MSI MEG X299 Creation motherboard 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 a gazillion fan connectors that are spread out as 1x 4-pin CPU fan connector, 1x 4-pin Water Pump connector, 4x 4-pin system fan connectors, 2x 4-pin extend system fan connectors, 1x 3-pin Water Flow connectors.


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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 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 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 4200+(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 a CPU that supports up to 4-channels DDR4
  • Dual channel memory architecture with a CPU that supports up to 2-channels DDR4
  • Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
     

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