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Asus Prime H270-PLUS Motherboard
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MSI Z270 SLI PLUS Motherboard
MSI Z270 SLI PLUS
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The latest Intel Kaby Lake motherboards have just hit the market, and along with them a new set of chipsets. Although there are five new chipsets on the market, there are only two targeted towards consumers. H270 and Z270 motherboards are both very similar in many respects, but also very different. Z270 is geared towards consumers who want to push the limits of their hardware, and are willing to put in the work necessary to build a stable system. H270, on the other hand, is designed to provide consumers with highest level of stability. You don’t have to be incrediblyRead more
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Let's continue Intel's Kaby Lake's hype train this month with the ASUS Prime Z270-A motherboard.Read more
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How inexpensive can a motherboard be without giving up any of the Z270’s advanced features? How does MSI’s low cost Z270 SLI Plus address these? And how long will we continue using “Kaby Lake” headlines? We answer at least two of these questions!Read more
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General

Motherboard typeATXATXATX
Processor socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 1151

Memory

Supported memory bus clock
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2666 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3300 MHz
  • 3400 MHz
  • 3333 MHz
  • 3466 MHz
  • 3733 MHz
  • 3600 MHz
  • 3866 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3600 MHz
  • 3800 MHz
RAM technologyDDR4DDR4DDR4
Memory slots typeDIMMDIMMDIMM
Maximum RAM size64 GB64 GB64 GB
Number of memory slots444
Unbuffered memoryyesyes
N/A
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Non-ECCyesyesyes

Audio properties

Audio codecRealtek ALC887Realtek ALCS1220ARealtek ALC1220
Audio output channels7.17.17.1

Technical details

Compatible processor series
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
Maximum number of processors111

BIOS

BIOS typeUEFI AMIUEFI AMIUEFI
BIOS features
  • WfM 2.0 support
  • Multilingual BIOS
  • ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution
  • UEFI BIOS
  • ASUS EZ Flash 3
  • DMI 3.0 support
  • SMBIOS 3.0 support
  • ACPI 6.0 support
  • WfM 2.0 support
  • Multilingual BIOS
  • ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution
  • ASUS O.C. Profile
  • UEFI BIOS
  • ASUS EZ Flash 3
  • DMI 3.0 support
  • SMBIOS 3.0 support
  • ACPI 6.0 support
MSI ClickBIOS 5
ACPI version6.06.0
N/A
BIOS memory size
N/A
128.0 mB
N/A

Expansion slots

Number of M.2 (M) slots222
PCI Express x16 slots
N/A
N/A
3
PCI Express x1 slots
N/A
N/A
3

Internal I/O ports

S/PDIF out connectoryes
N/A
N/A
Number of COM connectors11
N/A
CPU fan connectoryesyesyes
Number of EATX power connectors11
N/A
Number of chassis fan connectors324
EPS power connector (8-pin)yes
N/A
yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Y
N/A
Y
Number of SATA III connectors666
Front panel connectoryesyesyes
12V power connector
N/A
yes
N/A
TPM connector
N/A
yesyes
Serial port headers
N/A
N/A
1

Rear panel I/O ports

Headphone outputs111
HDMI ports quantity111
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports1
N/A
1
PS/2 ports quantity211
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity444
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity1
N/A
N/A
DVI-D ports quantity111
S/PDIF out port
N/A
yes
N/A
Microphone input
N/A
yesyes
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity
N/A
11
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity
N/A
11
DisplayPorts quantity
N/A
1
N/A

Network

Ethernet LAN (Network)yesyesyes
LAN controllerRealtek RTL8111HIntel I219-V
N/A
Wi-Fi
N/A
N/A
no

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MSIZ270 SLI

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