MSI Performance GAMING Intel 8th Gen LGA 1151 M.2 DVI HDMI USB 3.1 Gigabit LAN SLI CFX ATX Motherboard (Z370 KRAIT GAMING)

When it was time to replace my old P67 Gigabyte build with a new 8th gen coffee lake build, I chose the MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon motherboard. Having used Asus and Gigabyte boards in the past, I decided to give MSI a try this time based on motherboard specs, features and reviews. I spent a considerable amount of time comparing similar motherboard offerings and this one came out as the clear winner and having completed the build, all the time spent researching parts certainly paid off.I particularly like the UEFI BIOS and how easy it is to configure things like memory XMP profiles, overclocking, Windows 10 WHQL mode, fast boot, and much more. The board layout was a pleasure to work with and everything seems well thought out. I did a quick bit of overclocking on the Core i7 8700K and easily hit 5.0 GHz. I have yet to really dig in with all the OC settings, but I'm sure this board can handle it without breaking a sweat.Finally, the MysticLight RGB lights and software are pretty good and adds a nice, customizable touch of color to the case interior. The software can be a bit temperamental, but it has quite a few options to suit whatever color scheme you're going with in your build.Overall, I couldn't be happier with my choice and I'll be definitely using MSI motherboards and peripherals over Asus and Gigabyte in the future.Happy building!

First a caveat or three: I tried in vain to install MacOS Mojave on this board for ever and it did not work. MSI boards use a specific memory controller which sometimes and sometimes does not work. Catalina does not have this problem. It was very simple.Caveat II; clearing up a misconception: When using a Z370 board with an9th generation Intel CPU you would have to flash the bios to use the board- for which you would need an 8th gen cpu. Not always true. You can check the serial number and the date of manufacture will clue you into the bios version. MSI’s website has a chart which shows which cpu requires which bios version. Mine was manufactured 10/2018 and had a late enough bios for my i5-9400f.Caveat III the last crusade: I could not initially work using the newest version of the bios (2A0) but worked flawlessly on the prior version (290).OK so with that out of the way, the board worked fantastically in MacOS and has a nice white light on it. Plenty of headers for fans, usb, yadda yadda.CPU install took around 45 seconds. Installing the board into the case took about 3 minutes and card installs took 2 minutes. Plenty of SATA connectors.I would expect that it works in Windows too, since it has all the fancy settings.

I purchase this motherboard in conjunction with an Intel BX80684I78700 8th Gen Core i7-8700 Processor and a Corsair Dominator Platinum Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz (PC4-25600) C16 Memory Kit to replace my ten year old computer that crashed for good. Frankly I was a bit intimidated by the apparent complexity of assembling this new system, but to my surprise, it was easy and straight forward. This new system running SSD drives is lighting fast and perfect for my needs.Inexpensive, yet technologically advanced, it was easy to install and fired up immediately and flawlessly. BIOS and other updates as well as all motherboard functions are easily accessible through an intuitive and efficient menu system. After five months of operation I have only praises for this unit.

this motherboard isn't that bad for the price. i still wouldn't recommend it for a none K cpu. the motherboard has worked as intended but its kinda lacking when it comes to features but what can i say; intel sucks for being overpriced. i think we can all agree on that but lets get back to the motherboard. the mobo has plenty of fan headers, 2 PCI-E X16 slots (sadly the second one only runs at 4x so you'll loose about 10 or so fps depending on the game), 6 sata ports, decent motherboard cooling. the motherboard VRMs do not too protrude to much, to where i can't fit certain coolers like in the past (in my own experience). the motherboard makes my whole life a bit easier with easy ram overclocking; ram actually does make a difference. i've gained 10-20 fps in my games when i overclocked my ram. if you have a better budget of $140 on a motherboard and don't have a K cpu than get this one unless you want to wait for the motherboards with no overclocking. if you can spend more than do it if you have a K cpu. i would recommend you spend more on your motherboard to get a more amount of features and get a better vrm phase design because more vrms can help with voltage and that can end with the consumer running at cooler temps with otherclocking

Mother board works well, and has a lot of settings to play with for over clocking. It also has a handy recovery functionality where if you go too far with your overclock, it doesn't lose your settings. The on board raid works well, although indont like that the raid utility is loaded independent of the uefi, but this isn't a deal breaker. With lots of usb, data and pci slots, it's hard to go wrong. It has 2 m.2 slots, and supports dual video cards. I have been using it for about 2 years now, and have no regrets.

Todo funciona a la perfección, sin problemas para actualizar la BIOS, todos los componentes funcionan adecuadamente.

muy buena mobo para comenzar a armar tu pc gamer con un i5 y 16gb de ram muy recomendada

Un gran aspecto de esta tarjeta madre es la relación calidad-precio.Esta tarjeta madre, al tener el chipset Z370, tiene la capacidad de overclocking para el procesador (hay que tener un procesador "K") y RAMs (frecuencias >2666mhz tales como 3000 ó 3200mhz son consideradas como O.C).Esto es algo que no tienen las motherboards con otros chipsets (h310, h370, b360). Hay motherboards con chipset b360 a precios muy elevados, y además hay otras motherboards h370 con precio similar a éste.Mi recomendación sería gastar unos $200 más y comprar una con el chipset Z370 en lugar de una con b360/h370. Y no gastar tanto en una con esos 2 chips que mencioné, a menos que gustes gastar más en RGB que en funcionalidad. Lo cual también es respetable.

my motherboard is defective but there is no option to return it