MSI B250M PRO-VD Motherboard

Overview

• Supports 7th / 6th Gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors for LGA 1151 socket
• Supports DDR4-2400 Memory
• DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost
• Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality for a HI-FI experience
• EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot
• Turbo M.2: Delivering Speeds Up to 32Gb/s, Intel Optane Memory Ready
• X-Boost: Great tool to boost your USB &torage performance
• Doublo ESD Protection: Double layer grounding motherboard mounting holes
• Military Class 5, Guard-Pro: Latest evolution in high quality components for best protection and efficiency

• Click BIOS: Secure and Reliable UEFI BIOS solution

MAKING YOUR LIFE EASIER IS OUR BUSINESS

Combining quality you can rely on with top performance and clever business solutions are key aspects of the MSI PRO SERIES motherboards. Engineered to gratify even the most demanding professional, these motherboards will fit in any PC. Making your life easier and supporting your business with super stable, reliable and long-lasting top performance.

COOLING | STAY COOL

Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system to the max.

• 2x fan headers
• DC/PWM mode
• Full fan control

FULLY CONTROLLABLE FAN HEADERS

MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans, giving you full control to set up a cool &ilent system. The fan headers are conveniently placed with the most popular CPU coolers in mind.

DC OR PWM MODE WITH HYSTERESIS

MSI fan headers automatically detect fans running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your system stays silent, no matter what.

TOTAL CONTROL IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE

Total Fan Control allows you to take control of your fans and check your primary system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

DISPLAY | ENJOY THE LATEST VIDEO STANDARDS

Supporting the latest display connectors for new technologies (OLED, HDR) and legacy connectors for beamers, MSI motherboards are designed to make life easier for any professional user.

• VGA / DVI

LEGACY DVI / VGA VIDEO SUPPORT

To support professional monitors, TV's, beamers and other displays, this MSI motherboard features DVI and a VGA video output. No matter what screen type you want to connect, using a dedicated graphics card or an onboard connector, MSI motherboards have you covered.

AUDIO | PROFESSIONAL SOUND QUALITY

Get the most immersive sound experience. MSI Audio Boost delivers the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components. This lets you enjoy breathtaking, game-changing sound to create the most dynamic soundscapes.

• Audio Boost
• Audio capacitors

AMPLIFY YOUR GAME WITH AUDIO BOOST

Built on years of experience in building motherboards dedicated to giving gamers true Hi-Fi sound. Audio Boost has developed into a high quality audio unit, offering a clear advantage over your opponents when gaming. Locate your enemies with your eyes closed using Audio Boost.

SEPARATED AUDIO LAYERS FOR CLEAN LEFT &IGHT CHANNELS

Using separated layers in the PCB ensures equally pristine sound quality for both left and right audio channels.

ISOLATED AUDIO DESIGN WITH LED BORDER

Audio Boost operates like a dedicated soundcard by being physically isolated from the rest of the motherboard circuitry to ensure the purest audio signal possible. A bright border illuminated by LEDs showcases and protects the Hi-Fi audio unit.

DE-POP PROTECTION

Audio Boost protects your ears by eliminating those annoying loud popping sounds when you plug/unplug devices or turn your PC on/off.

DEDICATED HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO PROCESSOR

Audio Boost is powered by an EMI-shielded high quality HD audio processor, making sure you enjoy the purest sound quality in both stereo and surround sound.

CHEMI-CON AUDIO CAPACITORS FOR A WARMER SOUND

By dedicating golden audio capacitors to the front output, a high fidelity sound experience with exceptional acoustics and realism for studio level headphones is ensured. The Chemi-Con audio capacitors are widely considered to be one of the great choices for the best sound output.

5.1 AUDIO FOR TRUE SURROUND SOUND

With high quality audio connectors you get the best possible signal output with less chance of distortion.

NETWORK | STABLE, SECURE &AST NETWORKING

Optimized for professional and multimedia use, this generation comes equipped with a high quality network solution ready to serve you with 24/7 reliability when transferring big data.

• Bandwidth management

STABLE, SECURE NETWORKING

The Gigabit network adapter on MSI Professional motherboards offers fast, reliable and secure networking.

Featuring Network Genie for easy to use bandwidth optimizing

• Allows you to change applications' traffic priority
• Perfect for cloud computing and data syncing

STORAGE | BE THE FIRST TO BOOT UP IN THE MORNING

This MSI product supports all the latest storage standards. This allows you to connect any ultra-fast storage device, giving you noticeable benefits. Start programs faster, load data faster and increase productivity.

• 1x M.2
• Ultra-fast storage caching

INTEL OPTANEâ„¢ READY

This new technological marvel brings game-changing performance to memory and storage devices. Allow Optaneâ„¢ caching to boost your storage devices for an even faster system!

Specifications

Socket

1151

CPU (Max Support)

i7

Chipset

Intel B250 Chipset

DDR4 Memory

2400/ 2133 MHz

Memory Channel

Dual

DIMM Slots

2

Max Memory (GB)

32

PCI-Ex16

1

PCI-E Gen

Gen3

PCI-Ex1

2

SATAIII

6

M.2 Slot

1

LAN

10/100/1000*1

USB 3.1 ports (Front)

2(Gen1)

USB 3.1 ports (Rear)

4(Gen1)

USB 2.0 ports (Front)

4

USB 2.0 ports (Rear)

2

Serial ports(Front)

1

Audio ports (Rear)

Realtek ALC887 Codec

DVI-D

1

VGA

1

DirectX

12

Form Factor

Micro-ATX

Details

CPU

Supports 6th/7th Gen Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel Pentium and
Celeron processors for Socket LGA1151

* This function will be supported depend on the CPU.

Chipset

Intel B250 Chipset

Main Memory

2 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 32GB

- 7th Gen processors support DDR4 2400/ 2133 MHz*

- 6th Gen processors support DDR4 2133 MHz*

Dual channel memory architecture

Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

* Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.

** DDR4 memory modules can only run at maximum of
2400 MHz for 7th Gen processors and 2133 MHz for 6 th
Gen processors on XMP mode.

Slots

1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots

2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

Onboard Graphics

1 x DVI-D port, supports a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz

1 x VGA port, supports a maximum resolution of
2048x1536@50Hz, 2048x1280@60Hz, 1920x1200@60Hz

Storage

 Intel B250 Chipset

6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

1 x M.2 slots (Key M)*

- Support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/

- Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices

- Intel Optane Memory Ready

- Support PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD with Turbo U.2 Host card**

* The SATA2 port will be unavailable when an M.2 SATA SSD module has
been installed in the M.2 slot.

** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.

USB

 Intel B250 Chipset

- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel,
2 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 connectors)

Audio

Realtek ALC887 Codec

- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

LAN 

1 x Realtek RTL8111H Gigabit LAN controller

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)

- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)

- 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector

- 1 x 4-pin system fan connector

- 1 x Front panel audio connector

- 2 x Front panel connectors

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

- 1 x Serial Port connector

- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyborard/ mouse combo port

- 2 x USB 2.0 ports

- 1 x DVI-D port

- 1 x VGA port

- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port

- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports

- 3 x audio jacks

Dimension

8.9 in. x 7.3 in. (22.6 cm x 18.5 cm)

Micro-ATX Form Factor

Mounting

6 mounting holes

• PS/2 Device Port
• USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A
• DVI-D Port
• VGA Port
• Realtek Gigabit LAN Port
• HD Audio Connectors
• USB 2.0 Device Port
• USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A