Specifications
| Socket | 1155 |
| CPU (Max Support) | Sandy Bridge |
| AM3 CPU Ready | N/A |
| FSB / Hyper Transport Bus | 100MHz |
| Chipset | Intel® P67 |
| DDR2 Memory | N/A |
| DDR3 Memory | DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2133*(OC) |
| Memory Channel | Dual |
| DIMM Slots | 4 |
| Max Memory (GB) | 32 |
| PCI-Ex16 | 2 |
| PCI-E Gen | Gen2 (1×16, 1×8) |
| PCI-Ex4 | N/A |
| PCI-Ex1 | 3 |
| PCI | 2 |
| IDE | N/A |
| SATAIII | 2 |
| SATAII | 4 |
| RAID | 0/1/5/10 |
| LAN | 10/100/1000*1 |
| TPM | 1 |
| USB 3.0 ports (Rear) | 2 |
| USB 2.0 ports (Rear) | 8 |
| Audio ports (Rear) | 6+Coaxial/Optical SPDIF |
| Serial ports (Rear) | N/A |
| Parallel ports (Rear) | N/A |
| 1394 ports (Rear) | 1 |
| eSATA | N/A |
| Display Port | N/A |
| VGA | N/A |
| HDMI | N/A |
| DVI | N/A |
| VGA Max Share Memory (MB) | N/A |
| DirectX | N/A |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| DrMOS | Y |
| APS | Y |
| Sideport Memory | N/A |
| SLI | Y |
| 3-way SLI | N/A |
| Hybrid SLI | N/A |
| CrossFire | Y |
| Hybrid CrossFire | N/A |
| D-LED2 | N/A |
| Green Power Genie | N/A |
Internal I/O Connectors
– ATX 24-Pin power connector
– 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
– CPU x 1 / System x 4 FAN connectors
– CD-in connector
– Front panel audio connector
– Front panel connector
– 1 x chasis intrusion connector
– 1 x USB 2.0 connector
– 1 x USB 3.0 connector
– 4 x Serial ATAII connectors
– 2 x Serial ATAIII connectors
– 1 x IEEE1394 connector
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
– 1 x SPDIF-out connector
– 1 x TPM module connector
– 1 x Serial port connector
– 1 x Power button
– 1 x Reset button
– 1 x OC Genie button
Back Panel I/O Ports
– 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard port
– 8 x USB 2.0 ports
– 1 x Clear CMOS button
– 1 x Coaxial SPDIF port
– 1 x Optical SPDIF port
– 1 x IEEE1394 port
– 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
– 2 x USB 3.0 ports
– 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
I would appreciate a quick answer; so I just bought this motherboard and an Intel i5 3570k Ivy Bridge processor. Are they compatible?
Hi Eric
According to: http://event.msi.com/mb/22nm/
Yes, they are compatible. You will need to update your BIOS to version 4.0.
Hope this helps. If you want speedier responses in the future, please post on the forums! There’s always someone around to help.