset | Intel X58+ICH10R |
| DDR2 Memory | N/A |
| DDR3 Memory | DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600*/1800*/2133* (OC) |
| Memory Channel | Triple |
| DIMM Slots | 6 |
| Max Memory (GB) | 24 |
| PCI-Ex16 | 3 |
| PCI-E Gen | Gen2 (2x16, 1x4) |
| PCI-Ex4 | N/A |
| PCI-Ex1 | 2 |
| PCI | 2 |
| IDE | N/A |
| SATAIII | 2 |
| SATAII | 6 |
| RAID | 0/1/5/10 |
| LAN | 10/100/1000*1 |
| TPM | 1 |
| USB 3.0 ports (Rear) | 2 |
| USB 2.0 ports (Rear) | 4 |
| Audio ports (Rear) | 6 |
| Serial ports (Rear) | N/A |
| Parallel ports (Rear) | N/A |
| 1394 ports (Rear) | 1 |
| eSATA | 2 |
| Display Port | N/A |
| VGA | N/A |
| HDMI | N/A |
| DVI | N/A |
| VGA Max Share Memory (MB) | N/A |
| DirectX | N/A |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| DrMOS | Y |
| APS | Y |
| Sideport Memory | N/A |
| SLI | Y |
| 3-way SLI | Y |
| Hybrid SLI | N/A |
| CrossFire | Y |
| Hybrid CrossFire | N/A |
| D-LED2 | N/A |
| Green Power Genie | N/A |