MSI H310M Pro-VD Plus, Intel H310 mainboard, socket 1151 [7C13-003R]

The socket 1151 of this mainboard supports CPUs of the 9000 and 8000 series and the H310 chipset forms a solid foundation for entry-level game PCs and home office computers. The H310 chipset natively supports four SATA ports as well as four USB 3.0 and six USB 2.0 ports. Depending on the mainboard, USB 3.1 ports and M.2 slots with PCIe connection can also be provided.

The features of the MSI H310M Pro-VD Plus at a glance:
- 1x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16) and 2x PCIe (2.0) x1
- 4x SATA 6G for hard drives and drives
- A total of 4x USB 3.0 and 6x USB 2.0 (internal / external)
- Supports max. 32 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2666 MHz

The MSI H310M Pro-VD Plus in detail
The MSI H310M Pro-VD Plus Micro-ATX motherboard has a PCIe-x16 slot that is connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes. The board also has two PCIe x1 slots for additional plug-in cards. A maximum of 32 GB of RAM with a clock rate of up to 2,666 MHz can be accommodated in two DDR4 DIMM slots. Drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives can be connected via four SATA 3.0 ports.

The MSI H310M Pro-VD Plus provides two USB 3.0 slots and four USB 2.0 slots on the I / O panel for connecting peripheral devices. VGA and DVI connections for image display via the processor's integrated graphics unit are also located on the I / O panel. The mainboard has three 3.5 mm jack outputs for the output of the on-board sound, while a LAN socket enables integration into a network. Internally, the mainboard has a USB 2.0 and 3.0 header and connections for up to two 4-pin fans. Four LEDs indicate errors when booting to the CPU, graphics card, RAM or BIOS.

Technical details:
Format: Micro-ATX
Chipset: Intel H310
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 8th / 9th core generation ("Coffee Lake, Coffee Lake Refresh"))
RAM: 2x DDR4 (max .: 2666 MHz)
Slots (physical):
1x PCIe 3.0 x16
2x PCIe 2.0 x1
Internal connections:
4x SATA 6G
1x CPU fan (4-pin)
1x system fan (4-pin)
2x USB 3.0 (USB 3.2 Gen1, one header)
2x USB 2.0 (one header)
1x Serial (COM) header
1x TPM header
1x chassis intrusion connector
1x Clear CMOS jumper
4x EZ Debug LED
2x front panel connector
1x front panel audio connector
External connections:
1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
2x USB 3.0 (USB 3.2 Gen1)
4x USB 2.0
1x RJ45 LAN
1x DVI-D
1x D-Sub (VGA)
3x audio
Power supply:
1x 24-pin EATX
1x 8-pin ATX 12V