MSI PRO Z890-S WIFI6E LGA1851 DDR5 ATX Motherboard
The MSI PRO Z890-S WIFI6E is an ATX motherboard on the Intel Z890 chipset for the LGA1851 socket, built for Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2) in professional and AI-PC systems. It offers a PCIe 5.0 graphics slot, a Gen5 M.2 slot, 20Gbps USB Type-C ports and Wi-Fi 6E, giving workstations and high-end desktops a broad, fast connectivity set.
Key Specifications
- Socket LGA1851 with Intel Z890 chipset in an ATX form factor
- 4 DDR5 UDIMM slots supporting up to 256GB, with DDR5 speeds up to 8800 MHz by overclocking and Intel XMP 3.0 support
- 1 PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, 2 PCIe 4.0 x16 slots running at x4, and 1 PCIe 3.0 x1 slot
- 3 M.2 slots: one PCIe 5.0 x4, one PCIe 4.0 x4 and one PCIe 4.0 x4 with SATA mode, plus 4 SATA 6Gbps ports, with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage and RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 NVMe storage
- Realtek 8125D 2.5Gbps LAN, Wi-Fi 6E module with Bluetooth 5.3, and Realtek ALC897 codec with 7.1-channel high definition audio
- HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 outputs supporting 4K at 60Hz, available only on processors featuring integrated graphics
- Rear USB: 6 USB 5Gbps Type-A ports and 1 USB 20Gbps Type-C port; front headers add 2 USB 5Gbps Type-A ports, 1 USB 20Gbps Type-C port and 4 USB 2.0 ports
- 4 EZ Debug LEDs, 3 addressable V2 RGB LED connectors and 1 RGB LED connector
Lightning USB 20G
Lightning USB 20G provides a built-in USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port offering 20Gbps transmission speed, four times faster than USB 3.2 Gen 1, with one such port on the rear panel and another on the front header for fast external drives. Lightning Gen 5 adds a PCIe 5.0 solution with up to 128GB/s of bandwidth, and Wi-Fi 6E supports the 6GHz spectrum, MU-MIMO and BSS colour technology at speeds up to 2400Mbps.
- Install an Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) processor with up to 256GB of DDR5 for demanding professional workloads.
- Use the Gen5 M.2 slot for the primary drive and the two Gen4 M.2 slots for additional fast storage.
- Connect high-speed external storage through the rear or front 20Gbps Type-C ports.
