MSI MEG Z790 Godlike Max

CHIPSET
INTEL Z790

CPU
Support Intel® Core™ 14th/ 13th/ 12th Gen Processors, Intel® Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
LGA 1700

MEMORY
4x DDR5 UDIMM, Maximum Memory Capacity 256GB
Memory Support 7800+(OC)/ 7600(OC)/ 7400(OC)/ 7200(OC)/ 7000(OC)/ 6800(OC)/ 6600(OC)/ 6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(JEDEC)/ 5400(JEDEC)/ 5200(JEDEC)/ 5000(JEDEC)/ 4800(JEDEC) MHz
Max. overclocking frequency:
• 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 7800+ MHz
• 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 6800+ MHz
• 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 6400+ MHz
• 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 6000+ MHz

Supports Intel® XMP3.0 OC
Supports Dual-Controller Dual-Channel mode
Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

ONBOARD THUNDERBOLT
Thunderbolt chip JHL8540
2x Thunderbolt4 (USB-C) ports Q’ty
Supports up to 40Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt devices
Supports up to 20Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices
Supports up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2 devices
Supports up to 5V/3A,15W power charging
Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4 devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices
Supports up to 8K display (need to connect the DisplayPort of the discrete graphics card to the Mini DisplayPort Input port on the back panel)

SLOT
2x PCI-E x16 slot
PCI_E1 Gen PCIe 5.0 supports up to x16 (From CPU)
PCI_E2 Gen PCIe 5.0 supports up to x8 (From CPU)

MULTI-GPU
AMD MULTI-GPU Support

STORAGE
7x M.2
M.2_1 Source (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 22110/2280/2260 devices
M.2_2 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 2280/2260 devices
M.2_3 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA mode, supports 2280/2260 devices
M.2_4 Source (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 5.0 x4 , supports 22110/2280 devices
M.2_5 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 / SATA mode, supports 2280/2260 devices
M.2_6 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 2280/2260 devices
M.2_7 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 2280/2260 devices
6x SATA 6G

*PCI_E2 slot will be unavailable when installing M.2 SSD in the M2_4 slot.
**SATA3~4 will be unavailable when installing M.2 PCIe/ SATA SSD in the M2_3 slot.
***SATA5~8 will be unavailable when installing M.2 PCIe SSD in the M2_5 slot.
****SATA7~8 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_5 slot.

RAID
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

USB
4x USB 2.0 (Front)
4x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A (Front)
7x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type A (Rear)
1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type C (Rear)
2x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type C (Front)

*To achieve 60W PD fast charging for JUSB6, the PD_PWR1 connector needs to be connected to the power supply unit.
**JUSB6 doesn’t support USB 2.0 and older USB devices.

LAN
Marvell® AQC113CS-B1-C 10Gbps LAN
Intel® 2.5Gbps LAN

WIRELESS LAN & BLUETOOTH
Wi-Fi 7
The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot
Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz / 5GHz / 6GHz* (320MHz) up to 5.8Gbps
Supports 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax/ be

Supports Bluetooth® 5.4**, MLO, 4KQAM

* 6GHz band support may depend on every country’s regulations and Wi-Fi 7 will be ready in Windows 11 SV3.
** The Bluetooth version may be updated, please refer to the Wi-Fi chipset vendor’s website for details. Bluetooth 5.4 support schedule depends on MSFT Windows 11 plan.

AUDIO
Realtek® ALC4082 Codec + ESS ES9280AQ Combo DAC/HPA
7.1-Channel USB High Performance Audio
Supports S/PDIF output
Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback on front panel

INTERNAL IO
1x Power Connector(ATX_PWR)
2x Power Connector(CPU_PWR)
1x Front Type-C Quick Charge Connector(PD_PWR1)
1x CPU Fan
2x Pump Fan
7x System Fan
2x Front Panel (JFP)
1x Chassis Intrusion (JCI)
1x Water Flow connector
1x Slow Mode Booting Jumper(JSLOW)
1x Front Audio (JAUD)
2x Thermal Sensor connectors(T_SEN)
1x Tuning Controller connector(JDASH)
3x Addressable V2 RGB LED connector (JARGB_V2)
1x RGB LED connector(JRGB)
1x TPM pin header(Support TPM 2.0)
4x USB 2.0 ports
4x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A ports
2x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type C ports
V-check point
1x ARGB+FAN Header (JAF_1)

LED FEATURE
1x EZ LED Control switch
4x EZ Debug LED
1x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

BACK PANEL PORTS
 Clear CMOS Button
Flash BIOS Button
2.5G LAN
10G Super LAN
Thunderbolt 4 40Gbps (Type-C)
Wi-Fi / Bluetooth
Audio Connectors
Smart Button
USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps (Type-C)
USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps (Type-A)
Mini DisplayPort Input (for Thunderbolt passthrough)
Optical S/PDIF-Out

OPERATING SYSTEM
Support for Windows® 11 64-bit

PCB INFO
E-ATX
310mmx304.8mm