MSI Creator X299 Motherboard

Unique look and feel inspired by the craft of crystal for all Creators. Features the latest USB3.2 Gen2x2 and 10G LAN, Wi-Fi 6, Triple Turbo M.2 with Shield Frozr, Core Boost, Audio Boost 4 with Nahimic, ThunderboltM3 card and M.2 Xpander-Aero card, Mystic Light:
- 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 Efficency 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 full 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.

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:

STAY COOL AND SUSTAIN PERFORMANCE:
- 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.

OUTSTANDING TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT:
- Multiple fan connectors allow you to set up a cool & silent system through automatic or manual control of your FANs.

M.2 SHIELD FROZR:
- Sustain maximum high-speed M.2 SSD data transfer with M.2 SHIELD FROZR. Prevent SSD throttling with thermal design that includes a heatsink that extends across the motherboard.

With MSI M.2 SHIELD FROZR:
- Prevents throttling
- Maximizes drive performance
- Higher maximum SSD speeds

Without M.2 thermal:
- performance vary by model configuration

CONTROL FANS IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE:
- Total Fan Control lets you check and manage temperature and fan speeds within an easy-to-use graphical interface. Set up to four CPU temperature targets and the motherboard and fan speeds will be adjusted automatically.
CONTROL FANS IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE

AUTODETECT DC OR PWM MODE WITH HYSTERESIS:
- MSI fan headers automatically detect fans running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your system stays silent, no matter what.

OPTIMIZED FOR WATER COOLING:
- A dedicated water pump PIN header provides up to 2A current and can control pump speed. Supports the most popular All-In-One and custom water cooling solutions on the market.

Hardware:
TROUBLESHOOTING FRIENDLY DESIGN:
- 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.

PRE-INSTALLED I/O SHIELDING:
- Pre-Installed IO Shielding makes handling the motherboard process easier and safer. The patent-pending design grounded and protects the IO ports from potential electrostatic discharge damage from the external environment.

CLEAR CMOS:
- Restore the BIOS to the default settings – helpful in 99% of the cases to successfully boot again.

Flash BIOS Button:
- Flash the BIOS with only a connected power supply by following a few steps. CPU and memory not required.

DUAL BIOS:
- Two physical BIOS chips allow a fallback to plan B.

COMPATIBILITY:
MAXIMUM 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 over clocking, so you confirm and choose any gaming rig as you want.

LATEST PROCESSORS SUPPORT:
- MSI X299 motherboards perfectly support latest Intel® Core X-series processors. Combining MSI Core Boost technology, you can release maximum performance no matter what CPU you use.

MEMORY COMPATIBILITY & TESTING:
- Get stability out of MSI’s extensive and aggressive memory testing and optimization. Working alongside partnered brands like Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, G.SKILL, and many more, MSI has worked hard to get the most out as many memory configurations as possible

Bios and software
APPS TO GREATLY IMPROVE EFFICIENCY:
- 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.

CLICK BIOS 5:
- Get more from a loaded BIOS designed for ease of use. Fine-tune the motherboard for gaming performance, efficiency, or overclocking world records!
GAME BOOST:
- Quickly overclock your CPU with a single button for more performance.
XMP:
- Choose from a preset XMP profile and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory.
M-FLASH:
- Conveniently flash or upgrade the BIOS in a few minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility.
HARDWARE MONITOR:
- Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time including temperature, memory capacity, clock speed, and voltage.
TOTAL FAN CONTROL:
- Monitor and manage fan speeds for system and CPU fans.
SECURE ERASE+:
- Wipe an SSD with an optimized formatting algorithm and enjoy an SSD with maxed free space!
MEMORY TRY IT:
- Get extreme speed out of your system memory and get more performance.
- M.2 Genie
- Quickly and easily set up a RAID 0 array for M.2 and U.2 SSDs with this automated utility.
SEARCH & FAVORITES:
- A permanent search & favorite option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly.

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:
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 and delivers the best performance at all times.

12+1 PHASES ROBUST POWER DESIGN:
- Unleash and sustain maximum performance with an aggressive VRM design built with a total of 12 digital CPU power phases. Combining triple power connectors and exclusive Core Boost technology, Creator series motherboard is ready to get everything done faster.

TRIPLE 8-PIN POWER CONNECTORS:
- Tailor-made for designers and content creators, the features and design perfectly meet the demanding requirements for the multiple core processors. Creator X299 features exclusive 3 x 8 pin CPU power connectors onboard, below PRIME 95 test shows the real benefit with the exclusive feature.
- Triple power connectors reduce the temperature up to 30 degrees for both power cable and power connectors.
- The lower temperature protects all the components on the motherboard, also prevent any dangerous situation on your whole system.
- For high-end multiple core processors, triple power connectors provide the best condition for all cores extreme overclocking and 24/7 working that creators need.

CORE BOOST:
- Core Boost technology combines MSI´s premium layout and optimized power design which allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision. Not only supporting multi-core CPU, also creating the perfect conditions for your CPU overclocking.

MEMORY:
UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE:
- MSI takes memory stability and performance to the extreme. We’ve designed an optimized memory circuit design for reliability and tested compatibility extensively in partnership with major memory manufacturers.

EASILY OVERCLOCK WITH XMP PROFILES:
- Select the default XMP profile in CLICK BIOS 5 and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory. These settings have been tested and certified by MSI OC Laboratories to ensure speed and stability.

STORAGE:
Fast and Future-ready 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.

M.2 XPANDER-AERO:
- You can find Triple Turbo M.2 with Shield FROZR on the Creator X299. In addition, another exclusive accessory can be found in the packaging: the M.2 XPANDER-AERO. This PCI-Express card offers four extra M.2 slots to increase your storage capacity at maximum speed.
- Graphic card level thermal solution and brand new design bring the heat from M.2 to the bracket, keep your NVMe SSD cool with maximum performance
- Featuring auto detect function for the M.2 access and the M.2 temperature for easy checking

VIRTUAL RAID ON CPU:
- The Intel Virtual RAID on CPU, VROC, unseals the PCIe lanes direct from processor in order to configure a bootable RAID array, rather than the 32Gbps DMI bottlenecks from chipset. With the Intel VROC, you can take advantage from the full speed SSD device during game loading.

OPTANE: BOOST YOUR HDD TO PERFORM LIKE AN SSD:
- Gamers and PC Enthusiasts can now enjoy the performance of an SSD on their HDD by coupling it with the new Intel® Optane™ Memory device. Intel® Optane™ technology provides an unparalleled combination of high throughput, low latency, high quality of service, and high endurance.

STORAGE BOOST YOUR STORAGE PERFORMANCE:
- This great little tool is very simple to use and automatically detects your storage devices connected to the system. When enabled, Storage Boost optimizes your SSDs to keep your system fast and maximize storage performance, saving you a lot of time when loading or transferring data.

EASY RAID SETUP WITH M.2 GENIE:
- Looking to go all out in terms of raw data speed and put multiple SSDs in RAID 0? Setting this up can prove to be quite the challenge. That´s why we created M.2 Genie, a brilliant feature to make setting up RAID 0 for M.2 and U.2 much easier and less time consuming.

USB:
MAXIMIZE YOUR USB DEVICE PERFORMANCE:
- 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

Good craftsmanship depends on use of the right tools:
- A great designer can’t do anything without professional equipment, Creator X299 featuring USB 3.2 Gen2x2, Front USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C and tons of USB 3.2 Gen1 / 2.0, providing excellent performance for your multiple devices.
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- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Speaker
- Headset
- WebCAM
- Graphics tablet
- Printer
- Scanner
- Digital camera
- Pen drive
- Mobile phone
- Portable charger
- Card reader
- USB light
- USB fan

DOUBLE BANDWIDTH WITH LIGHTNING USB 3.2 20G:
- Using USB 3.2 devices has never been faster! Featuring the Lighting ASmedia 3242 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 controller, MSI motherboards offer never before seen USB speeds up to 20Gb/s when connecting the Rear USB Type-C. The Lightning USB 20G connectors are covered with gold to ensure a better signal and performance.

DOUBLE BANDWIDTH WITH LIGHTNING USB 3.2 GEN2:
- Using multiple USB 3.2 devices has never been faster! Featuring the Lighting ASmedia 3142 USB 3.2 Gen2 controller, MSI motherboards offer never before seen USB speeds when connecting multiple USB devices at the same time. The Lightning USB connectors are covered with gold to ensure a bitter signal and performance.

Type-C reversible connector for next-gen USB:
- Get all the performance benefits with the convenience of the USB Type-C connector. This reversible USB connector allows for effortless connecting of USB devices.

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:
SOUND THAT PULLS YOU INTO THE GAME:
- Deliver the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components and get the most immersive sound experience when gaming. MSI motherboards let you enjoy breathtaking, gaming-changing sound.

ISOLATED AUDIO DESIGN:
- Like a dedicated sound card, audio components and circuits have been laid on a reserved motherboard section and electrically isolated. audio design with boarder

SEPARATED AUDIO LAYERS FOR CLEAN LEFT & RIGHT CHANNELS:
- Audio circuits laid on separate layers in the PCB ensure equally pristine sounding audio for both left and right audio channels.

ALL NEW NAHIMIC 3 - FOR NEXT LEVEL AUDIO IMMERSION:
- Immerse yourself with Nahimic 3 and enhance any audio playback into unreal experiences. Infuse your choice of enhancements including 3D surround sound and tune audio settings through a simple and intuitive new menu interface.

Get clearer order with VOICE BOOST:
- Hear your teammates perfectly with Voice Boost enabled. Game audio is automatically reduced when teammates speak and set back to normal when no one is speaking.

DE-POP PROTECTION:
- A de-pop filter eliminates loud popping noises that occur when devices are plugged/unplugged or when the PC is turned on/off.

DEDICATED HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER THAT AUTO-DETECTS IMPEDANCE:
- A dedicated headphone can drive audiophile headphones up to 600Ω impedance, delivering studio-grade sound quality from your gaming PC. Audio Boost automatically detects the optimal impedance and adjusts the output for the best sound quality.

CONNECTIVITY:
STABLE, SECURE & FAST NETWORKING:
- Optimized for content creation, professional and multimedia use, a high quality network solution is equipped to get ready to serve you with 24/7 reliability and stability when transferring big data.

10G SUPER LAN SOLUTION:
- Onboard 10G Super LAN supports high-bandwidth, high-density and low-latency networks. It is the best solution for demanding creators, designers and power users to transfer the 4K videos, the huge size pictures and other large files in a fraction of the time.

SURFACING WITH THE REAL MU-MIMO TECHNOLOGY:
- The WIFI 6 adopts the latest OFDMA and two-way MU-MIMO technologies and could provide up to 4X network capacity and efficiency in the high signal density environment. Comparing to the WIFI 5, which can only send the data packet to one device at a time on each channel, the WIFI 6 could combine the packet, separate to several devices and allow signals from the different devices bundled together. This new technology provides all the devices in the same network environment with same and harmonious traffic bandwidth in an efficient way.
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LOW LATENCY LAN POWERED BY INTEL®:
- This model comes equipped with a premium network solution from Intel®. The high quality Gigabit LAN networking component is optimized for professional and multimedia use with outstanding performance to deliver a secure, stable and fast network connection.

NEXT-GEN INTEL® WI-FI AX & BLUETOOTH:
- Connect to a high-speed wireless network powered by an Intel® Wi-Fi / Bluetooth solution with MU-MIMO technology delivering AX speeds up to 2.4Gbps.

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.

FULL 4K VIDEO EXPERIENCE:
- Creator X299 features exclusive expansion card, THUNDERBOLT M3. Offering dual DisplayPort and dual Thunderbolt 3 for the full 4K video experience, accelerate content creation workflow and team productivity with the ability to move massive files, images and video unrivaled for new uses Daisy-chain connect up to 6 Thunderbolt™ devices with a single wire speeds 8X faster than USB 3.2 Gen1.
- THUNDERBOLT3 PORTS/USB3.2 Gen2 TYPE-C
- DISPLAYPORT IN PORTS
- J1 CONNECTOR

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:
CREATE YOUR MASTERPIECE:
- 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.
Tailor-made for designers and content creators, the features and design perfectly meet the demanding requirements for creating your own masterpiece.

MYSTIC LIGHT:

MYSTIC LIGHT:
- MSI Mystic Light provides a complete function to control the RGB light all around the ecosystem. Select the available colors from the palette to match your favorite and mood.

MYSTIC LIGHT ON MOTHERBOARD:
- Addicted for the endless space? The Mystic Light Infinity takes advantage from the LED strips and mirror reflection effect to get the special endless light effect. Mystic Light Infinity also offers multiple colors and variety effects for you to set up the whole rig by your own way.
MYSTIC LIGHT EXTENSION:
- Extend vibrant RGB effects from the motherboard to attached compatible RGB lighting including LED strips.
JRGB:
- The JRGB pin header provides the max 3A(12V) power supply for the up to 3 meters 5050 RGB LED strips showing single color.
MYSTIC LIGHT SYNC:
- Control compatible RGB peripherals with the Mystic Light application. An open source SDK is available for developers to integrate Mystic Light with RGB 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:
BUILT ON EVERLASTING QUALITY:
- 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 conditions ensures a super reliable, long-lasting and high performance motherboard.

SHIELD YOUR MEMORY SIGNAL WITH STEEL ARMOR:
- Steel Armor protects the most vulnerable point of memory transmission by shielding it from electromagnetic interference (EMI) and reinforcing the DIMM slots from twisting and bending.

FORTIFY YOUR SYSTEM WITH PCI-E STEEL ARMOR:
- MSI PCI Express Steel Armor slots are secured to the motherboard with extra solder points and support the weight of heavy graphics cards. When every advantage in games counts, Steel Armor shields the point of contact from electromagnetic interference.

ULTIMATE MOTHERBOARD PROTECTION:
- Double ESD protection doubles up the grounding layer around the mounting holes, preventing static discharge surges from damaging the motherboard.

SUPER STABLE GAMING WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY COMPONENTS:
- MSI uses high quality components rated for reliable operation even under extreme conditions.

TITANIUM CHOKE II:
- Ti choke II has 30% improved power delivery efficiency compared to its predecessor, allowing for improved overclocking stability

DRMOS:
- DrMOS is a next-gen 3-in-1 Mosfet package capable of delivering more power at precise timings with fewer components.

HI-C CAP:
- Hi-C CAP is a small, but super-efficient capacitor with 93% energy efficiency. The short height lets them be located close to the CPU socket without blocking large coolers.

SOLID CAP:
- Japanese made Solid CAPs are built for high-reliability motherboards with their aluminum core design. These capacitors have low Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) and are rated to work for more than 10-years.

WINDOWS 10 CERTIFIED:
- With MSI you benefit from great compatibility and a worry-free user experience when using Microsoft Windows 10.With a true dedication to performance, our R&D team has made sure everything works as intended when using the latest version of Microsoft Windows on any MSI product.


Specificaitons:
- 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-bi, Support for Windows® 10 64-bit-