MSI 970A SLI KRAIT EDITION AM3+

CPU
• Supports AMD® FX™, 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.

Chipset
• AMD® 970 & SB950

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

Slots
• 2x 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
• 2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
• 2x PCI slots

Multi-GPU Support
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
• Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ 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
- 12x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
• AsMedia ASM1042A
- 2x USB 3.0 ports available through the internal USB 3.0 connector
• AsMedia ASM1142
- 2x USB 3.1 ports on the back panel
* These USB 3.0 / USB 3.1 ports do not support M-Flash recovery function.

Audio
• Realtek® ALC887 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

LAN
• 1 x Realtek® 8111E Gigabit LAN

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 (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)
- 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
- 1 x 4-pin system fan connector
- 1 x 3-pin system fan connector
- 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 Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 x PS/2 mouse combo port
- 6 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x USB 3.1 ports
- 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 22.4 cm) ATX Form Factor

Mounting
• 9 mounting holes