MSI MPG Z790 Carbon Wi-Fi DDR5 Motherboard

On sale! (normally $769) The MSI MPG Z790 Carbon Wi-Fi DDR5 Motherboard supports 12th/13th Gen Intel Core processors, Pentium Gold and Celeron processors and LGA 1700 sockets, features up to 4 x DDR5 memory slots, PCI-E 5.0, 4.0 and 3.0 compatible expansion slots, 5 x M.5 slots, 6 x SATA ports (6Gb/s), 10 x rear USB ports, 7 x front panel USB headers, Intel 2.5Gbps LAN, Intel Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, 8-channel HD audio with Audio Boost 5 and an ATX motherboard form factor.

Warning: This product contains a button battery - If swallowed, a lithium battery can cause severe or fatal injuries with 2 hours. - Keep batteries out of reach of children. - If you think batteries may have been swallowed or placed inside any of the body, seek immediate medical attention.

Features

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Hardware

Cooling Overview

Extended Heatsink

Extended Heatsink enlarges the surface of heat dissipation, ensuring even high-end processors to run in full speed.

Direct Touch Heat-Pipe

Connecting two MOS heatsinks to enlarge the surface of heat dissipation.

M.2 Shield Frozr

Keeps M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling, making them run faster.

7W/mK Thermal Pad

High quality 7W/mK MOSFET thermal pads and extra choke thermal pads ensure all cores running in high performance.

Enhanced M.2 Thermal

Double-sided M.2 Shield Frozr and Enlarged heatsink design keep M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling.

Enlarged PCH Heatsink

The enlarged heatsink design to reduce dust and noise as well as maintain high heat dissipation efficiency.

Water Cooling

Optimized for Water Cooling

Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & customized water cooling solutions on the market. A dedicated water pump PIN header supports up to 3 amp, giving you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked ‘keep-out-zone’ allows for easy and safe installation and a perfect fit.

Fully Fan Control

Control in One Click

MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans in BIOS and software with a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

Frozr AI Cooling

Detecting CPU & GPU temperatures and automatically adjusting fan duty of system fans to a proper value by adopting MSI AI ENGINE.

Auto Detect Your Fan

MSI fan headers automatically detect fans running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your system stays silent, no matter what.

System Cooling

DIY 2.0 – Integrating with the System Environment

Connect and synchronize with MSI coolers and cases with strategically positioned pin-header locations including a dedicated pump-fan header.

• For CPU Cooler
• For Waterblock Cooler
• For Top System Fan
• For Front System Fan
• For Rear System Fan

Power Solution

Structure

Direct 19+1+1 Phases Power Design

Unleash and sustain the maximum performance with a flagship VRM design built with a total of Direct 19+1+1 Power Phases. Combining dual power connectors and 105A Smart Power Stage, MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI is ready for the challenge of high-end processors.

• 19 Phase - VCPU SPS / Power 105A
• 1 Phase - GT Power
• 1 Phase - AUX Power

Double Power Connectors

Two 8-pin connectors deliver adequate power even for an overclocked multi-core CPU.

Digital Power Design

A fully digital power design allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision.

Core Boost

Premium layout not only support the multi-core CPU, also create the perfect conditions for your CPU overclocking.

Optimized PCB Solution

The PCB design has been optimized for higher bandwidth and faster transfer speeds, which is also beneficial for reliable circuit transmission.

• 8 PCB layers
• IT-170 Server-grade PCB material
• 2oz Thickened Copper

More for Performance

1-Second Overclocking!

MSI Game Boost enables one-second overclocking, giving you the performance boost you need to get more FPS.

Load-Line Calibration

What you set, is what you get. LLC makes sure your CPU voltage remains 100% stable under any load. This greatly improves stability when demanding more CPU performance.

Overvoltage Protection

Prevents potential short-circuit damage to the CPU and other critical components.

DIY Friendly - M.2 Design

Screwless M.2

The patented design allows you to set your M.2 and Shield Frozr without the annoying screws, provides the easiest way for M.2 installation.

EZ M.2 Clip

Have trouble turning screws? MSI innovative EZ M.2 clip assist you install an M.2 SSD quickly and effortlessly.

Smart Button

One button with multiple hardware control. You can set up the different functions in the BIOS. Reset Computer, Safe Boot, Turbo Fan and EZ LED control with just one click.

• Smart Button from Rear IO / Reset Button from Cases
• Setting Two Different Functions in the BIOS
  
  

Performance

Expansion

Lightning Gen 5 PCI-E with Steel Armour

Doubling over the previous generation, the bandwidth of a x16 interface can reach 128GB/s.

SMT PCIE 5.0 Slot

The advanced SMT(Surface Mount Technology) PCIE slot diminish interference and electrical noise, fully support the PCI-E 5.0 signal.

Reinforced, Heavy Soldered Connections

Secure to the motherboard with extra solder points and support the weight of heavy graphics cards.

Storage

Fast and Future-Ready Storage

MSI MPG series motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.

• 1x Lightning Gen 5 M.2 - 128 Gbps
• 4x Lightning Gen 4 M.2 - 64 Gbps
• 6x - 6 Gbps

Lightning USB 20G

Double Bandwidth with Lightning USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20G

Using USB 3.2 devices has never been faster! MPG Z790 series motherboards offer a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB devices, offering never before seen USB speeds up to 20Gb/s when connecting the Rear USB Type-C.

Front USB Type-C

USB Front Type-C

MSI gaming motherboards support USB Front Type-C that allows gamers to connect with the latest USB devices. Built up a system with MSI PC case to have the most convenient experience.

Memory

DDR5

Latest DDR5 Memory with SMT Slot

• A huge step of DDR performance enhancement with the latest DDR5 memory. Combines with dedicated SMT welding process and MSI Memory Boost technology, MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI is ready to deliver the world class memory performance.
• The advanced SMT(Surface Mount Technology) welding process reduces the defect rate of slot solder joints, electromagnetism, and interference. Combining with exclusive Memory Boost technology allows MSI motherboards to deliver the clean and pure high-frequency DDR5 signal.

XMP

Easy Overclocking with XMP Profile

The XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) in MSI BIOS are tested and certified by MSI OC LAB. It is easy to enable with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

BIOS & Software

MSI Centre

MSI brand new MSI Center unifies a suite of MSI software utilities into a single centralized application. Take control of advanced motherboards features and unleash endless possibilities.

Mystic Light

Create your own colourful masterpiece with ease. Splash any colour you want with just a few clicks!

True Colour

Optimized monitor’s brightness and colour in several modes for different situation, you can also customize by yourself.

User Scenario

One click for setting your computer, even customize own profile as your preference.

Hardware Monitoring

Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time.

Profile Setting

Tune select motherboard settings in the OC Setting menu, where options to boost core performance and optimize system cooling are presented in an intuitive interface.

Fan Centre

Assume complete control of your fans with Fan Center. Set up to four CPU temperature targets and the motherboard will adjust fan speeds automatically.

System Diagnosis

Restore and backup your MSI storage devices in one click to provide stable system usage, you can even monitor the storage status to prevent system crash or data missing.

Click BIOS 5

Get more from a loaded BIOS designed for ease of use. Fine-tune the motherboard for gaming performance, efficiency, or overclocking world records!

• EZ-Mode
• Advanced Mode

XMP

Choose from a preset XMP profile and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory.

VMD (Volume Management Device)

Enable direct control and management of NVMe SSDs from the PCIe bus without additional hardware adaptors.

M-Flash

Conveniently flash or upgrade the BIOS in a few minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility.

Hardware Monitor

Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time including temperature, memory capacity, clock speed, and voltage.

Memory Try It

Get extreme speed out of your system memory and get more performance.

Search & Favourites

A permanent search & favourite option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly.

AIDA64

Exclusive UI of AIDA64 Extreme

MSI motherboards provide 60 days free trail of AIDA64 Extreme - MSI edition. AIDA64 Extreme is an almighty application for system information, diagnostics and benchmarks. With the application, you can monitor the detailed hardware and software information on PC and save it to file in multiple formats such as CSV and HTML.

Resizable Bar

Resizable BAR (Re-Size BAR) is an advanced PCI Express feature that enables the CPU to access the entire GPU frame buffer at once and improve performance.

Connectivity - Audio

Audio Boost 5

• High Definition ALC4080 Audio Processor
• High Quality Audio Capacitors
• High Quality Audio Jacks with S/PDIF
• Dedicated Headphone Amplifier
• Isolated Audio Signal
• De-Pop Protection

Mystic Light

Glow Your PC

Splash on some colour and vibrant RGB lighting effects using MSI Mystic Light with 16.8 million colours and fancy LED effects. MSI Mystic Light provides you complete control of RGB lighting of your PC in one software.

Synchronize

Extend Your RGB Experience with Ease

Add more colour if you want! Mystic Light Extension pin header provides an intuitive way to control additional RGB strips and other RGB peripherals added to a system, without needing a separate RGB controller.

A-Rainbow V2

Supports 5V Addressable RGB devices. Compatible with ARGB Gen2 / Gen1 devices.

RGB

Supports 12V RGB devices

Ambient Link

Synchronize lighting theme with compatible lighting devices.

Networking

2.5G LAN & Wi-Fi 6E

High-Bandwidth and Low-Latency Network

MSI's premium network solution provides incredible data transfer speed for demanding users.

• Wi-Fi 6E
• Bluetooth 5.2
• 2.5G LAN
• Exclusive magnetic antenna