MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI employs carbon black color scheme and RGB lighting to show off different personality and identity. Besides being stylish, it is also powerful.
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.
HARDWARE
- cooling
- Power Solution
- Diy Friendly
- cooling overview
- Water Cooling
- Fully Fan Control
- System Cooling
Cooling Overview
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Extended Heatsink
Extended Heatsink enlarges the surface of heat dissipation, ensuring even high-end processors to run in full speed.
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Direct Touch Heat-pipe
Connecting two MOS heatsinks to enlarge the surface of heat dissipation.
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M.2 Shield Frozr
Keeps M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling, making them run faster.
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7W/mK Thermal Pad
High quality 7W/mK MOSFET thermal pads and extra choke thermal pads ensure all cores running in high performance.
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Enhanced M.2 Thermal
Double-sided M.2 Shield Frozr and Enlarged heatsink desing keep M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling.
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Enlarged PCH Heatsink
The enlarged heatsink design to reduce dust and noise as well as maintain high heat dissipation efficiency.
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
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.
Detecting CPU & GPU temperatures and automatically adjusting fan duty of system fans to a proper value by adopting MSI AI ENGINE.
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.
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
- STRUCTURE
- PCB DESIGN
- MORE FOR PERFORMANCE
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.
POWER
POWER
DIGITALL 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.
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
- M.2 DESIGN
- SMART BUTTON
- MORE FOR DIY FRIENDLY
SCREWLESS M.2 INSTALLATION
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.
EASY PC BUILDING
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.
MORE FOR DIY FRIENDLY
The design protect your IO ports and makes your installation process easier and safer.
* Please ensure to remove the unnecessary mounting stand-off when installing the motherboard into the case.
PERFORMANCE
- Expansion
- memory
- Bios & software
- LIGHTNING GEN 5 PCI-E
- STORAGE
- USB
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.
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.
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4x
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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.
- DDR5
- XMP
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.
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.
- MSI CENTER
- CLICK BIOS 5
- AIDA64
- NORTON 360
- RESIZABLE BAR
MSI CENTER
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.
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!
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XMP
Choose from a preset XMP profile and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory.
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VMD (Volume Management Device)
Enable direct control and management of NVMe SSDs from the PCIe bus without additional hardware adaptors.
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M-FLASH
Conveniently flash or upgrade the BIOS in a few minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility.
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HARDWARE MONITOR
Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time including temperature, memory capacity, clock speed, and voltage.
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MEMORY TRY IT
Get extreme speed out of your system memory and get more performance.
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SEARCH & FAVORITES
A permanent search & favorite option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly.
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.
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 SafeCam
The MSI trial offer is not available for existing Norton customers. If you have an active Norton subscription, you will need to opt-out of the existing subscription to be eligible for this offer. For Important Subscription, Pricing and Offer Details, please refer to NortonLifeLock License and Services Agreement. NortonLifeLock Product and Service Privacy Notices.
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
- mystic light
- networking
- Audio Boost 5
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
- Mystic Light
- Synchronize
glow your pc
Splash on some color and vibrant RGB lighting effects using MSI Mystic Light with 16.8 million colors and fancy LED effects. MSI Mystic Light provides you complete control of RGB lighting of your PC in one software.
EXTEND YOUR RGB EXPERIENCE WITH EASE
Add more color 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.
*Gen2 device only supports 7 RGB themes
- 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 5.3
- 2.5G LAN
- Exclusive magnetic antenna
MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI
- Support Intel® Core™ 14th/ 13th/ 12th Gen Processors, Intel® Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors for LGA 1700 socket
- Supports DDR5 Memory, up to 7600+(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 Intel Wi-Fi 6E 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
