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MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

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MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Towards:gaming
Form Factor:ATX
Socket:Intel LGA 1200
Chipset:Intel Z490
BIOS:Ami
RAM slots:DDR4 4 sl
RAM form factor:DIMM
RAM clock:4800 MHz
Sound (channels):7.1
Connectors:HDMI, M.2
Additional connectors:DisplayPort
Power connector:24 pin
Processor power:8+4 pin

Full size ATX overclocker motherboard based on the 2020 flagship Intel Z490 chipset. Equipped with an LGA 1200 processor socket, it is positioned as a high-end product from the MSI Arsenal Gaming family. Designed to complete high-performance gaming systems equipped with powerful discrete graphics cards. Thanks to the PCI-E 16x connector, reinforced with a steel plate, it is suitable for installing large-sized and massive top-end video cards with multi-slot cooling systems.

Guaranteed to support all 10th Gen Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron processors with Comet Lake (14nm) microarchitecture. Thanks to the advanced 14-phase digital CPU VRM power supply system and advanced overclocking functionality, the MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK motherboard will be of interest to enthusiasts who want to get maximum performance by fine-tuning the parameters of key system components manually. Equipped with two M.2 connectors with aluminium heat spreaders for high-speed SSD drives (one M.2 with PCI-E 4.0 x4 support). Two LAN controllers (Realtek RTL8125B-CG up to 2.5 Gbps and Intel I219V up to 1 Gbps) provide fast processing of intensive network traffic. For peripherals and external drives, there are 15 USB ports, including two USB 3.2 Type-C.

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Specifications MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Main
Featuresgaming for overclocking
SocketIntel LGA 1200
Form factorATX
Power phases14
VRM heatsink
LED lighting
Lighting syncMSI Mystic Light Sync
Size (HxW)305x244 mm
Chipset
ChipsetIntel Z490
BIOSAmi
UEFI BIOS
RAM
DDR44 slot(s)
Memory moduleDIMM
Operation mode2 channel
Max. clock frequency4800 MHz
Max. memory128 GB
XMP
Drive interface
SATA 3 (6Gbps)6
M.2 connector2
M.22xSATA/PCI-E 4x
M.2 SSD cooling
Integrated RAID controller / RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 /
Expansion slots
1x PCI-E slots2
PCI-E 16x slots2
PCI Modes16x/4x
PCI Express3.0
CrossFire (AMD)
Steel PCI-E connectors
Internal connections
TPM connector
USB 2.02
USB 3.2 gen11
USB C 3.2 gen11
Video outputs
HDMI output
DisplayPort
Integrated audio
AudiochipRealtek ALC1200-VD1
Sound (channels)7.1
Optical S/P-DIF
Network interfaces
LAN (RJ-45)2.5 Gbps / Realtek RTL8125B-CG /
LAN ports2
LAN controller1xRealtek RTL8125B-CG, 1xIntel I219V / Intel I219V (1Gb/s) /
External connections
USB 2.02
USB 3.2 gen14
USB 3.2 gen21
USB C 3.2 gen2x21
PS/21
Power connectors
Main power socket24 pin
CPU power8+4 pin
Fan power connectors8
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