MSI released 14 motherboards with the newly available USB 3.1 ports, out of which one of them also has a Type-C port. It also should be pointed that there are a couple of AMD AM3+ variants- 990FXA Gaming and 970A SLI Krait Edition.
The following motherboards use ASMedia ASM1142 controller that provides support for 2x USB 3.1 ports which complies with USB-IF’s 10 Gb/s transfer rate standard. As always the Type-A connector has backwards compatibility while Type-C is useful for connecting newer devices (including smartphones) with the new reversible cables. It’s noteworthy that some motherboard makers who have talked about USB 3.1 are actually providing a standalone USB 3.1 PCIe x1 card.
Intel Z97 Chipset based MSI Z97 Gaming 6 uses a single USB 3.1 Type C connector on the rear I/O.
The list of USB 3.1 enabled motherboards are as follows:
| Chipset | Model | Type-A | Type-C |
| Intel X99 (2011-V3) | X99A GAMING 9 ACK | √ | |
| X99A GAMING 7 | √ | ||
| X99A XPOWER AC | √ | ||
| X99A MPOWER | √ | ||
| X99A SLI Krait Edition | √ | ||
| X99A SLI PLUS | √ | ||
| X99A RAIDER | √ | ||
| Intel Z97 (1150) | Z97A GAMING 9 ACK | √ | |
| Z97A GAMING 7 | √ | ||
| Z97A GAMING 6 | √ | ||
| Z97A SLI Krait Edition | √ | ||
| Z97A PC Mate | √ | ||
| 990FX (AM3+) | 990FXA GAMING | √ | |
| 970 (AM3+) | 970A SLI Krait Edition | √ |
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