MSI MPG Z790 Edge Wi-Fi DDR4 Motherboard

The MSI MPG Z790 Edge Wi-Fi DDR4 Motherboard supports 12th/13th Gen Intel Core processors, Pentium Gold and Celeron processors and LGA 1700 sockets, features up to 4 x DDR4 memory slots, PCI-E 5.0, 4.0 and 3.0 expansion slots, 5 x M.2 slots, 7 x SATA ports (6Gb/s), 10 x rear USB ports, 7 x front panel USB header ports, 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

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 PCIe 5.0 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.

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

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.

Power Solution

Structure

16+1+1 Duet Rail Power System

Unleash and sustain the maximum performance with a flagship VRM design built with a total of 16+1+1 Duet Rail Power System. Combining dual power connectors and 90A Smart Power Stage, MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI DDR4 is ready for the challenge of high-end processors.

• 16 Phase - VCPU SPS / 90A
• 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.

PCB Design

Optimized PCB Solution

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

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

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.

• 5x Lightning Gen 4 M.2 - 64 Gbps
• 7x - 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 20G 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.

A Huge Step of DDR Performance

• MSI OC LAB does not merely work hard on extreme overclocking. The XMP memory profile has great improvement on performance and efficiency for Z790. Easy to enable XMP profile with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability

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.

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.

*Gen2 device only supports 7 RGB themes

RGB

Supports 12V RGB devices

Ambient Link

Synchronize lighting theme with compatible lighting devices.

Networking

2.5G LAN WiFi Antenna

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