The refresh Ryzen 2000 generation coming up, various motherboard manufacturers are hard at work prepping their X470 chipset based motherboards, the ASUS ROg Crosshair VIII Hero already leaked, the MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon AC can now be added as well.

MSI is to release the X470 Gaming Pro Carbon, likely the AC version with AC Wi-Fi as well as a regular model lacking WIFI to cut-off pricing a bit. As you can see from the videocardz leak, this is an ATX motherboard with an all dark (nice) black design and RGB lighting, definitely a nice aesthetic upgrade from the X370 version. The photos show four ddr4 memory locks, three PCIe x16 locks (the upper two of which reinforced with metal), two PCIe x1, a proper eight SATA connectors as well as two m.2 slots. The primary m.2 slot is longer (10cm) and shows a heatsink. Interesting to see is a second 8-pin eps power connection.

MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon AC Photos Also Surface Online