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General
Motherboard type	ATX	ATX	Extended ATX
Processor socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1151	Socket B

Memory
Supported memory bus clock	2400 MHz 2133 MHz 2800 MHz 2600 MHz 3000 MHz 3200 MHz 3600 MHz 3800 MHz	2400 MHz 2133 MHz 2800 MHz 2600 MHz 3000 MHz 3200 MHz 3600 MHz 3800 MHz	1333 MHz 1066 MHz 800 MHz
RAM technology	DDR4	DDR4	DDR3
Memory slots type	DIMM	DIMM	N/A
Maximum RAM size	64 GB	64 GB	96 GB
Number of memory slots	4	4	12
Memory channels	Dual	Dual	N/A
Non-ECC	yes	yes	N/A
Memory voltage	N/A	N/A	1.5 V
ECC	N/A	N/A	yes

Technical details
Compatible processor series	Intel Celeron Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron Intel Pentium	N/A
Maximum number of processors	1	1	2

BIOS
BIOS type	UEFI	UEFI	AMI
BIOS features	MSI ClickBIOS 5	MSI ClickBIOS 5	IPMI support ACPI 3.0 support

Storage
Supported drive types	HDD SSD	HDD SSD	N/A
RAID levels	0 1 5 10	0 1 5 10	0 1 10

Rear panel I/O ports
S/PDIF out port	yes	N/A	N/A
Microphone input	yes	yes	N/A
Headphone outputs	1	1	N/A
HDMI ports quantity	1	1	N/A
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1	1	2
PS/2 ports quantity	1	1	2
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity	1	1	N/A
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity	1	1	N/A
DVI-D ports quantity	1	1	N/A
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	N/A	4	N/A
Serial ports quantity	N/A	N/A	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	N/A	N/A	1

Dimensions
Width	9.57 in	9.61 in	12.01 in
Depth	11.97 in	12.01 in	12.99 in

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