X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
Perform in style
1 Clear CMOS & Flash Back Button
2 Lightning USB 3.1 Gen2
3 BIOS FLASHBACK+
4 Intel® GAMING LAN
5 Golden audio jacks with S/PDIF
6 Mystic Light RGB Covers with Carbon
Change up to 16.8 million colors & 17 LED effects
7 Gaming heatsinks
for maximum cooling and performance
8 DDR4 Boost with Steel Armor
Optimized traces and isolated memory circuitry
9 PCI-E Steel Armor
Protecting VGA cards against bending and EMI
10 3x Turbo M.2 with M.2 Shield
NVMe support, up to 32 Gb/s using PCI-Express Gen3 x4
11 Intel Wi-Fi card
Dual band wireless up to 867 Mbps and Bluetooth 4.2
12 Audio Boost 4 with amplifier
Optimized gaming audio using best components, with Nahimic 2+
MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC overview
Customize your Gaming Rig
Personalize your PC with 16.8 million colors and 17 effects through Mystic Light RGB LED. Controlled in one click with the Mystic Light APP or a mobile device.
MSI X370 GAMING Pro Carbon Mystic Light
Customize colors Customize effects Mystic Light App
Works with certified Mystic Light Sync products:
Mystic Light Sync logo Mystic Light vendors
Personalize your motherboard
Customize the looks of the GAMING PRO CARBON motherboard by changing to different color schemes. Use the included removable covers to change to silver or gold, or simply 3D print your own and mount them!
Fan Headers Personalize your Motherboard
3d Printing & Modding
Mod it yourself! Completely transform your system. This motherboard is optimized for 3D printing & modding.
3d printing SATA Manager 3d printing VGA support
X-mounting screws
This motherboard features X-mounting 3D printing screws which allow you to use your own 3D printed covers, FAN guards or other 3D printed materials to mounted to the board with ease.
3d printing heatsink cover 3d printing fan
Designed for overclocking
Combining the industry’s best components with MSI’s top-notch R&D design, you can count on this motherboard to deliver world-class performance. By adding plenty of DrMOS premium power phases, Loadline Calibration, DigitALL CPU PWM and a dedicated ClockGen, MSI X299 models ensure a clean, stable and optimized power delivery for the best performance when pushed to the max.
60A DrMOS Power Phases
60A DrMOS phase design
DigitALL CPU PWM External ClockGen Loadline Calibration
DigitALL CPU PWM External ClockGen Loadline Calibration
Boost CPU performance
The most extreme enthusiasts demand more CPU & Memory performance. MSI X299 motherboards deliver just that. Turbo socket allows for additional tuning of DDR4 memory and Ring voltages for no limits overclocking, whether you are a casual tuner or extreme overclocker.
Use the MSI Game Boost function for one-second automated overclocking. On selected models you can simply turn the dial, on others use the Gaming App or BIOS and your PC gets another adrenalin shot.
Game Boost 1 second overclocking
MSI X299 Turbo socket MSI X299 Game Boost button
M.2 Shield: maximize SSD performance, prevent slow downs
World’s fastest SSDs can start to lower performance when getting hot. The new onboard M.2 Shield is the next generation M.2 Thermal solution avoiding this by offering the best thermal protection to make sure the SSD maintains maximum performance.
MSI X299 M.2 Shield
Without M.2 Shield With M.2 Shield
1 Delays throttling
2 Higher maximum transfer speed
3 Faster overall drive performance
Immerse yourself into Virtual Worlds
Integrating the very best of cutting edge technologies on MSI hardware provides a smooth Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality ride. Through joint efforts with major VR brands, combined with unique MSI features to optimize VR, MSI brings gamers and professionals a vivid and realistic experience in which content truly comes alive.
Microsoft HoloLens HTC Vive
VR Boost Arrow VR ports
Pull yourself in the game with VR Boost
Traditional USB ports can suffer signal drops, significantly impacting performance of connected devices. VR Boost, only on MSI, is a smart chip that ensures a clean and strong signal to a VR optimized USB port, giving you an enjoyable VR experience.
Amplify your Game with Audio Boost 4
Like a dedicated sound card Audio Boost 4, powered by Nahimic, offers a HD audio processor, dedicated amplifier and high quality audio capacitors, all physically isolated from the rest of the motherboard circuitry to ensure the purest audio signal to locate enemies with pin-point accuracy.
Isolated Audio with LED Line Chemi-Con Audio capacitors Nahimic 2 Sound Tracker
Isolated audio design with Isolated Audio with RGB LED Line Chemi-con Audio Capacitors Nahimic Sound Tracker
Audio Boost Ohm graph
Maximize your USB Device performance
Transfer your favorite games, music and movies over USB faster than ever. MSI offers a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB 3.1 devices, delivering lightning-fast transfer speeds!
Reversible connector USB Type-C
Reversible connector

Double Bandwidth USB 3.1
MSI Lightning USB
Others USB 3.1 Gen2 Others USB
Up to 20% faster with XBoost
MSI X-Boost performance
Front USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C
Front USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C
Unmatched Memory Performance
MSI motherboards are crammed with features to fuel your gaming rig’s memory with more speed, higher overclockability and increased stability.
Memory Signal Purity MSI MSI caption Others MSI caption
DDR4 Boost performance
Best compatibility
Optimized traces and a fully isolated memory circuitry ensures perfect stability and performance, so you never have to worry about your system crashing during games.
Best compatibility chart
DDR4 Steel Armor
With DDR4 Steel Armor
Dominate the Game with the Lowest Latency
Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN. Featuring the highest quality components tuned to deliver the best online gaming experience without lag.
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INTEL® WI-FI AC & BLUETOOTH
Use your LAN port for online gaming while using WiFi for other online applications. The Intel® Wi-Fi / Bluetooth solution uses smart MU-MIMO technology, delivering AC speeds up to 867Mbps. Share your Screen while gaming with Intel® Wireless DisPlay (WiDi), which also lets you stream movies, photos, presentations, and more.
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