Mainboard MSI X299M GAMING PRO CARBON AC

CPU

• Supports Intel^® Core™ X-Series Processor Family for LGA2066 Socket
* X299M GAMING PRO CARBON AC does not support Intel^® Core™ i7-7740X and i5-7640X processors.

Chipset

• Intel^® X299 Chipset

Slots

• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
– Support x16/ x16/ x8 mode with the 44-lane CPU.
– Support x16/ x8/ x4 mode with the 28-lane CPU.

Storage

• Intel^® X299 Chipset
• 8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
• 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)*
– Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s
– M2_1 slot supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
– M2_2 slot supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
– Intel^® Optane^™ Memory Ready**
• Supports Intel^® Smart Response Technology***
* M.2 slots and SATA ports share the same bandwidth.
** Please refer to manual for Intel^® Optane™ Memory Configuration.
***The functions will be supported depend on the CPU.

RAID

• Intel^® X299 Chipset
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 storage devices*
* M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with M.2/Optane Genie. Please refer to manual for M.2 PCIe SSD RAID.

USB

• ASMedia^® ASM3142 Chipset
– 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-A port on the back panel
– 2x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-C ports(1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB connector)
• Intel^® X299 Chipset
– 6x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4 port on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
– 6x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

Wirsless LAN & Bluetooth^®

• Intel^® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 module
– The Wireless module is pre-install in the WIFI1 slot.
– Supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual band (2.4GHz, 5GHz) up to 867 Mbps speed.
– Supports Dual Mode Bluetooth® 2.1, 2.1+EDR, 3.0, 4.0, BLE, 4.2

Audio

• Realtek^® ALC1220 Codec
– 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
– Supports S/PDIF output

LAN 

• 1 x Intel^® I219-V Gigabit LAN controller
• 1 x Intel^® I211AT Gigabit LAN controller

Internal I/O Connectors

– 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
– 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
– 1 x 6-pin ATX 12V power connector
– 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
– 3 x M.2 slots (Key M x2, Key E x1)
– 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
– 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
– 1 x 4-pin Water Pump connector
– 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
– 1 x Front panel audio connector
– 2 x Front panel connectors
– 1 x TPM module connector
– 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
– 1 x Power button
– 1 x Reset button
– 1 x Multi-BIOS switch
– 1 x RGB LED connector
– 1 x Virtual RAID on CPU connector (VRAID1)

Back Panel I/O Ports

– 1 x Clear CMOS button
– 1 x BIOS FLASHBACK+ button
– 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
– 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
– 2 x Wi-Fi Antenna connectors
– 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports
– 2 x LAN (RJ45) port
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A port
– 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
– 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
– 5 x OFC audio jacks