MSI H370 Gaming Pro Carbon, Intel H370 Motherboard - Socket 1151

The new features compared to the direct predecessor include, for example, the native support of up to four USB 3.1 and 3.0 ports for the first time, so that no additional chips need to be used. In addition, Intel Optane, SATA RAID (0, 1, 5, 10) and up to two of the extremely fast PCIe M.2 SSDs are supported.

The features of the MSI H370 Gaming Pro Carbon at a glance:
2x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x4) & 3x PCIe x1
1x USB 3.1 Type A & Type C and 1x USB 3.1 Header
Total 6x USB 3.0 & 6x USB 2.0 (internal & external)
2x M.2 (PCIe 3.0×4) / 6x SATA 6G
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2.666 MHz
Integrated LED lighting (Mystic Light) with RGB LED header
The MSI H370 Gaming Pro Carbon in detail
The MSI H370 Gaming Pro Carbon ATX motherboard for the Intel Core 8000 series processors has a total of two PCIe x16 slots, one of which is connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes, while the other is connected to four data lines , The board supports AMDs CrossFire technology and offers the option of installing multiple graphics cards. For additional plug-in and expansion cards, the board also has three PCIe x1 slots.

Up to 64 GB RAM can be operated in the four DIMM slots for DDR4 RAM in fast dual-channel mode. RAM modules up to a 6666 MHz memory clock are supported by the Coffee Lake CPUs. Furthermore, the motherboard offers two M.2 slots, which are each connected to the chipset via four PCIe 3.0 lanes and support the extremely fast NVMe SSDs. The NVMe protocol allows a data transfer rate of almost 4 GB / s. This makes M.2 PCIe SSDs up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs! Six SATA 6G ports also allow you to connect to conventional drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives.

The MSI H370 Gaming Pro Carbon has a particularly thin and two-way plug-in USB 3.1 Type C port and a USB 3.1 Type A port on the I / O panel. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps! Two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports allow you to connect additional peripherals. A LAN socket for the Intel i219V LAN chip and audio outputs for the Realtek ALC1220 audio codec are also located on the I / O panel. The external connection repertoire is rounded off by one HDMI and one Displayport connection each for image reproduction via the integrated graphics unit of the processor.

Internally, the motherboard comes with a USB 3.1 Type C header, two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 headers, and a Chassis Intrusion, Clear CMOS and TPM header. In addition to a 4-pin header for CPU cooler, the board provides five 4-pin headers for case fans. Special features of the MSI H370 Gaming Pro Carbon include the MSI Mystic Light LED lighting with RGB header and an addressable RGB header.

Technical details:
Format:
ATX
chipset:
Intel H370
Base:
1151 (v2) (for Intel 8th-generation CPUs (Coffee Lake))
R.A.M:
4x DDR4 (Coffee Lake: DDR4-2.666, 64GB max)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1x PCIe 3.0×16
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x4)
Compatible multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way AMD CrossFire
3x PCIe x1
Internal connections:
6x SATA 6G
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA; 2242/2260/2280/22110)
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA; 2242/2260/2280)
1x USB 3.1 type A header
4x USB 3.0 (two headers)
4x USB 2.0 (two headers)
1x 4-pin CPU cooler header
1x 4-pin water pump header
5x 4-pin fan header
1x RGB header
1x digital LED strip header
1x front panel header
1x front panel audio header
1x chassis intrusion header
1x clear CMOS jumper
1x TPM header
External connections:
1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
2x USB 3.1 (1x Type A and Type C each)
2x USB 3.0
2x USB 2.0
1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 1.4
1x Gigabit LAN (Intel I219V)
1x S / PDIF
5x audio (Realtek ALC1220 codec)
Power supply:
1x 24-pin
1x 8-pin