MSI MEG Z790 ACE MAX, E-ATX - Intel 13th/12th Gen - 24+1+2 Phases, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, 2.5G LAN, Wi-Fi 7

MEG Z790 ACE MAX

Chipset	INTEL Z790
CPU	Support Intel® Core™ 14th/ 13th/ 12th Gen Processors, Intel® Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors LGA 1700
Memory	4x DDR5 UDIMM, Maximum Memory Capacity 256GB 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 6800+ MHz • 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 6400+ MHz • 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 6000+ MHz Supports Intel^® XMP3.0 OC Supports Dual-Controller Dual-Channel mode Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Onboard Graphics	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.
Slot	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.
Audio	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
Storage	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.
Multi-GPU	AMD MULTI-GPU Support
RAID	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.
Onboard Thunderbolt	Thunderbolt chip JHL8540 Thunderbolt Resource JHL8540 2x Thunderbolt4 ports (Rear) 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)
USB	4x USB 2.0 (Front) 4x USB 5Gbps Type A (Front) 7x USB 10Gbps Type A (Rear) 1x USB 10Gbps Type C (Rear) 2x USB 20Gbps Type C (Front) *To achieve 60W PD fast charging for JUSB6, the PD_PWR1 connector needs to be connected to the power supply unit.
LAN	2x Intel^® 2.5Gbps LAN
Internal IO	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 1x EZ Conn-header (JAF_1) 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) V-check point 4x USB 2.0 ports 2x USB 5Gbps Type A ports 2x USB 20Gbps Type C ports
WIRELESS LAN & BLUETOOTH	Wi-Fi 7 The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz / 5GHz / 6GHz* (320MHz) up to 5.8Gbps Supports 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax/ be Supports Bluetooth^® 5.4*, MLO, 4KQAM 6GHz band support may depend on every country’s regulations and Wi-Fi 7 will be ready in Windows 11 SV3. ** The Bluetooth version may be updated, please refer to the Wi-Fi chipset vendor’s website for details. Bluetooth 5.4 support schedule depends on MSFT Windows 11 plan.
LED FEATURE	1x EZ LED Control switch 4x EZ Debug LED 1x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
BACK PANEL PORTS	Clear CMOS Button Flash BIOS Button 2.5G LAN 2.5G LAN Thunderbolt 4 40Gbps (Type-C) Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Audio Connectors Smart Button USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps (Type-C Display port) USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps (Type-A) Mini DisplayPort Input (for Thunderbolt passthrough) Optical S/PDIF-Out
OPERATING SYSTEM	Support for Windows^® 11 64-bit
BOX CONTENT
PCB Info	E-ATX 277mmx304.8mm

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