MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon AC review

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The board has been fitted with a Diagnostic POST LED. Once you pass all the boot codes in Windows it'll display the processor package temperature. In case you are wondering, the board has six fan connectors that are spread out as 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector - 1 x 4-pin Water Pump connector - 4 x 4-pin system fan connectors. It also has 1 x RGB LED connector.


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On board you will spot 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors and one USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port, to the left of the RED USB connector HUB port you can see a vertical mounted USB 3.1 port as well.

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The audio chip used is the Realtek ALC1220 that offers 7.1-channel High Definition audio, it has been enhanced with proper capacitors and a Nehimic 2 audio software suite.

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DDR4 memory wise the sky is the limit:

  • 8 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB
  • X-series processor support DDR4 4266+(OC)/ 4133(OC)/ 4000(OC)/ 3866 (OC)/ 3733(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/ 3333(OC)/ 3300(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2666/ 2400/ 2133 MHz*
  • Quad channel memory architecture with the CPU that supports up to 4-channels DDR4
  • Dual channel memory architecture with the CPU that supports up to 2-channels DDR4
  • Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
     

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Um yeah, as lovely as the idea of the customized platings is... blue and beige colors really do not match this motherboard design. It was a nice very thought though MSI, thanks for that :)

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