MSI MEG Z790 ACE Gaming Motherboard (Supports 12th/13th Gen Intel Processors, LGA 1700, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, M.2)

INTEL Z790

Support Intel Core 14th/ 13th/ 12th Gen Processors, Intel Pentium Gold and Celeron Processors

LGA 1700

4x DDR5 UDIMM, Maximum Memory Capacity 192GB

Memory Support 7800+(OC)/ 7600(OC)/ 7400(OC)/ 7200(OC)/ 7000(OC)/ 6800(OC)/ 6600(OC)/ 6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(JEDEC)/ 5400(JEDEC)/ 5200(JEDEC)/ 5000(JEDEC)/ 4800(JEDEC) MHz

Max. overclocking frequency:

• 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 7800+ MHz

• 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 6600+ MHz

• 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 6400+ MHz

• 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 5600+ MHz

Supports Intel XMP3.0 OC

Supports Dual-Controller Dual-Channel mode

Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

1x Type-C DisplayPort

Supports a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz

*Available only on processors featuring integrated graphics.
**Graphics specifications may vary depending on the CPU installed.

Thunderbolt chip JHL8540

2x Thunderbolt4 (USB-C) ports Q’ty

Supports up to 40Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt devices

Supports up to 20Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices

Supports up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2 devices

Supports up to 5V/3A,15W power charging

Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4 devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices

Supports up to 8K display (need to connect the DisplayPort of the discrete graphics card to the Mini DisplayPort Input port on the back panel)

3x PCI-E x16 slot

PCI_E1 Gen PCIe 5.0 supports up to x16 (From CPU)

PCI_E2 Gen PCIe 5.0 supports up to x8 (From CPU)

PCI_E3 Gen PCIe 4.0 supports up to x4 (From Chipset)

*PCI_E1 slot will run at x8 speed when installing device in the PCI_E2 slot or M2_4 slot.
**M2_4 slot will be unavailable when installing device in the PCI_E2 slot.

AMD MULTI-GPU Support

5x M.2

M.2_1 Source (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 22110/2280/2260 devices

M.2_2 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 2280/2260 devices

M.2_3 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA mode, supports 2280/2260 devices

M.2_4 Source (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 5.0 x4 , supports 2280 devices

M.2_5 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA mode, supports 22110/2280/2260 devices

6x SATA 6G

*M2_4 slot will be unavailable when installing in the PCI_E2 slot.
**SATA7 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_5 slot.

Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

*SATA_A1_A2 do not support RAID function.

4x USB 2.0 (Front)

4x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A (Front)

7x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type A (Rear)

1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type C (Rear)

2x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type C (Front)

*To achieve 60W PD fast charging for JUSB6, the PD_PWR1 connector needs to be connected to the power supply unit.
**JUSB6 doesn’t support USB 2.0 device.

2x Intel 2.5Gbps LAN

Intel Wi-Fi 6E

The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot

Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz / 5GHz / 6GHz* (160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps

Supports 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax

Supports Bluetooth 5.3, FIPS, FISMA

* Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz may depend on every country’s regulations and will be ready in Windows 11.
** Bluetooth 5.3 will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 and Windows 11.

Realtek ALC4082 Codec + ESS ES9280AQ Combo DAC/HPA

7.1-Channel USB High Performance Audio

Supports S/PDIF output

Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback on front panel

1x Power Connector(ATX_PWR)

2x Power Connector(CPU_PWR)

1x Front Type-C Quick Charge Connector(PD_PWR1)

1x CPU Fan

2x Pump Fan

5x System Fan

2x Front Panel (JFP)

1x Chassis Intrusion (JCI)

1x Water Flow connector

1x Slow Mode Booting Jumper(JSLOW)

1x Front Audio (JAUD)

2x Thermal Sensor connectors(T_SEN)

1x Tuning Controller connector(JDASH)

3x Addressable V2 RGB LED connector (JARGB_V2)

1x RGB LED connector(JRGB)

1x TPM pin header(Support TPM 2.0)

4x USB 2.0 ports

2x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A ports

2x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type C ports

V-check point

1x EZ LED Control switch

4x EZ Debug LED