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The motherboard follows a standard ATX form factor (30.5 x 24.4cm). The motherboard is located in the Aorus high-end range of the Ryzen desktop processor product stack.
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| Size | ATX |
| Chipset | AMD X370 |
| Memory | 4 x DDR4 up to 3200 (OC) |
| Multi-GPU | CrossFireX, 2 x SLI |
| Expansion | PCIe 3.0 x16 (CPU): 2 (x16/x0, x8/x8) PCIe 2.0 x16 (Chipset): 1 (up to x4) PCIe 2.0 x1 (Chipset): 3 |
| Storage | 2 x M.2 (NVMe x4 or SATA 6Gbps) 6 x SATA 6Gbps 1x U.2 connector |
| Networking | Intel I211AT Gigabit Ethernet |
| Audio | Realtek ALC1220 codecs |
| USB | 2.0 / 3.1: multiple |
| Onboard Graphics | 1 x HDMI port, 1x Displayport |
With the X370 board MSI releases a high-end class product, I am not calling it enthusiast as it still lacks certain features. But it has plenty enough features to keep you busy for a while.
The Ryzen processor has its own 16 PCIe Gen 3 lanes available for your graphics solution. Ryzen has 24 PCIe 3.0 lanes of them yet 4 are being used to interface with the chipset. Then depending on the chipset used it adds gen 2.0 PCIe lanes through the chipset. The Gaming 5 has been fitted with LED Mystic light, all was kept subtle and can be configured on/off/animated and single (white) colored. The primary graphics slots as well as the DIMM slots have metal shielding.
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 3 x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
- 1 x DisplayPort
- 1 x HDMI 2.0 port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
- 5 x OFC audio jacks
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
The board has 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots which can be arranged in these slot configurations with graphics cards:
- 1-way mode - x16 / x0 / x0
- 2-way mode - x8 / x8 / x0
- 3-way mode - x8 / x8 / x4
As you can see, the primary two x16 slots are PCI Express Gen 3.0 configurations, that's plenty for regular graphics card setups up-to 2-way SLI/Crossfire. The motherboard comes with an 8-pin power connector. You'll get four DIMM slots that can be used for up-to 64GB of dual-channel memory. Up-to 3200 MHz supported in OC mode. Please do check compatible Memory and thus the QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
