The MSI A78M E45 V2  Motherboard from MSI is designed to fit into cases that support the Micro-ATX form factor. It supports AMD A-Series and Athlon processors in the FM2+ and FM socket, as well as the AMD A78 chipset.

The Micro-ATX form factor of the A78M-E45 V2 has 4 x DDR3 memory slots that can support up to 64GB of dual channel, non ECC, unbuffered 2133/1866/1600/1333 MHz RAM, with each slot able to support up to 16GB. Additionally, the AMD memory profile (AMP) and the Extended Memory Profile (XMP) are supported. The A78M-E45 V2 also has 6 x SATA III 6 Gb/s ports, 5 x USB 3.0 ports (4 x rear and 1 x internal), and 4 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x rear and 2 x internal). To provide data redundancy, RAID 0, 1, and 10 modes are supported. For PCIe expansion, there is one PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 2.0 x1 slot, and one PCI slot. Graphically, the A78M-E45 V2 has 1 x HDMI port, 1 x DVI-D port, and 1 x VGA port. It supports a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz and 36bp