MSI C236A WORKSTATION → Xeon E3-12xx V5 Series

CPU

• Supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v5 series processors, Core™ i3 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
 

Chipset

• Intel® C236 Chipset
 

Main Memory

• 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
- Supports DDR4 2133 MHz
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Supports ECC, un-buffered memory*
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)**
* Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.
** DDR4 2133 MHz and higher memory modules will only run at maximum of DDR4 2133 MHz on XMP mode due to Intel® chipset limitation.

On-Board SATA

• Intel® C236 Chipset
• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• 1x M.2 slot
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 standard, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card*
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors
* The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.
 

USB

• ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port on the back panel

• Intel® C236 Chipset
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connector)
- 6 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connector)
 

LAN

• 1 x Intel® I219-V Gigabit LAN controller
 

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1x PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 x VGA port
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
- 1 x HDMI™ port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 6 x audio jacks
 

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Parallel port connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
 

Dimension

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor