MSI MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi DDR5 Motherboard

The MSI MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi DDR5 Motherboard supports Intel LGA 1700 for 14th, 13th and 12th Gen Intel Core, Pentium Gold and Celeron processors, features up to 4 x DDR5 memory slots, PCI-E 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 compatible expansion slots, 5 x M.2 slots, 6 x SATA ports (6GB/s), 10 x rear USB ports (up to 20GB/s), 7 x front USB ports (up to 20GB/s), Intel 2.5Gb/s LAN, Intel WiFi 7, supports Bluetooth 5.4, Realtek audio codec and an ATX form factor.

Features

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MPG Z790 Carbon WIFI II

MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI II employs a carbon black colour scheme and reflection decoration over Mystic light RGB lighting to show a different identity. It is also powerful inside by featuring Wi-Fi 7 solution, Optimised DDR5 circuit, and the latest PCIe 5.0 M.2 with Screwless M.2 Shield Frozr, making this motherboard one of the best Z790 ATX motherboards for Intel 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processors.

• Support Intel Core 14th/ 13th/ 12th Gen Processors, Intel Pentium Gold and Celeron Processors for LGA 1700 socket
• Supports DDR5 Memory, up to 7800+(OC) MHz
• Lightning Fast Game experience: PCIe 5.0 slot, Lightning Gen 5 x4 M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2
• Enhanced Power Design: Direct 19+1+1 phases power, Core Boost, Memory Boost
• Premium Thermal Solution: Enlarged heatsink with heat-pipe, MOSFET thermal pads rated for 7W/mk, additional choke thermal pads and M.2 Shield Frozr are built for high performance system and non-stop gaming experience
• 2.5G LAN and Wi-Fi 7 Solution: Upgraded network solution for professional and multimedia use. Delivers a secure, stable and fast network connection
• AUDIO BOOST 5: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality for the most immersive gaming experience
• High Quality PCB: 8-layer PCB made by server grade level material
• Pre-installed I/O Shield: Better EMI protection and more convenience for installation

MPG Be Ahead, Pop Your Style

The MPG series brings out fashionable products by showing extremely unique styles and expressing a conceited attitude towards the challenge of the gaming world. With extraordinary performance and style, the MPG series defines the future of gaming fashion.

Easy to Build

Tool-Free M.2 Installation

Industrial first Magnetic with patented Screwless M.2 Shield Frozr & EZ M.2 Clip provide the easiest way for M.2 Installation.

Easy to Use Less Steps, Control Easily

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.

Flash BIOS Button

Flash the BIOS with only a connected power supply by following a few steps.

Clear CMOS Button

Restore the BIOS to the default settings - helpful in 99% of the cases to successfully boot again.

Debug LED

Displays the error code for troubleshooting. Also functions as temperature monitor!

EZ LED Control

A built-in LED switch on the motherboard to control your light effect. Turn on/off your light in a second!

Thermal Design

Premium Thermal Solution

• Extended Heatsink with Heat-pipe
• 7W/mK MOSFET Thermal Pads
• M.2 Shield Frozr
• Enlarged Chipset Heatsink

Connectivity

High-Speed Transmission

• 2.5 LAN
• Lightning USB 20G
• Latest Wi-Fi 7
• 1x PCI-E 5.0 M.2 Slot
• Lightning Gen 5 PCI-E
• Latest DDR5 Memory
• 4x PCI-E 4.0 M.2 Slots

DIY Friendly

Easy to Use, Stable and Durable

• Pre-installed 1/0 Shield
• 19+1+1 Phases VRM Power
• Screwless M.2 Shield Frozr
• Steel Armour
• 8-Layer Server Grade PCB with 2oz Thickened Copper

Hardware

Cooling

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 Froz 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

Optimised for Water Cooling

Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & customised 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.

Tested to Work Best With

• msi
• Bits power
• CORSAIR
• ekwb
• Thermaltake CooLall YOUR LIFE

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

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 MAX WIFI is ready for the challenge of high-end processors.

• 19 VCPU POWER PHASE SPS 105A
• 1 GT PHASE POWER
• 1 AUX PHASE POWER

Digital Power Design

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

Double Power Connectors

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

Core Boost

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

PCB Design

Optimised PCB Solution

The PCB design has been Optimised 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

EZ OC Tuning

P-Core Beyond 6GHZ+

To unleash the exceptional performance of Core i9-14900K processor, MSI P-Core Beyond 6GHz+ function enables effortless 1-core / 2-core Turbo Boost beyond 6GHz with a single click, delivering extreme performance effortlessly.

P-Core Beyond 6GHz+ (1-core and 2-core) / (3-core to 8-core)

• 6.1 GHz / 5.7GHz
• 6.1GHz / 5.8GHz
• 6.2GHz / 5.7GHz
• 6.2GHz / 5.8GHz
• 6.3GHz / 5.7GHz
• 6.3GHz / 5.8GHz

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.

Protection

Transient Voltage Suppressors (TVS)

Transient Voltage Suppressors (TVS) are safety devices used to protect against excessive voltage. All motherboard models of MSI are equipped with TVS. When the voltage abnormally rises, the TVS switches from a high-resistance state to a low-resistance state, diverting the excessive voltage to ground. This helps prevent circuit damage caused by high voltage.

• Transient Voltage
• Clamped Transient
• Transient Current
• Protected Load

Solid Pin Design

The 4-pin, 8-pin, and 24-pin power connectors of MSI motherboards are all designed with solid pins. The solid pin design allows for a more stable transmission of 12V power to the CPU, even when handling high current loads.

• Improved stability : Larger contact area enhances stability during power delivery
• Low impedance : Solid pins offer low impedance, enabling efficient power flow
• Strong durability : The solid pin design ensures strong durability, capable of withstanding demanding conditions
• Suitable for high-current applications

Stainless Steel IO

Anti-corrosive Stainless Steel IO Shield

An extra layer of sponge materials along with corrosive resistance 10 Shield to help improve static electricity and reduce electromagnetic radiation noise from the system as well as much more durable compare to traditional 10 Shields.

Over Current Protection

MSI motherboards prioritise safety with the embedded Overcurrent Protection (OCP), ensuring crucial components such as the USB ports, DDR memory, PWM IC, and CPU are shielded from excessive current. This proactive defence mechanism curtails the risk of damage or malfunction due to power surges, promoting long-term system stability. This commitment to safeguarding your hardware underscores MSI's dedication to producing motherboards that prioritise durability and stability.

• CPU / PWM IC
• DDR memory Slots
• Rear & Front USB ports

The Grounding Structure of Power Phases

The grounding structure of power phases is the MSI's exclusive design. This patented design enables to suppress the electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by the power phases and helps to efficiently conduct heat to the copper plane with grounding properties.

Performance

Expansion

Lightning Gen 5 Pci-e with Steel Armor

• Lightning Gen 5 PCI-E: 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.
• msi Steel Armour Reinforced: Heavy Soldered Connections Secure to the motherboard with extra solder points and support the weight of heavy graphics cards.

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 lightening gen 5 m2 128 Gbps
• 4x lightening gen 4 m2 64 Gbps
• 6x 6 Gbps

USB

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.

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

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 MAX WIFI II 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.

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.

Memory Extension Mode

Memory Extension Mode provides Optimised memory parameters for enhanced capability at the same frequency, achieving lower latency and higher performance. Furthermore, Memory Extension Mode can combine XMP profiles to maximise memory frequency, enabling users to effortlessly discover the best configuration based on their requirements.

Performance Mode, Benchmark Mode, and Memtest Mode provide users with the flexibility to swiftly identify the ideal configuration tailored to their requirements and memory overclocking capabilities.

BIOS & Software

MSI Centre

• Mystic Light: Create your own colorful masterpiece with ease. Splash any color you want with just a few clicks!
• True Colour: Optimised monitor's brightness and color in several modes for different situation, you can also customise by yourself.
• User Scenario: One click for setting your computer, even customise own profile as your preference.
• Hardware Monitoring: Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time.
• Profile Setting: Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time.
• 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 trial 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.

Norton 360

Opt-in to Cyber Safety with Norton 360 Deluxe

Multiple layers of protection for your devices, online privacy features including our Secure VPN, plus Dark Web Monitoring - all in a single solution. With MSI motherboards, you can enjoy a 60-day free trial of Norton 360 Deluxe.

• Up to 50 GB PC cloud backup
• Real time Threat protection and Smart Firewall
• Password manager
• PC Safe Cam

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 Performance Alc4080 Audio Processor
• High Quality Audio Capacitors
• High Quality Audio Jacks With S/pdif
• Dedicated Headphone Amplifier
• Isolated Audio Signal
• De-pop Protection

The Isolated Analogy Structure for Audio Connectors

To provide clear voice, MSI develops a unique structure – Isolated Analogy Structure. The external metal framework of the audio connectors is separated from the internal layout, which ensures the sound quality crisp.

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.

• Breathing
• Clock
• Colour Pulse
• Colour Shift
• Colour Wave
• Colour Ring
• Concert
• CPU Temperature
• Double Meteor
• Energy
• Flame
• Flashing
• Lightning
• Meteor
• Mixer
• Music
• Planetary
• Rainbow Double Flashing
• Rainbow
• Reaction
• Stack
• Steady
• Visor
• Weather

Synchronise

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

Synchronise lighting theme with compatible lighting devices.

Additional Fan and ARGB Header

Dedicated JAF Header

Additional FAN and ARGB Header

The MSI exclusive JAF header allows MSI's own Daisy-Chained fan to operate with a single cable. Alternatively, the JAF header can be converted into additional ARGB gen 1 and FAN headers by using a dedicated Y-cable, streamlining and optimising the entire building process.

Networking

2.5G LAN & WI-FI 7

High-Bandwidth and Low-Latency Network

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

• Wi-Fi 7
• Bluetooth 5.4
• 2.5G LAN
• Exclusive magnetic antenna
• EZ Antenna with Magnetic Stand

The Next Gen Wi-Fi Solution - Wi-Fi 7

Wi-Fi 7 is the latest wireless solution that takes a huge leap forward with multiple improvements to meet the traffic demand brought and the growing number of wireless devices.Windows 11 compatibility only.

Upgrade to Wi-Fi 7

Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) introduced higher speeds, wider channels, improved efficiency, and reduced latency over Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). It also improved battery life and provided better performance in crowded environments.

Data Transfer Rate

The Wi-Fi 7 provides maximum speeds to a whopping 5.8 Gbps! 2.4 times faster than previous Wi-Fi 6/6E standards, Wi-Fi 7 is set to be the wireless standard of the future.

Channel Size

Previous Wi-Fi generations have had to make do with 160MHz channel widths. Wi-Fi 7 brings this width up to 320MHz (on 6GHz) – ensuring better reliability during simultaneous transmissions at max speeds.

Higher Order Modulation

The higher QAM(Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) value, the more data each packet can carry. Wi-Fi 7 improves the modulation scheme from 1024-QAM to 4096-QAM – boosting peak transmission rates and network capacity.

• WIFI 6 10 bits/symbol 1024 QAM
• WIFI 7 12 bits/symbol 4096 QAM

Multi-Link Operation

Wi-Fi 7 enables devices to simultaneously send and receive data across several frequency bands and channels to meet the traffic demand brought and the growing number of wireless devices.

• WIFI 6 - 5 GHz 2.4 GHz
• WIFI 7 - 6 GHz 5 GHz 2.4 GHz