MSI X299 Creator Intel Motherboard

OVERVIEW
DIY FRIENDLY
MSI motherboards been designed with tons of smart features for convenient setup and usage, such as pin-header keep out zone, friendly SATA & USB location and multiple cooling solutions, so DIY users can pick and choose any gaming rig they want.

Cooling
Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. MSI motherboards feature excellent power design with solid and heavy heatsink. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want.

HARDWARE
MSI motherboards feature tons of convenient and smart design for DIY users, countless system tuning and troubleshooting tools are at your disposal to push your system to new heights and satisfy even the most demanding tweaker. Makes it so easy to install your own motherboard without any issue.

Compatibility
Every MSI motherboards are certified by strict mechanic that feature convenient pin-header keep out zone, friendly SATA & USB location for compatibility with the widest range of components and devices, so DIY user can pick and choose the components they want. More than that, we offer a dedicated Qualified Vendor List (QVL) for the most critical part - memory. Combining with MSI DDR4 Boost technology, we provide the maximum compatibility even overclocking, so you confirm and choose any gaming rig as you want.

BIOS and Software
With years of experience in creating performance enhancing tools that are easy to use, only the highest quality applications are at your disposal. Use these tools to get the most out of your motherboard. Moreover, we made sure our BIOS contains all the latest options and is easy to use for everyone. The extensive features let you fine-tune your system to deliver reliable maximum performance.

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE
MSI motherboards featured all the latest solution for enthusiast and prosumers. CPU and memory enhancement and fast storage and USB transfer speed are ready for everything.

CPU
High quality materials and smart fan optimizations contribute to cooling all essential components, which is key to making sure your system runs stable and delivers the best performance at all times.

MEMORY
Optimized layout design and a fully isolated memory circuitry ensures perfect stability and performance. You never have to worry about your system crashing during games with MSI DDR4 BOOST.

Storage
MSI motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.  

USB
Read and write your files over USB faster than ever. MSI offers a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB devices, delivering lightning-fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s

IN-STUDIO ADVANTAGE
MSI motherboards provide the most fascinating in-studio advantages, designed to satisfy any professional workflow. Elevate your listening pleasure and network connection with MSI Audio & LAN. Enjoy extreme sound quality and uninterrupted online experience.

Audio
Deliver the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components and get the most immersive sound experience. MSI motherboards let you enjoy breathtaking sound to create the most dynamic soundscapes.

CONNECTIVITY
Optimized for professional and multimedia use, this generation comes equipped with a high quality network solution ready to serve you with 24/7 reliability when transferring big data.

CREATION
Good craftsmanship depends on use of the right tool, this motherboard is tailor-made for designers and content creators, the features and design perfectly meet the demanding requirements for creating your own masterpiece.

EXHILARATING AND INSPIRING
Each MSI motherboard is built based on the specific topic in order to match different tastes and favors. Furthermore, MSI also adopts the modern style to design the heatsink through huge surface and sleek but simple cuts in order to make the heatsink and appearance looks ripped and powerful. Combined with neutral color, such as black, grey and silver, as the main background, MSI motherboard can perfect fit different RGB LED effects and strongly shows the gamers tunes.

Industrial Design
Creator X299 comes with a unique look and feel inspired by the craft of crystal. Packed with exclusive features to unleash the overall performance for incredible multiple cores CPU.

MYSTIC LIGHT
Illuminate with MSI Mystic Light and bring the motherboard RGB lighting to life. Choose from millions of colors and sync across compatible devices.

LOYAL COMRADE
With years of experience, MSI is no stranger to building high-performance motherboards. Our R&D and engineering teams have reviewed countless designs, evaluated a wide selection of high quality components, and developed products for reliability even under extreme conditions.

Components
Using only the finest quality components and integrating the latest technological innovations delivers the best possible professional experience. Rigorous quality testing under the most extreme 

Features

Supports Intel® Core™ X-series Processors 10000/9000/78xx(above)series for LGA2066 Socket
Supports DDR4 Memory, 8 DIMMs, Quad Channel Max Frequency DDR4-4266+(OC)
More Powerful than Enough: dedicate 12 phases 90A digital power to CPU, with all aluminum design
More Efficiency for Data Transfer: 10G LAN + Intel® Gigabit LAN with Intel® WIFI 6 and bandwidth management
More Compatibility for Storage: 7 x Turbo M.2 with M.2 XPANDER-AERO, 1 x Turbo U.2
More Flexibility for Temperature Control: Full fan control with 8 PWM fan headers and 1 dedicated thermal sensor
Lightning USB 20G: Powered by ASMedia ASM3242 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 controller, offers the fastest USB speeds with stability.
M.2 Shield Frozr: Strengthened built-in M.2 thermal solution. Keeps M.2 safer and faster
Core Boost: With premium layout and fully digital power design to support more cores and provide better performance
Triple 8 Pin Power Supply: By providing triple 8 pin connectors to ensure adequate power supply to unleash ultimate multi-core CPU performance
Mystic Light: 16.8 million colors / 29 effects controlled in one click. Mystic Light Extension supports RGB, Raibow and Corsair LED strip
Audio Boost 4 with Nahimic: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
DDR4 Boost with Steel Armor: Fully isolated, shielded and optimized DDR4 PCB design to give your DDR4 memory a performance boost
Multi-GPU: With Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports up to 4-Way NVIDIA SLI™ & 4-Way AMD Crossfire™
THUNDERBOLTM3: Exclusive expansion card offering dual DisplayPort and dual Thunderbolt 3 for the full 4K video experience.

SPECIFICATIONS

SOCKET : LGA2066
CPU (MAX SUPPORT) : i9
CHIPSET : Intel® X299 Chipset
DDR4 MEMORY : 4266+(OC)/ 4133(OC)/ 4000(OC)/ 3866(OC)/ 3733(OC)/3600(OC)/ 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/ 3333(OC)/ 3300(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2933/ 2666/ 2400/ 2133
MEMORY CHANNEL : Quad
DIMM SLOTS : 8
MAX MEMORY (GB) : Quad: 256GB
PCI-E X16 : 4
PCI-E GEN : Gen3
SATAIII : 8
M.2 SLOT : 3
U.2 : 1
RAID : 0/1/5/10
TPM (HEADER) : 1
LAN : 1 x Intel® I219V Gigabit,1 x Aquantia® AQC107 10-Gigabit
USB 3.2 PORTS (FRONT) : 1(Gen2, Type C), 4(Gen1, Type A)
USB 3.2 PORTS (REAR) : 1(Gen2x2, Type C), 7(Gen1, Type A)
USB 2.0 PORTS (FRONT) : 4
USB 2.0 PORTS (REAR) : 2
AUDIO PORTS (REAR) : Realtek® ALC1220 Codec
DIRECTX : 12
FORM FACTOR : E-ATX
SLI : Y
CROSSFIRE : Y
OPERATING SYSTEM : Support for Windows® 10 64-bit