MSI Z390-A PRO LGA1151 (Intel 8th and 9th Gen) M.2 USB 3.1 Gen 2 DDR4 HDMI DP CFX Dual Gigabit LAN ATX Z390 Gaming Motherboard

Bought this a s replacement board for my 8th gen I7 as after 2 years my Gigabyte board decide to not work on PCIE x 16. As this was a maintenance replacement I wasn't expecting much but was surprised by the performance. The vendor was extremely friendly and customer oriented and gave great pre-sales advice on this product. 5 Stars to the seller for being honest and helpful.

arrived early and does the job. very good.

Sadly 2 MSI motherboards got them brand new out in box didnt start or lets just say didnt work

Good quality no issues with performance working great very happy

Had some difficulties with space between motherboard and tower case, making it difficult to install video card, so I bought a GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO Wi-Fi (Intel LGA1151/Z390/ATX/2xM.2 Thermal Guard/Onboard AC Wi-Fi/RGB Fusion/Gaming Motherboard) a better motherboard.

I am using it for the last 3 & half years and I found it a very good motherboard but there is a small issue, it is not with the Motherboard actually but it is with brand-provided specifications. The Brand says 2 x16 PCIe slots & then in (), they write x4 x16. People often get confused by this because most people think they getting 2 x16 but actually they are getting 1 x16 & 1 x4 PCIe. So if PCIe slot matters to you then think about it before buying. Rest all perfect as I wanted. In my case, I wanted to use more than 1 M.2 nvme ssd and this motherboard already had 1 slot so no issue but later when I wanted to use another m.2 nvme then I faced an issue only because PCIe slot. I am using x16 slot for Graphic Card and it is necessary to use it on x16 so now remains x4 and because of it, I can use only 1 nvme instead of more than 1 because 1 nvme needs x4 speed to work so if 2 nvme than need x8 and GB/TB size doesn't matter. (Note = we can use nvme through SSD to pcie adapter only if want to use more than 1 nvme).

MSI Hits it out of the park again! Keep in mind that the "PRO" part of this model, not everything is beginner friendly, although MSI's technical support will happily help you with your build. I would say this motherboard has so many OC features that it would be a waste to use this without an unlocked (K model) CPU. All the 1-3 star reviews are people who either won't read instructions or don't want to call MSI support when they don't know what they did wrong. I paired this with i7 9700K, G.Skill 3600MHz RAM, GTX 1080 Ti, Samsung M.2 SSD and an acer 144Hz monitor. Everything worked great with minimal setup! First boot I opened BIOS and clicked XMP and this MB auto detected a good 3600MHz profile for my RAM. I have adjusted some settings in "expert mode" to make the CPU turbo boost all cores and disabled clocking down for AVX instructions (heat warning!). In benchmarks it maintains 4.85GHz across all cores at once on air cooling (stock limits to 4.6GHz all cores and AVX safety can drag it down more). FireStrike 3D scores improved 15% with max temps reaching 70C so there is even more room to OC. Notes that may help others avoid issues: The M.2 Screw is incredibly tiny and is in a very tiny bag that is easy to miss, but it is there. I even called tech support before I looked more carefully and found it in the box. The M.2 slot when in SATA Mode will take over SATA Slot 1. It will literally replace the slot in the BIOS. If you can't find a drive, that is probably it. The extra 6 pin on the motherboard near the PCI Express lanes are for if you are using two high power draw GPUs (e.g dual 1080 ti or 2080). With one GPU it is not necessary and will not affect performance. If you don't install from an up to date version of Windows 10, the ethernet port likely won't be detected or usable until you install the network drivers from disk or USB. This does not affect wireless. Windows 7 of course is not supported but that has nothing to do with the motherboard, it's the fact that no 8th gen intel CPUs will run windows 7. Any complaints about this are completely misdirected and should be going at Intel. PROS: Designed for OC and high performance gaming Tons of features for beginners and experts Lightning fast USB C 3.1 port in the back plus headers Builtin POST Speaker Mystic RGB headers Lots of headers! Easy OC ranging from no skill to expert level. Has OC settings specific to Intel's 9th gen chips XMP just works M.2 storage and M.2 bluetooth slots RAID Controller It's a motherboard from MSI Con: The only thing remotely negative about this is the noticeable (or almost loud) pop/click when the motherboard powers on. This is not worth a lower rating and it's not much of a con unless you are overly sensitive to computer noises. It's the sound of a solid relay activating to power on your devices and is reminiscent of many years ago when electrical components were overbuilt and could last for decades.

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In generale è un ottima scheda madre, a tratti sottovalutata perché la trovo molto stabile. Unica pecca é che nella scatola non ci sono le viti ed i piedini per il montaggio, quindi bisogna procurarseli a parte.