MSI B360 Gaming Pro Carbon, Intel B360 Motherboard - Socket 1151 [7B16-002R]

 At the same time, the chipset natively supports a M.2 slot connected via PCIe for the particularly fast NVMe SSDs as well as Intel Optane. Socket 1151 motherboards with B360 chipset form a good basis for budget gaming PCs and home office computers.

The features of the MSI B360 Gaming Pro Carbon at a glance:
2x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x4) & 3x PCIe (3.0) x1
2x M.2 (PCIe 3.0x4) / 6x SATA 6G
1x USB 3.1 Type A & Type C + 1x USB 3.1 internal
Total 6x USB 3.0 & USB 2.0 (internal & external)
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2.666 MHz
Impressive RGB lighting with additional headers
The MSI B360 Gaming Pro Carbon in detail
The MSI B360 Gaming Pro Carbon ATX motherboard has two PCIe x16 slots, one with full 16 lanes and the other with four lanes attached to the chipset. For plug-in and expansion cards, the board has three PCIe x1 slots. The two PCIe 3.0 x16 slots support AMD's CrossFire technology and allow the use of two graphics cards.

The two M.2 slots connected via four PCIe 3.0 lanes support the NVMe protocol and, in combination with a corresponding M.2 SSD, enable a data transfer rate of almost 4 GB / s. This is about eight times faster than a SATA 6G connected SSD! Additional drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives can be connected via six SATA 3.0 ports. A maximum of 64 GB of RAM with a clock speed of up to 2,666 MHz can be accommodated in four DDR4 DIMM slots.

The MSI B360 Gaming Pro Carbon offers two USB 3.1 ports on the I / O panel, one of which is a particularly thin and two-sided plug-in Type C port. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps! Other peripherals can be connected via four USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 slots.

One DVI and one Displayport port each for image reproduction via the integrated graphics unit of the processor are also located on the I / O panel. For the output of the on-board sound, the motherboard has five 3.5 mm jack outputs and an optical S / PDIF output. The Nahimic audio solution promises a particularly good sound. Internal ports include three headers to control RGB LEDs, six fan ports, a water pump header, two USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0, and one USB 3.1 header.

Technical details:
Format: ATX
Chipset: Intel B360
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 8th core generation ("Coffee Lake"))
RAM: 4x DDR4 (max .: 2.666 MHz, max 64 GB)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1x PCIe 3.0x16
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x4)
Compatible Multi-VGA Configurations: AMD 2-Way CrossFire (Quad GPU)
3x PCIe 3.0x1
Internal connections:
6x SATA 6G
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280/22110)
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280)
1x RGB LED header
1x addressable RGB LED header
1x Corsair RGB LED header
1x TPM header
1x Power LED & Speaker header
1x CPU fan (4-pin)
1x water pump header (4-pin)
5x enclosure fan (4-pin)
1x front panel audio connector
1x USB 3.1 (a header
4x USB 3.0 (two headers)
4x USB 2.0 (two headers)
External connections:
1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
2x USB 3.1 (1x Type-A & Type-C each)
4x USB 3.0
2x USB 2.0
1x RJ45 LAN
1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI
5x HD audio
1x S / PDIF
Power supply:
1x 24 pin EATX
1x 8-pin ATX 12V