MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z97 SATA 6Gb/s HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Description

The item is
MSI Motherboard MSI-Z97 PC Mate.
It is in
very good
condition.
One I/O shield is included.
We updated the BIOS to the latest version.
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MSI Z97 PC Mate compatibility review
The
MSI Z97 PC Mate
uses the Intel
LGA 1150
CPU socket. Any compatible Intel CPU will have the same socket entry. It uses the
DDR3
memory type, with maximum speeds of up to
2400 MHz
, and
4 DDR3 slots
allowing for a maximum total of
32 GB RAM
.
Conforming to the
ATX
standard, the
MSI Z97 PC Mate
should fit into the majority of cases.
ATX
is the most common form factor, and as such has a high degree of compatibility with other components while providing a decent number of slots to widen your expansion options.
The
MSI Z97 PC Mate
has
6 SATA 3.0 hard drive slots
. These allow for theoretical data transfer speeds of up to 6GB/s, as opposed to the 3GB/s of SATA 2.0. Generally speaking, only high performance hard drives, specifically solid-state drives, will be able to take advantage of the bandwidth potential of SATA 3.0 ports, though it is backwards compatible, so you do not
have
to take advantage.
The
MSI Z97 PC Mate
supports onboard graphics
. This allows for integrated graphics when paired with a compatible CPU that supports them. Integrated graphics are a cheap alternative to using a graphics card, but should be avoided when frequently using modern applications or games that require intense graphical processing. There are
2 PCIe x16 slots
on this motherboard. This means it is perfectly capable of accommodating the latest graphics cards, although it is important to try and use a graphics card with the same graphics card interface of
PCIe v3.0
, as anything below will not reach the motherboard’s potential, and anything above will have its performance slashed to the bandwidth maximum of the
MSI Z97 PC Mate
‘s
PCIe v3.0
. The
MSI Z97 PC Mate
supports up to
2
AMD Crossfire connected graphics cards for improved overall graphical performance at the cost of multiplied graphics-based power consumption as well as the price of the cards themselves.
Nvidia SLI is not supported.
The
MSI Z97 PC Mate
has
8 USB 2.0 slots
and
4 USB 3.0 slots
. USB 3.0 slots are theoretically capable of data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbit/s, which is over 10 times faster than the USB 2.0 top speed of 480 Mbit/s. Although USB 2.0 slots alone currently serve as well as ever, an upgrade would better future-proof your system as more USB 3.0 compatible peripherals emerge. USB 3.0 is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0, which means you do not even have to use the newer slot functionality if you do not wish to.