MSI Z97 GAMING 3, Socket-1150

Supports 4th and 5th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket
Supports DDR3-3300(OC) Memory
M.2 + USB 3.0 + SATA 6Gb/s
Audio Boost 2: Reward Your Ears with True Quality
Killer Ethernet: Kill Your Lag
USB Audio Power: Surve Stable 5V Power & Better Signal Transmission over USB
XSplit Gamecaster: Show off Your Skills and Achievements
Guard-Pro: Improved Protection and Power Efficiency 
OC Genie 4: Overclock in 1 Second
Gaming App: Boost Your Frame Rate
Click BIOS 4: Easily Fine-tune Your System
Multi-GPU: AMD CrossFire Support
Sound Blaster Cinema 2: Realistic Surround Sound Experience
Gaming Device Port: Optimized with Triple Gold-plating for High Polling Rate Gaming Devices
Let the games begin
MSI® GAMING motherboards are designed to provide gamers with best-in-class features and technology. Backed by the imposing looks of MSI's Dragon, each motherboard is an engineering masterpiece tailored to gaming perfection.
The best gaming weapons at hand
Amazing sound with Audio Boost 2, powered by Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2
USB Audio Power
The highest frag and the lowest lag with Killer™ E2200 Game Networking
Show off your gaming skills to the world with XSplit Gamecaster
SteamOS ready out of the box
Military Class 4 components
Super stable with Guard-Pro
Specialized production lines just for GAMING motherboards
OC Genie 4
Gaming Device Port
Boost your FPS with the MSI GAMING APP
Click BIOS 4 (click here to visit our dedicated BIOS page)
Take control with Command Center & Live Update 6
Killer™ E2200Game Networking
Kill your lag!
The Killer™ E2200 Intelligent Networking Platform is built for maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Featuring Advanced Stream Detect™, Killer E2200 automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge. With this exclusive, automatic traffic prioritization, games and real-time chat get priority over low-level system chatter, giving you the lowest latency for game data on the most controllable network hardware available.
SteamOS supportout of the box
MSI is committed to PC Gaming and that is why MSI GAMING motherboards support SteamOS by default. Because of this, MSI works close with numerous tier #1 system integrators that released their popular SteamBOX PC's.
Focus on quality
We put extra effort in increasing customer satisfaction. Our RMA rate has drastically decreased in the last few years.To achieve the highest quality the MSI GAMING motherboards are developed by our most senior engineers on the most advanced production lines.We are continuously improving our customer services, so in case you might run into a problem you can be assured we offer a fast response to your questions and hand you in depth information on the subject.
Gaming Device Port
MSI Gaming Device Port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high end gaming mice to fully utilize it's speed. This results in a much faster and smoother mouse response in games.
Gaming benefitsMore responsive
Smoother gameplay
Faster reactions
Technical benefits3x more gold than regular connectors
10x longer lifetime when plugging/un-plugging
Prevents oxidation
CLICK BIOS 4
The MSI Click BIOS 4 is the latest UEFI BIOS with optimizations for Windows 8. Not only that it also reacts faster, runs smoother and has better mouse support. And this all comes with many cool features. Click on the button on the right to visit our dedicated BIOS page and learn more.
Live Update 6
MSI Live Update is renewed! Our popular software automatically downloads and installs the latest drivers, BIOS and software. Rest assured while your system is always configured using the latest software so you get the maximum performance and stability.
 
 
 
Command Center
MSI's Command Center software is a very powerful tool to push your motherboard to the max. With a very intuitive touch ready interface, Command Center allows users to tune settings to increase system stability, maximize overclocking performance and adjust cooling features.
 
 
 
Unlimited RAMDisk
MSI Command Center integrates an unlimited RAMdisk. With a RAMdisk you can create a virtual drive from your system memory enabling speeds 20x faster than a modern SSD.
Speed up system performance
Load complete game images
Speed up games, apps and browse