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MSI Launches its Z68 mainboard series

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PRESS RELEASE

Unrivalled performance and stability

MSI, the worldwide innovator in Mainboards in Graphics Card technologies is officially announcing its feature rich models with the latest Intel® Z68 (B3) Express chipset. Built with the best user experience and stability in mind, MSI's Z68 mainboards feature world's easiest overclocking method, OC Genie II. Stability is guaranteed through the use of MSI's exclusive Military Class II components and power consumption is lowered by the use of DrMOS and LucidLogix's new Virtu GPU Virtualization technology. MSI Z68 based products are redefining the industry standards for performance and premium quality.

MSI's exclusive OC Genie II

MSI's OC Genie II is widely regarded as the easiest way to upgrade your PC's performance. Just with one single click of the button your whole computing experience will change. For the first time ever, OC Genie even improves your disk drive performance! Enabling OC Genie II in combination with Intel's Smart Response Technology upgrades your hard drive performance with 457%. Overall, an MSI mainboard with OC Genie II becomes, faster, smoother, more responsive and more enjoyable.

MSI's certified Military Class II Components

MSI ‘s Military Class II Components have undergone rigorous testing to comply with the United States Department of Defense Military Standard 810G ensuring the best stability available. MSI's Military Class II Components show the stability anyone might expect from a mainboard that will always perform during stressful situations like playing games for an extended period of time, overclocking or in system cases with inadequate cooling potential.

MSI Z68 - Best in class power saving

Combining MSI's award winning power saving features like DRMOS and Active Phase Switch (APS) with LucidLogix's Virtu GPU Virtualization technology allows for the best power consumption figures. Installing a powerful discrete graphics card in an MSI Z68 mainboard does not lead to the normal increase in power consumption. Thanks to LucidLogix's Virtu technology end-users can enjoy all the benefits of Intel's Sandy Bridge graphics like low power consumption, Quick Sync transcoding technology and still have all the benefits of a discrete graphics card, the latest DirectX 11 features and compute power.

Intel® Z68 Express Chipset features

Thanks to MSI's dedication, end-users can enjoy all the features of Intel's newest Z68 Express chipset. All the Overclocking features are supported through OC Genie II and Instant OC (Control Center II.) real-time overclocking without the need to reboot. Intel® Visuals, with integrated video out, Quick Sync and Intel® InsiderTM and support for both AMD CrossFireTM and NVIDIA® SLI®. A slew of other features that have already made MSI's P67, H67 and H61 offerings a success also return, such as MSI's Super Charger for ultra-fast charging of USB devices and the finest audio standard, THX TruStudioPro.

Enjoy the Complete MSI Z68 Experience on the following models:

Z68A-GD80 - The Powerful Multi-GPU based Mainboard for Anyone desiring the most stable Games and overclocking Platform

Z68MA-ED55 - The Ideal form-factor for small games and multi media machines

Technical specifications

 

Z68MA-ED55

Z68A-GD80
 



Processor

Supports Intel 2nd generation Core i7/ i5/ i3 series processors in LGA 1155 socket

Chipset

Intel Z68(B3) Express chipset

Memory

4 DIMM support for DDR3-1066/ 1333 MHz up to 32GB max

4 DIMM support for DDR3-1066/ 1333/ 1600(OC)/ 1866(OC)/ 2133(OC) MHz up to 32GB

Video

Intel HD Graphics 2000/3000 with HDMI / DVI

Audio

8-channel (7.1) THX TruStudioPro HD Audio subsystem with S/PDIF out

LAN

10/100/1000 Mb/s LAN subsystem

Peripheral Interfaces

4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID support
2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID support
2 x IEEE 1394
2 x USB 3.0 ports (external)
12 x USB 2.0 ports (4 external / 8 internal)
2 x PCI-E 2.0 x16
2 x PCI-E x1

4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID support
2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID support
1x SATA 6Gb/s and 1x eSATA port from Marvell® 88SE9128
2 x IEEE 1394
4 x USB 3.0 ports(2 external / 2 internal)
10 x USB 2.0 ports (4 external / 6 internal)
3 x PCI-E 2.0 x16
2 x PCI-E x1
2 x PCI

For more information about pricing and availability, please contact a local official MSI distributor.

About MSI

MSI is proud of its more than 20 years experience in designing and manufacturing high performance IT products.
The product lines of MSI are motherboards, graphic cards, notebooks, consumer electronics, barebones, networking and server products, and fully integrated add-on peripherals. With its ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 qualified facilities, MSI products provide the best performance, reliability and value-increasing productivity.
We distribute our products through offices located in The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Brazil, Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea, India and Australia. MSI markets its products to distributors, computer system manufacturers, and system integrators. For more information about the company go to www.msi.com