MSI MPG Z690 Carbon Wi-Fi ATX LGA 1700 Motherboard

Excellent, and fantastic motherboard! This Motherboard has amazing DDr5 support, with enough Vrm for i9 12900k. I am impressed with the look of the board with its Rgb and sleek carbon looks. It has plenty of rear Usb connectivity, wifi 6e, and usb c gen 2! Overall very happy with this Purchase!

Pros - Has lots of USBs including USB 2.0 - 20GB USB-C port - 2.5GB Ethernet and WIFI 6e - Two PCIE 5 slots - Five M.2 slots - Lots of heat sinks - Great aesthetic design Cons - Expensive - Bios is trash - Lacks a forth pcie expansion slot - No pcie 5 nvme slots - No 5gb or 10gb Ethernet ports In conclusion, it is a good board but it would be nice to see a little more for $400. I chose this board mostly for the second pcie 5 slot, and I am enjoying it so far. If you are looking for a mid-range board with lots of features, this is definitely a good choice.

Love the Layout and look of the board, the hidden m2 slots are awesome. Its a great setup for minimizing cable appearance. Manual was well written and thorough made it easy to build even after years since building my last pc. performance has been great so far. Only con was the USB stick auto run didn't work to auto detect needed drivers so I had to manually install the ones I needed, but that wasn't too hard. USB also came loaded with lots of extra software you might need including google chrome. Its been a while since i got a newer motherboard so i'm not sure how common getting a USB vs a CD is but is a welcome change.

Beautiful motherboard with RGB accents. Love the I/O panel with built in faceplate. Built in NVME thermal pads are nice-to-haves. MSI Mystic is a bit wonky, but it does a much better job staying synced with Razer Chroma than my previous board did. Overall, a very solid motherboard.

This a great product. Looks great and functions very well. I have a 3080ti, i9 12900k, 32gb DDR5 and 3 m.2 SSD’s. BIOS are super easy to navigate, and booting initially was very easy. This is a great mobo for the price and tailored for higher end builds.