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Asus Prime Z270-A Motherboard
Asus Prime Z270-A
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MSI Z270 Gaming M3 Motherboard
MSI Z270 Gaming M3
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MSI Z270 SLI PLUS Motherboard
MSI Z270 SLI PLUS
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Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F Motherboard
Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F
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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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MSI's midrange Z270 board packs next-gen storage features, tasteful RGB lighting, and stealthy looks into a package under $200. We like it, but could do without the plastic flourishes that complicate installation.Read more
New AMD motherboards and Ryzen processors have been gathering the limelight for the past few weeks bRead 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 typeATXATXATXExtended ATX
Processor socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 2011

Memory

Supported memory bus clock
  • 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
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3600 MHz
  • 3800 MHz
  • 1600 MHz
  • 1333 MHz
  • 1066 MHz
  • 800 MHz
RAM technologyDDR4DDR4DDR4DDR3
Memory slots typeDIMMDIMMDIMM
N/A
Maximum RAM size64 GB64 GB64 GB512 GB
Number of memory slots444
N/A
Unbuffered memoryyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Memory channelsDualDualDual
N/A
Non-ECCyesyesyes
N/A

Technical details

Compatible processor series
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
N/A
Maximum number of processors1112
Data bus transfer rate
N/A
N/A
N/A
8 GT/s

BIOS

BIOS typeUEFI AMIUEFIUEFIAMI
BIOS features
  • 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 5MSI ClickBIOS 5
  • APM 1.2 support
  • ACPI 1.0 support
  • DMI 2.3 support
  • ACPI 2.0 support
  • SMBIOS 2.3 support
  • IPMI support
  • ACPI 3.0 support
  • UEFI BIOS
  • ACPI 4.0 support
BIOS memory size128.0 mB
N/A
N/A
N/A
ACPI version6.0
N/A
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Width12.01 in9.57 in9.61 in12.01 in
Depth9.61 in11.97 in12.01 in12.99 in

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