MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi LGA 1200 Intel Z490

MSI has combined their expertise in gaming and technology to create the MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon, a pure gaming motherboard built for today and tomorrow

The newest MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Gaming Motherboard is born to make your system a gaming beast.

The MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Motherboard is a top-notch gaming choice, since it's built with 10th gen Intel Core processors, as well as DDR4 memory slots and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. It's also ready for the latest graphics cards, with SLI/CrossFireX support.

Plus, it comes with an M.2 slot for drive storage. Plus, this board features Mystic Light RGB LEDs that you can customize to your liking.

High-speed storage solutions bring forth a new standard of performance for SMG

Each MSI Z-Series motherboard is engineered with Turbo M.2 which supports the latest generation of high-speed SSDs, making them 10 Gbit/s faster than regular SATA3 SSDs.

MSI MPG Z490 gaming carbon are gaming grade motherboards with 10G connectivity, high-speed WiFi 6, and military grade construction. They're ideal for gamers who want to utilize the latest technological advancements.

GAME IN STYLE

The MPG RGB series brings out the best in gamers! With advanced lighting control and synchronization, color expression and freedom are at your fingertips. When it comes to personalization, there's always room for more.

The gorgeous LED front panel of the MPG RGB series provides convenient in-game notifications and real time status updates.

With the MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi LGA 1200 Intel Z490, your motherboard is the center of attention. The monoblock heatsink is designed to fit perfectly with it and gives it a unique look. Plus, you're now in first place in style.

To unlock the ultra-high performance of 10th gen Intel Core processors, EK applied their award-winning cooling design that provides excellent cooling, allowing gamers to sustain heavy loads without noise. It's ready for everything!

PREMIUM HARDWARE DESIGN

The MSI hardware design team has years of experience with building high-performance motherboards. They've reviewed countless designs, evaluated a wide selection of quality components, and developed products for reliability even under extreme conditions.

EK CUSTOM-DESIGNED CPU + VRM WATER COOLING

Sustain the high performing for 10th gen Intel core processors, a custom-designed EK cooling solution that offers pristine cooling for both the CPU and VRM power delivery section is used to prevent thermal throttling, allowing gamers to sustain heavy gaming loadings without the noisy environment. It's ready for everything!

M.2 SHIELD FROZR

M.2 Shield Frozr is the next-generation M.2 thermal solution that includes a heat shield to lower the risk of throttling from SSDs getting too hot.

FULLY CONTROLLABLE IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE

Some of the features that are easily accessible on MSI motherboards include the ability to control and monitor fan speeds; thermal sensors, voltage regulators, and power phases that can be monitored from within BIOS or software; and fan connectors for hardware monitoring.

OPTIMIZED FOR WATER COOLING

A water-cooled computer is optimized for the most popular water cooling solutions. A specialized header pins allow you to control the pump speed, and an “keep out” zone allows for easy installation and a perfect fit.

12 + 1 +1 DUET RAIL POWER SYSTEM

Unleash and sustain maximum performance with an aggressive VRM design built with digital CPU power system. Combining 8 + 4-pin power connectors and exclusive Core Boost technology, MPG series motherboard is ready to sustain heavy gaming loadings.

CORE BOOST

Core Boost technology is a premium layout and digital power design that provides the most efficient conditions for multi-core CPU, which makes the chip run faster.

1-SECOND OVERCLOCKING!

1-second overclocking. MSI's special feature enables one-second overclocking, giving you an instant performance boost; it's that easy!

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 (and who doesn't need that?).

OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION

Overvoltage protection prevents short-circuit damage to the CPU and other critical components.

DIGITALL POWER DESIGN

Power design for the CPU is the key to overclocking. A fully digital power design allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision. It's so important, it's even in the name of the product.

DOUBLE POWER CONNECTORS

Your CPU needs more power to run faster. A fully digital design will deliver the right amount of current to your CPU at the right time. This eliminates any distortion and allows for fast overclocking.

PRE-INSTALLED IO SHIELDING

This motherboard has pre-installed IO shielding that protects your ports, preventing electrostatic discharge damage. The pre-installed design also makes your system a strong gaming foundation.

XL CLIP

The PCI-E slot is what holds your graphics cards. This clip helps you more easily remove or change them without damaging the card itself.

EZ DEBUG LED

EZ Debug LED Onboard LEDs will help you find the source of the problem so you can begin operating again.

EZ LED CONTROL

A built-in LED button on the motherboard to control your light effect. How cool is that? It's like a universal remote for your lighting technology.

MORE RELIABLE CIRCUIT TRANSMISSION

Higher bandwidth and faster transfer speeds. And what does that mean? Higher speed, more reliability, and better data transmission.

FORTIFY YOUR SYSTEM WITH PCI-E STEEL ARMOR

Especially with the latest graphics cards, PCI-E Steel Armor helps safeguard the motherboard from electromagnetic interference that can affect performance.

ULTIMATE MOTHERBOARD PROTECTION

Double the grounding layer around the mounting holes. This prevents static discharge surges from damaging your motherboard.

LIGHTNING GEN 4 SUPPORT, READY 4 THE FUTURE !!!

MSI's Z490 motherboards make use of an enhanced layout and PCB design that are made for the next-generation PCI Express 4.0 architecture. All of MSI's newest motherboards can support the next-generation of PCIe technology, ensuring your PC is future-ready!

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE

We’re giving you the best components to make sure your gaming experience is enhanced. These motherboards are loaded with features that can overwhelm any challenge. Whether your a gamer, professional, or service technician, an MSI board will enhance your experience.

EXTREME STABILITY & COMPATIBILITY TESTING

Extremely stable memory. We test memory with the most popular brands so your system will run well in even extreme conditions. Our partners include names like Corsair, Crucial, Kingston and more to make sure you get the best possible performance.

A HUGE STEP OF DDR PERFORMANCE

This motherboard is a huge step forward in performance and efficiency for DDR4 memory. Compared to other Z390 motherboards, MSI has made great improvements both on speed and stability. With just one click, you can enable XMP profiles to get the best performance out of your memory.

EASY OVERCLOCKING WITH XMP PROFILE

It's easy to overclock on your MSI motherboard. The XMP profile in the BIOS is tested and certified by MSI OC LAB. It's ready to be enabled automatically by the system itself for optimal performance.

FAST AND FUTURE-READY STORAGE

These MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EK X motherboards support many different fast and efficient storage technologies, which allows users to connect any kind of solid state drives (SSDs) or hard drives for blazing fast speeds.

OPTANE: BOOST YOUR HDD TO PERFORM LIKE AN SSD

For years, PC enthusiasts have been hoping to enjoy the performance of an SSD on their regular hard drive. Now, it can be done through a new product from Intel called Optane. This is an incredible technology that provides a combination of high throughput, low latency, high quality of service, and extraordinary endurance.

EASY RAID SETUP WITH M.2 GENIE

If you want to go all out in terms of raw data speed and put multiple SSDs in RAID 0, setting this up can prove to be quite a challenge. That’s why MSI created M.2 Genie, a brilliant feature to make setting up RAID 0 for M.2 and U.2 much easier and less time consuming.

DRAGON CENTER

Take control of the advanced features of a motherboard with MSI Dragon Center! The new central software application unifies a suite of MSI utilities into a single dashboard where you can take control of all your motherboard's features.

CLICK BIOS 5

Click BIOS 5 is a tool designed to help tweak your motherboard settings for better performance, efficiency, or overclocking:

• GAME BOOST - Quickly overclock your CPU with a single button for more performance, especially during games that require frantic speed.;
• XMP - It's easy to overclock your memory on your PC if you have a compatible XMP profile installed, and XMP (eXtreme Memory Profile) is an important tool in overclocking.;
• M-FLASH - "Method Flash" is a BIOS update utility that allows you to easily flash the BIOS of your computer. The whole process can be completed within minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility through a simple and easy-to-use interface;
• HARDWARE MONITOR - You can quickly check your hardware information, such as temperature, memory capacity, clock speed and voltage.;
• MEMORY TRY IT - Get extreme speed out of your system memory.;
• SEARCH & FAVORITES: Search and favorite are permanent options that allow users to cycle through your BIOS menus quickly.;

MSI APP PLAYER

MSI's latest gaming innovations include a new feature that allows users to play mobile games with the same features as their full-fledged PC games

CONNECTIVITY

MSI motherboards have several connectors and ports to support the various parts of your gaming rig. Connectivity includes audio, LAN, USB, and Mystic Light.

HIGH-BANDWIDTH AND LOW-LATENCY NETWORK

2.5Gbps LAN High bandwidth and low latency. Faster than a Gigabit network, with lower ping times.

SURFACING WITH THE REAL MU-MIMO TECHNOLOGY

The WIFI 6 uses the latest OFDMA and two-way MU-MIMO technologies to provide up to four times more network capacity and efficiency in a high signal density environment. Compared to the WIFI 5, which allows only one device on each channel at a time to transmit data packets, the WIFI 6 could allow multiple devices to receive and transmit simultaneously.

OPTIMIZE ONLINE GAMING TRAFFIC FOR LOWER LATENCY!

MSI Gaming LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes online games for you, giving you the best gaming experience with low latency.

HIGH DEFINITION ALC1220 AUDIO PROCESSOR

This product supports high definition audio, which is a breakthrough in sound quality. It has a SNR of 120 dB and a bit depth of 32 bits.

HIGH QUALITY AUDIO CAPACITORS

A high fidelity sound experience is the goal in studio level headphones. The goal of these great headphones is to provide an excellent listening experience with superb acoustics and realism for a realistic price.

HIGH QUALITY AUDIO JACKS WITH S/PDIF

Your sound is going out of whack. How do you fix it? This new era demands a level of quality that the old world could only dream about. That's why the digital era has high-quality audio jacks such as S/PDIF, which transmit digital signals without any loss in quality.

ISOLATED AUDIO DESIGN

Like a dedicated sound card, audio components and circuits are laid on a reserved motherboard section and electrically isolated.

SEPARATED AUDIO LAYERS FOR CLEAN LEFT & RIGHT CHANNELS

Separate audio layers ensure equally pristine sound quality for both left and right channels. Audio Boost protects your ears by eliminating those annoying loud popping sounds when you plug/unplug devices or turn your PC on/off.

DOUBLE BANDWIDTH WITH LIGHTNING USB 3.2 GEN 2x2 20G

You can now get double bandwidth with Lightning USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20G. This means 2X the speed! With MSI motherboards you'll find the ASmedia 3241 controller on board to deliver lightning fast transfer speeds of up to 20Gb/s between your PC and peripheral-USB flash drives, external hard drives, etc. The gold plated connectors on the rear of these USB 3.2 ports ensure that the signal is stronger and clearer, so both your devices and your

USB FRONT TYPE-C

MSI Gaming Motherboards support USB-C, MSI's latest innovation in the gaming industry. USB-C is a new connector that allows gamers to connect and use the latest USB devices on PC. It simplifies plugging in graphics cards, Ethernet cables, even power supply units.

TRUE COLOR MYSTIC LIGHT ON MOTHERBOARD

MSI Mystic Light brings 16.8 million colors to your PC! MSI's exclusive Mystic Light technology embeds LED lights on the back of your board and gives you full control over its effects.

MYSTIC LIGHT EXTENSION

MSI Mystic Light brings 16.8 million colors to your PC! MSI's exclusive Mystic Light technology embeds LED lights on the back of your board and gives you full control over its effects.