MSI Z270 Tomahawk Arctic Socket LGA1151 Gaming Motherboard

CPU

• Supports 6th/ 7th Gen Intel^® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel^® Pentium^® and Celeron^® processors for Socket LGA1151

Chipset

• Intel^® Z270 Chipset

Slots

• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x4/x1 modes)
• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
* The PCI_E4 slot will be unavailable when an M.2 PCIe SSD module has been installed in the M.2_2 slot.
** The PCI_E2/ PCI_E5 slot will be unavailable when an expansion card has been installed in the PCI_E3/ PCI_E6 slot.

Storage

• Intel^® Z270 Chipset
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
• 2 x M.2 slot (Key M)
– Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s
– Support PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card**
– M2_1 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage devices
– M2_2 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
– Supports Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready for all M.2 slots
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

* M.2 and SATA ports maximum support 2x M.2 PCIe SSDs + 6x SATA HDDs. Please refer to manual for more detail.
** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
*** Intel® Optane™ Technology is only supported when using 7th Gen processors. Before using Intel® Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.

RAID

• Intel^® Z270 Chipset
– Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
– Supports RAID 0 and RAID1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices*
* M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with M.2 GENIE. Please refer to manual for more detail.

USB

• ASMedia^® ASM2142 Chipset
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-C port on the back panel
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-A port on the back panel

• Intel^® Z270 Chipset
– 8 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
– 6 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

Audio

• Realtek^® ALC892 Codec
– 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
– Supports S/PDIF output

LAN 

• 1 x Intel^® I219-V Gigabit LAN controller

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
– 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
– 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
– 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
– 1 x 4-pin water pump fan connector
– 4 x 4-pin system fan connectors
– 1 x Front panel audio connector
– 2 x Front panel connectors
– 1 x RGB LED connector
– 1 x TPM module connector
– 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
– 1 x Serial port connector
– 1 x Parallel port connector
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel I/O Ports

– 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
– 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
– 1 x DVI-D port
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A port
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
– 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports
– 1 x HDMI™ port
– 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
– 5 x OFC audio jacks
– 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector