MASTER THE GAME
With a unique look and feel, packed with exclusive gaming features, MSI ENTHUSIAST GAMING motherboards offer the best possible gaming experience.
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"We are proud to be a part of the MSI GAMING testing program to help give gamers the best hardware to play games at the highest level."
- Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer, Fnatic
X299 XPOWER GAMING AC
X FOR XTREME
- Clear CMOS & BIOS FlashBack+ Button
- Dual Intel GAMING LAN
- Lightning USB 3.1 Gen2
- Intel Wireless / Bluetooth
- Golden audio jacks with S/PDIF
- Full gaming I/O & Audio cover
- Stunning looks, protecting the I/O ports
- DDR4 Boost with Steel Armor
- Optimized traces and isolated memory circuitry
- PCI-E Steel Armor
- Protecting VGA cards against bending and EMI
- 3x Turbo M.2 with M.2 FROZR or M.2 Shield
- keeps M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling, making them run faster.
- XPOWER REACTOR with Mystic Light
- Change up to 16.8 million colors & more LED effects via special LED controller
- Audio Boost 4 with amplifier
- Optimized gaming audio using best components, with Nahimic 2
- CHEST PLATE
- Strengthens the board for the frequently used connectors part
MYSTIC LIGHT
PERSONALIZE YOUR GAMING RIG
Customize and set up your own color scheme with RGB Mystic Light. Select any of the colors from the palette using your smartphone or the Mystic Light App to match your system style. Bored of the same colors? Simply change the complete look of your system in 1 second!
MILLIONS OF MARVELOUS COLORS, GREAT SELECTION OF EFFECTS
With multiple colors available, you are the artist to create your own unique gaming rig. Done selecting colors? Choose between several LED effects to really make your system come alive and enjoy your personalized design!
EXTEND YOUR RGB EXPERIENCE WITH EASE
MSI's Mystic Light Extension pinheader provides an intuitive way to control additional RGB strips and other RGB peripherals added to a system, without needing a separate RGB controller. By simply connecting any 12V RGB LED strip to the 4-pin Mystic Light Extension RGB-strip header gamers can sync colors to any style they choose.
Including free 80 cm extender cable with splitter to connect 2 more RGB strips
MYSTIC LIGHT SYNC: SYNCHRONIZE YOUR LED EXPERIENCE
With the convenience of Mystic Light Sync, you can control RGB LED solutions from other brands, such as CPU coolers, keyboards and mice or RGB system fans.
3D PRINTING & MODDING
Allowing enthusiasts and modders to add unique modifications to their MSI GAMING motherboards, the X299 models support 3D-printable parts. Simply design and 3D-print your own parts, such as heatsink covers, personalized SLI bridges, your own name plates and logos in a variety of colors and materials to match your themed build.
COOLING
STAY COOL WHILE GAMING
Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want.
LOOKING COOL WHILE KEEPING COOL
High quality materials and smart fan optimizations contribute to cooling all essential components, which is key to making sure your system runs stable at the best performance during long gaming sessions.
Note:
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CPU
• Supports Intel® Core™ X-Series Processor Family for LGA2066 Socket
* This function will be supported depend on the CPU.
Chipset
• Intel® X299 Chipset
Main Memory
• 8 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB*
• Quad channel memory architecture with the CPU that supports up to 4-channels DDR4**
- X-series processor support DDR4 4133+(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/3800(OC)/3733(OC)/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3200(OC)/3000(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2667/2400/2133 MHz*
• Dual channel memory architecture with the CPU that supports up to 2-channels DDR4**
- X-series processor support DDR4 4500+(OC)/4400(OC)/4333(OC)/4266(OC)/4200(OC)/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/3800(OC)/3733(OC)/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3200(OC)/3000(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2667/2400/2133 MHz*
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* For the latest information about memory, please visit http://www.msi.com
** Please refer the DIMM Slots section for more details.
Slots
• 4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
- Support x16/x0/x16/x8, x8/x8/x16/x8 mode with the 44-lane CPU.
- Support x16/x0/x8/x4, x8/x8/x8/x4 modes with the 28-lane CPU.
- Support x8/x0/x4/x4 modes with the 16-lane CPU.
• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Multi-GPU
• Supports AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
• Supports NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
Storage
• Intel® X299 Chipset
• 10 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
• 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)*
• M2_1, M2_2 slots support 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage devices
- Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s
• M2_3 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
- Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4
• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready for M2_1, M2_2 slots
• 1 x U.2 port *
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe storage
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology**
* M.2 slots and SATA ports share the same bandwidth.
**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 PCIe storage devices**
* M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with M.2 GENIE.
USB
• ASMedia® ASM3142 Chipset
- 3 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports (1 Type-A port and 1 Type-C port on the back panel, 1 Type-C port available through the internal USB connector)
• ASMedia® ASM1074 Hub
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports on the back panel
• Intel® X299 Chipset
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports available through the internal USB connectors
- 6 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
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 I211 Gigabit LAN controller
Wirsless LAN & Bluetooth®
• Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 module
- The Wireless module is pre-install in the M2_3 (Key-E) 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
Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x flat 4-pin ATX 12V power connector*
- 10 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 3 x M.2 slots (Key M x2, Key E x1)
- 1 x U.2 port
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 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
- 4 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 4 x 4-pin extend fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x RGB LED connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Virtual RAID on CPU connector
- 1 x 2-pin Thermal Sensors connector
* Provides additional power to PCIe x16 slots
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
- 1 x BIOS FLASHBACK+ port
- 6 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
- 2 x WiFi antenna connectors
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
- 5 x OFC audio jacks
• 12 in. x 10.7 in. (30.5 cm x 27.2 cm)
• E-ATX Form Factor
• 9 mounting holes