MSI
Intel Z87 Socket LGA1150 ATX Motherboard (Z87-G43)

Z87-G43

Features

Intel® Z87 Express Chipset

• Supports 4th Gen Intel® Core™/Pentium®/Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket
• Supports DDR3-3000(OC) Memory
• USB 3.0 + SATA 6Gb/s
• Military Class 4: Top Quality & Stability
• Military Class Essentials: Total Protection for Military Class Motherboards
• OC Genie 4: Overclock in 1 Second
• Click BIOS 4: Easily Fine-tune Your System
• 4K UHD Support: Ultra-high Definition Visual Experience
• 3 Display Outputs: HDMI/DVI/D-Sub Support
• PCI Express Gen 3: World's 1st PCI Express Gen 3 Motherboard Brand
• Multi-GPU: AMD CrossFire Support
• Sound Blaster Cinema: Realistic Surround Sound Experience
• Command Center: Control & Customize Your PC Settings
• Fast Boot: Quickly Boot Up & Enter OS in A Few Seconds
• Super RAID: Easily Setup & Configure Intel Technologies

Overview

Military Class 4

MSI's new Military Class 4 components support you while you are questing, racing, battling and shooting your way to the top. MSI's Military Class 4 components deliver record-breaking stability when you need to keep cool in the heat of battle. The new standard in stability built on a proven technology of high quality components.

SFC

• 10% Higher Power Efficiency
• Better Overclocking & Power Stability

Solid CAP

• Long Lifetime
• Low ESR
• Low Temperature

Military Class Essentials

The core of Military Class 4 is based on the essentials which increase your stability in the worst conditions. The humidity protection and high temperature protection ensure your system surviving each environment, no matter how harsh. The new structure of the PCB limits EMI radiation. On top of that all the connectors have ESD protection in order to prevent short circuit.

HUMIDITY PROTECTION

The latest Gen 4 Fabric PCB helps to against moisture cause by some humid conditions and environments.

ESD PROTECTION

Anti-ESD ICs and fuses onboard helps to totally protect your motherboard from electrostatic damage.

EMI PROTECTION

The optimized EMI-proof design helps to keep users safe when during a long-time computer operation.

HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTECTION

Certificated Military Class 4 components help to work stable under some extreme conditions.

OC Genie 4

OC Genie 4 supercharges your speed experience! When used, OC Genie 4 accelerates your entire system and puts it into overdrive! Tuned by the professional overclockers, OC Genie 4 hands you record-breaking performance on a silver plate.

Click BIOS 4

The MSI Click BIOS 4 is the latest UEFI BIOS with optimizations for Windows 8. Not only reacting faster and running smoother, it also has better mouse support. This is all comes with many cool features, such as Hardware Monitor, Board Explorer, and OC Profile Preview.

Benefits:

• Optimizations for Latest Windows
• Hardware Monitor
• Board Explorer

Hardware Monitor

Hardware monitor allows you to take control of your system through Total Fan and check your primary system characteristics in an easy graphical interface.

Board Explorer

Board explorer gives you detailed info about on-board components on mouse-over. Quickly identify connected ports and devices. *Actual performance and photos vary by your system and model.

OC Profile Preview

In the blink of an eye, you can see the differences between your current system settings and any of the eight profiles you can have stored.

AMD CrossFire

AMD CrossFireX™ is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Enabling game-dominatig power, AMD CrossFireX technology enables two or more discrete graphics processors to work together to improve graphics performance. AMD CrossFireX technology allows you to expand your system's graphics capabilities. It allows you the ability to scale your system's graphics horsepower as you need it, supporting up to four AMD Radeon™ HD graphics cards, making it the most scalable gaming platform ever. With an AMD CrossFireX gaming technology, the traditional graphics limitation exists no more, allowing you to enjoy higher performance as well as visual experience.

World's 1st PCI Express Gen 3 motherboard brand

With ultra-high 32GB/s transfer bandwidth, PCI Express Gen 3 provides a 2X faster transfer rate than the previous generation, this delivers amazing capabilities for true next generation extreme gaming.

Benefits:

• 2X bandwidth
• Increased efficiency and compatibility
• Extreme performance for current and next gen PCI Express cards

4K UHD Support

Enjoy the awesome 4K UHD video playback now! MSI's 8 series motherboards that equip with HDMI port(s) supports the latest and the most innovative 4K UHD (2160p ultra-high definition) signal outputs to provide an unprecedented visual experience.

Sound Blaster Cinema

Hear your enemies perfectly, even on an ear-drum shattering battlefield. Thanks to Sound Blaster Cinema, you're getting amazing surround sound with just stereo headphones. Your most important gaming sound effects are reproduced crystal clear allowing you to focus on your game even during extremely long gaming sessions. Powered by the SBX Pro Studio technologies, Sound Blaster Cinema enables you to clearly hear specific sounds in gaming environments, making your ears a decisive tool on the battlefield.

Super RAID

MSI's exclusive Super RAID application helps to easily setup and configure to boost your system performance and stay current with automatic, no-wait updates to your e-mail, social networks, news, and more via the 3 Intel® key technologies:

3 Key Intel® Technologies:

• Intel® Rapid Start
• Intel® Smart Response*
• Intel® Smart Connect

*This feature only works on platform/model that supports Intel® Smart Response technology.

USB 3.0

Compared to the 480Mbps provided by traditional USB 2.0, the all-new USB 3.0's 5Gb/s offers 10 times the transfer bandwidth, so transferring a Blu-ray movie takes less than one minute. Features

• 10X Faster Than USB 2.0
• Up to 5Gb/s Data Transfer Bandwidth
• Boost Transfer Rate Between Your PC and External Storage Devices

SATA 6Gb/s

SATA 6Gb/s provides double the bandwidth of traditional SATA 3Gb/s, and increases the data transfer rate between your motherboard and internal storage devices, such as 7200RPM HDDs, 10000RPM HDDs and SSDs. It's also the current trend for upcoming high-speed internal storage devices to break the existing bottleneck of a PC's performance.

Features

• 2X Faster Than SATA 3Gb/s
• Up to 6Gb/s Data Transfer Bandwidth
• Unleash True Performance of New HDDs/SSDs

3 Display Outputs

With the 4th Gen Intel® Core processors featuring Intel® HD Graphics core inside, MSI's 8 series motherboards that equip with 3 video ports support the triple display outputs a more flexible usage.

Command Center

Command Center is the next-gen multi-function software platform and allows easy visual adjustment of system settings, automatically tune fans or give complete freedom. It features an integrated unlimited RAM disk. With the Command Center mobile version, you can remote and monitor your PC wirelessly via your iPhone or Android phone.

Benefits:

• System Settings Adjustment
• Fan Curve Tuning
• Unlimited RAMDisk
• Mobile Control

Fan Curve Tuning

Fan Curve Tuning helps to completely control all your fans to enable you to find the best balance of fan performance and silence.

Unlimited RAMDisk

Easily configure a RAMDisk to give an enormous speed boost to your system by storing your most used files in it.

Mobile Control

MSI Command Center is an user-friendly and easy to use app that lets you control every aspect of your motherboard with your mobile device.

Fast Boot

No more waiting for entering O/S! MSI Fast Boot helps to make motherboards boot lightning fast. MSI also adds the GO2BIOS button with-in. Simply click it to reset your PC and then go straight to the system BIOS.

Live Update 5

MSI Live Update 5 is a powerful and useful application for updating the latest BIOS and Drivers, saving your time and lowering the risk of updating. End-users can install and run the Live Update 5 software on their computers with the companion CD or downloading the app from the MSI website.

Features

• Automatically Detect the BIOS/Driver/VGA/Utility Update
• Support Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 32/64bit

M-Flash

Compared to common motherboards which need extra BIOS chips, MSI's M-Flash has a double advantage which doesn't need extra components and secondly, all your BIOS data will be saved in the USB drive. The stored data does not only have backup and upgrade function, moreover, it can also be seen as a portable BIOS chip which is actually able to boot up your PC. Features

• Backup/Restore Your BIOS to/from Any USB Flash Disk
• Avoid Unnecessary Repair Due to Accident Failures During The Upgrading Process
• Earn more BIOS Lifespan by Reducing Unnecessary Rewriting Process

MSI Reminds You...
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