MSI MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi
High-end ATX Z790 LGA1700 board with DDR5, PCIe 5.0 x16 and Gen5 M.2, five M.2 slots, Wi‑Fi 6E, and USB 20Gbps; launched Oct 20, 2022.
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Product overview
MSI’s MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi arrived on October 20, 2022 alongside Intel’s Z790 platform for 13th‑gen Raptor Lake LGA1700 PCs. In our motherboard tiering it’s high_end: a Z‑series board for users who want CPU overclocking and up‑to‑date I/O without stepping into halo pricing.
ATX form factor suits mid/full‑towers. It offers four DDR5 slots with high OC headroom, a PCIe 5.0 x16 graphics slot, and five M.2 (one PCIe 5.0 x4) plus six SATA for storage‑heavy builds. Connectivity covers Intel 2.5GbE, Wi‑Fi 6E, and USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type‑C on rear and front. Best for overclocking, expansion/multi‑M.2, and high‑speed memory.
- overclocking
- expansion/multi-M.2
- high-speed memory
Product highlights
- Supports 12th/13th Gen Intel Core, Pentium Gold, and Celeron Processors; 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
Specifications
- Socket
- LGA1700
- WiFi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Integrated Graphics
- Yes
- Compatible Memory
- DDR5
- USB
- USB 3.2 Gen 2x2
- Max Memory Size
- 128 GB
- ECC Support
- No
- Chipset
- Z790
- Max RAM speed
- 7600 MT/s
- Form factor
- ATX
- RAM slots
- 4
- M.2 slots
- 5
- PCIe x16
- 3
- Processor Generation
- 12, 13
- Pci E
- 5.0
- M 2
- Yes
- Sata Slots
- 6
- Sata Speed
- 6 Gb/s
- Pci E Slots
- 3
- Tdp
- 65 W
- Nvme
- Yes
- Pci E X1
- 1
- Cpu Brand
- Intel
