Msi Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon

Msi Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon

Motherboard

R 1,000.00
In Stock(1 available)
Condition: Refurbished - Good
Warranty: 3 Months

Intel Z270 LGA 1151 ATX motherboard featuring DDR4-3800+(OC), Twin Turbo M.2 with M.2 Shield, Lightning USB 3.1 Gen2, and Mystic Light RGB — built for 6th/7th Gen Intel overclocking.

Product Details

Overview

The MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon is an ATX gaming motherboard built on the Intel Z270 chipset, designed to harness the full potential of 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core processors (Skylake and Kaby Lake) on the LGA 1151 socket. Featuring a sleek matte-black PCB adorned with carbon-fiber weave aesthetics and customizable Mystic Light RGB illumination (supporting 16.8 million colors and 17 LED effects), this motherboard combines aggressive gaming styling with exceptional engineering durability. Reinforced with Steel Armor on PCIe and DIMM slots, the Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon is engineered to withstand physical stress while delivering a premium foundation for high-performance rigs.

Architecture & Performance

Powered by the Intel Z270 chipset, the board leverages up to 24 PCIe 3.0 downlink lanes, providing extensive bandwidth for high-speed storage devices, expansion cards, and multi-GPU arrays. It supports 2-Way NVIDIA SLI and 3-Way AMD CrossFire configurations, complete with extra PCI-E slot spacing for optimized thermal airflow. Memory performance is driven by MSI DDR4 Boost technology, utilizing fully isolated memory circuitry to deliver pure data signals and enable stable memory overclocks pushing past 3800MHz (OC). Storage throughput is maximized via Twin Turbo M.2 slots operating on PCIe Gen3 x4 (up to 32 Gb/s per slot) with Intel Optane Memory support and an integrated M.2 Shield thermal sink to eliminate NVMe thermal throttling during heavy sustained workloads.

Key Technical Specifications

  • Processor / Socket / Multi-GPU: Intel LGA 1151 Socket; supports 7th and 6th Gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3, Pentium, and Celeron CPUs; 2-Way NVIDIA SLI and 3-Way AMD CrossFire support.
  • Memory / Storage Interface: 4x DDR4 DIMM slots (Dual-Channel, up to 64GB, 3800+ MHz OC); 2x M.2 Key M slots (PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA support, up to 32 Gb/s); 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports; RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support.
  • Thermal / Power Delivery: 10-phase power design with Military Class 5 components (Titanium Chokes, Dark CAPs); heavy-duty MOSFET heatsinks; 1x M.2 Shield thermal cover; 6x 4-pin PWM/DC fan headers with auto-sensing.
  • Connectivity / Expansion / I/O: 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, 3x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots; ASMedia 2142 USB 3.1 Gen2 (1x Type-A, 1x Type-C rear); Intel I219-V Gigabit LAN; HDMI, DVI-D outputs; Audio Boost 4 with Realtek ALC1220 codec & Nahimic 2 audio enhancer.

Who It's Built For

The MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon is tailor-made for PC hardware enthusiasts, mid-to-high-tier gamers, and overclockers leveraging Intel's 6th and 7th Gen processor ecosystem. It is an ideal choice for users building high-frame-rate 1440p gaming systems or workstation PCs requiring dual NVMe storage arrays, multi-GPU capability, robust VRM power delivery, and customized RGB aesthetic control.