MSI H97 PC MATE

This is an ATX board on the LGA1150 socket. Expansion covers 2 M.2 slots and 2 PCIe slots. Memory support covers 4 DDR4 slots up to 32GB total. Pick the board for its socket before anything else — chipset niceties come after.

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