PRESS RELEASE
Thunderbolt for everyone
MSI, the Thunderbolt mainboard pioneer, is pleased to announce the availability of the new MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt. The Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt is a unique aproach to a Thunderbolt equipped mainboard by breaking the current limits of Thunderbolt, the price. Breaking the mold, the MSI Z77A-G45 is a full-featured Z77 mainboard with Thunderbolt at a new pricepoint that makes Thunderbolt accessible for everyone looking to upgrade to the Z77 platform. Of course, the renowned Military Class III components are again available to deliver the highest quality and most stable components. OC Genie II boosts your overall CPU, Memory, Disk and Graphics performance and thank to its power saving hardware features such as Active Phase Switching (APS), the MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt can combine its performance with best in class power saving.
ThunderboltTM Technology: The Fastest Connection available
MSI equipped the Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt with the groundbreaking ThunderboltTM technology. ThunderboltTM is the fastest data connection available for your PC, running at 10Gbps. It technology delivers two communications methods, or protocols, on a single cable: PCI Express for data transfer and DisplayPort for displays. MSI has integrated the Thunderbolt controller on the mainboard, ensuring that Thunderbolt is a hassle-free solution that not requires additional cards, cables and configuration issues because external Thunderbolt controllers steal bandwidth from other devices. Thunderbolt is an easy technology and should not add to your PC complexity!
Fastest Data transfers
Data transfers for backup, sharing, and editing are faster with ThunderboltTM technology, significantly reducing times to complete these tasks. Running at 10Gbps, ThunderboltTM technology on the MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt can transfer a full-length HD video in less than 30 seconds and backup 1 year (!!!) of continuous audio playback in just over 10 minutes.
Cable management without clutter
ThunderboltTM technology delivers great responsiveness with data and display transfers - in each direction, at the same time - using a single cable to connect devices. It's no longer needed to connect multiple devices directly to your PC. Using multiple connection in a daisy chain, the amount of cables directly attached to your PC will be reduced while maintaining maximum throughput.
Military Class III components
The MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt is equiped with Military Class III components. These components have all passed strict MIL-STD-810G regulations and provide the best stability under extreme circumstances. MSI Military Class components can be found on MSI Mainboards, Graphics Cards and All-in-One PC's.
Smoothest system experience with OC Genie II
MSI OC Genie II is world's easiest overclocking technique and allows a complete performance overhaul with a simple push of a button. My OC Genie is a new feature that allows end-users to customize their OC Genie II experience through MSI's unique ClickBIOS II interface.
Z77A-G45 Technical specifications
| Processor | Supports 2nd and 3rd Gen Intel® CoreTM i7 / CoreTM i5 / CoreTM i3 / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for socket LGA1155 |
|---|---|
| Chipset |
Intel® Z77 Express Chipset + Intel® ThunderboltTM controller |
| Memory | 4 DDR3 DIMM Modules up to 2800 MHz |
| Video | Mini-DisplayPort, HDMI, D-Sub |
| Audio | THX TruStudioPRO - 7.1 Channel |
| Lan | 10/100/100 Mb/s |
| SATA support | 2x SATA 6Gb/s with RAID 4x SATA 3Gb/s with RAID support |
| USB | 2x USB 3.0 Internal Header 2x USB 3.0 on Rear I/O 6x USB 2.0 Internal Header 4x USB 2.0 on Rear I/O |
| PCI Express | 3x PCI Express Gen3 x16 4x PCI Express Gen1 x1 |
| Multi-GPU | 3-Way AMD CrossFire 2-Way NVIDIA SLI |
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About MSI
MSI is proud of its more than 25 years experience in designing and manufacturing high performance IT products.
The product lines of MSI are mainboards, 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.
