Unboxing: Motherboard MSI X99A Gaming Pro Carbon

Menyambut hadirnya prosesor Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition terbaru, dengan arsitektur Broadwell-E, beberapa waktu lalu MSI meluncurkan motherboard X99 baru mereka. Salah satu motherboard X99 baru yang ditawarkan perusahaan asal Taiwan tersebut adalah X99A Gaming Pro Carbon. Penasaran dengan motherboard X99 baru dari MSI tersebut? Saat ini, kami tengah melakukan pengujian untuk motherboard tersebut. Namun, sembari menunggu pengujian tersebut selesai, kami akan terlebih dahulu menampilkan unboxing dari produk tersebut.

 

X99A Gaming Pro Carbon ini masuk ke kelas Performance GAMING dari lini motherboard MSI. Walaupun bukan produk teratas untuk X99, motherboard ini tetap disertai dengan berbagai fitur kelas atas terkini, termasuk dengan USB 3.1 Gen. 2, M.2 dan U.2. Berikut ini spesifikasi lengkap dari motherboard yang satu ini.

Spesifikasi Lengkap:

CPU

• Supports New Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition for LGA2011-3 Socket
• Support lntel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0.

Chipset

• Intel® X99 Chipset

Main Memory

• 8 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB*
  – Supports DDR4 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/ 3333(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2933(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2666(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2200(OC)/ 2133 MHz
• Quad channel memory architecture
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Slots

• 4x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots*
  – Support x16/ x0/ x0/ x0, x16/ x16/ x0/ x0, x16/ x16/ x0/ x8, x8/ x16/ x8/ x8 with the CPU that supports 40 PCIe lanes.
  – Support x16/ x0/ x0/ x0, x16/ x8/ x0/ x0, x8/ x8/ x8/ x0, x8/ x8/ x8/ x4 with the CPU that supports 28 PCIe lanes.
• 2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots

* PCI_E6 slot shares the bandwidth with U.2 port and M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4.

Multi-GPU

• Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
• Supports 3-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology

Storage

• Intel® X99 Chipset
  • 10 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (2 ports from SATAe port)
  – SATA1~6 support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
  – SATA7~10 only support IDE mode and AHCI mode
  • 1 x M.2 slot (Key M)*
  – Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s
  – Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
  • 1 x U.2 port */ **
  – Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe storage
  • 1 x SATAe port* (compatible with 2 SATA ports)
  – Supports up to PCIe 2.0×2
  • Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology***

* M.2 slot (PCIe 3.0 x4) and U.2 share the same bandwidth. Please refer to page 38 for U.2/ M.2/ SATAe & SATA combination table.
** The U.2 port will be unavailable when installing the PCIe device in PCI_E6 slot.
*** This function will be supported depend on the CPU.

USB

• ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset
  – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) port on the back panel
  – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (Super Speed USB 10Gbps) Type-C port on the back panel
• Intel® X99 Chipset
  – 5 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (1 internal Type-C port on the board, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
  – 8 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
• VIA VL805 Chipset
  – 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports on the back panel

Audio

• Realtek^® ALC1150 Codec
  – 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
  – Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

• 1 x Intel® I218-V Gigabit LAN controller

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
• 4x USB 2.0 ports
• 1x Clear CMOS button
• 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
• 1x LAN (RJ45) port
• 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 port
• 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
• 1x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
• 5x OFC audio jacks

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 10x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 1x SATA Express connector
• 1x M.2 slot
• 1x U.2 port
• 2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
• 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
• 1x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C port
• 1x 4-pin CPU fan connector
• 1x 4-pin Water Pump connector
• 3x 4-pin system fan connectors
• 1x Front panel audio connector
• 2x Front panel connectors
• 1x TPM module connector
• 1x Chassis Intrusion connector
• 1x Clear CMOS jumper
• 1x Slow mode booting jumper
• 1x GAME BOOST knob
• 1x Power button
• 1x Reset button
• 1x Multi-BIOS switch
• 1x RGB LED connector

Dimension

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes