Love how you compare directly to competing motherboards. Very helpful!

For 3k(almost)subs you’re doing a great work 👍

this is a great board which will apparently never go over 99C (unless they're reporting temps in hex...). Once again, great job on the review (I actually learned about the 7-digit postcode doubling as a temperature gauge here!)

I enjoy your videos.

I love this board, went with an i9 12900k 5600mhz Dominator platinum Ddr5 and an EVGA FTW3 3080ti

Amazing video :D

I went with this board. i7 12700k , Vengeance 5600 ddr5, and EVGA 3080. I like the thought that it is a bit more future proof and is under $400. Plus I like the RGB dragon design.

@scottkrause96

Жыл бұрын

Did you have any internet issues or have to install any drivers?

@soppingclam

Жыл бұрын

I did the same found my i9-12900k @ 5.8ghz with ddr4 ram a lot quicker

@picklemetimbers3003

Жыл бұрын

@@scottkrause96 no internet issues. I always install window offline. Stops alot of the nonsense from being downloaded. The MSI MB came with USB for the drivers. Other drivers I DL once windows was hooked to the internet.

@briangrant9942

Жыл бұрын

@@soppingclam is it dual rank two sticks?

@dimitarbahariev6708

Жыл бұрын

I did the same except for a 3070 because not enough $ :(

Really good and not so expensive motherboard: I had bought it last year with 12700k/3080Ti/6000Mhz build. Now, I have 13700k/4080/6800Mhz (F5-6800J3445G16GX2-TZ5RK) and it still works perfectly fine: system is stable and temperatures are almost amazing. And when had I said that it's not expensive, for it's quality, capabilities and performance, I really mean it. Especially, comparing to a typically "reference" Rog Strix series motherboards. And I can't agree that this is "no-man lands" piece of tech: for me this is pretty ideal example of something that can be called pre-top solution. You want to have it all, but don't want to pay for a super quality adjustments in a top tier Rog Strix motherboard, cause you aren't planning to push you PC that much beyond the edge - this is literally the you need. Just like I can't say that the argument about DDR5 only is somewhat valid in this case: people are buying such motherboards for pretty expensive machines and RAM is relatively cheap, comparing to another parts and you can't make really valuable savings from buying DDR4 instead of DDR5. Especially now, when DDR5 become much more cheaper than it was till the 2021 or early 2022. I think, it's somewhat perfectly balanced between just good motherboards and top tier one. Of course, all of this are the solutions for high performance PCs and people shouldn't be bothered if they're not interested in to buy high-end components.

Good content.

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

Mpg boards are top tier man

Please make a video comparing different budget b660 motherboards so that we can know how they can handle i5s and i7s.

@BuildPicker

2 жыл бұрын

Trying to! We do have a comparison of the ASRock RS and Asus TUF if you haven't seen that. Other baords are really hard to get at the moment, as I'm sure you're aware.

I was just thinking of getting it because of XMP 3.0 I am not sure if other MSI boards have it.

I got this board on ebay new for $200 US in December. Newegg had flooded the market from video card bundles, so I would like to think that I ate into the margins of a serial scalper who sold the board at a loss as the MSRP was $400 at that time. They were selling at least 3 or 4 new gpus as well. It's a nice board, but I think the MSRP should be around $325 or less. It's kind of this weird stopgap between medium and high end. Medium high end? I do really like the BIOS code readout LED, and if i go raptor lake down the road I stick with this board.

@baloneyslice247

7 ай бұрын

do you have any glitches or bugs in the bios? i saw another review that had terrible bios on the white "Force" variant

just picked this board up for $140!!

Are the two Pin headers (J1) to the left of the PUMP, CPU headers, for those two pin temperature probes that come with the board? I have this board but I've misplaced the manual, thanks for the video.

for the vrms probabaly overkill because it supports 13th gen which I'm getting for this board with ddr5

why you have 1.150 vcore on your cpu? for me z690 tomahawk ddr4 set auto to 1.210vcore

Any idea how to get the SATA ports to work my board does not recognize 5 of the SATA ports? I have updated the BIOS but no help? Using the DDR4 Version

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

That just sounds broken... RMA it. Ensure youve checked with multiple cables/Sata devices to be sure they aren't the problem.

Why this motherboard doesn’t have any argb hader?

Its like $300 now and ddr5 is cheaper. This is one of the better high end boards. Not bad for getting two pcie to cpu slots. If you dont need this feature then do not buy for sure.

@BuildPicker

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, It's come down in price and is much more attractive now.

What is that lil indicator on the top left that shows numbers on the board? On mine is sits around 28 when im chillin on the internet but then jumps up to 48-50 when im gaming.

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

The bios boot code display switches to thermometer once the pc is booted. It's showing CPU temperature.

If you want to use the optical out -- stay away from this board. It randomly crashes, and I have to reboot to hear any audio. No fix for this problem.

why i cant connect my ethernet cable onto this board?

Will you ever update your pcbuilds on your website?

@BuildPicker

2 жыл бұрын

Watch this space.....

Hello it is possible use créative Sound blaster card PCI expresse on this board tank you !

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but I'd be surprised if the on board sound isn't at least as good.

Can you use USB bios flashback to update it to 13th gen, with the 13th cpu already installed? Will it ignore the cpu and update the bios?

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the flashback is an entirely blind process. You don't even need CPU or ram installed, but you can do it with them in place if you like.

@MrVidification

Жыл бұрын

​@@BuildPickerthanks. in the end I did it with only the ram installed (6000 corsair vengeance white) and it updated with no issues. I did go for a h100i cooler, but it had msi connectivity and compatibilty issues, so I'll be replacing it (it's for a 13600K). I think I should have opted for an air cooler.

I purchased an 17-12700KF and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070. Will this run on this board? This is my first build ever and do not want to mess this up. GPU insert on this board is a 5.0 and the 3070 is a 4.0 will that not work or affect GPU potential? Thanks in advance

@TecoProductions

Жыл бұрын

Its perfect for what you have. Pcie 5 wont affect your gpu in fact its better because in a couple of years you only going to need to upgrade only your gpu

@briangrant9942

Жыл бұрын

it will work it just means your gpu will only do 4.0 speeds

Asus stix f also have no post code which is bad

@BuildPicker

2 жыл бұрын

At the price, for sure. The kind of nice features you expect at $400+

Is it worth using an i5 12600k in this? Got a great deal on this board for £200 including 32gb DDR5 RAM but not sure what CPU to use

@BuildPicker

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the 12600K would run great for gaming and general use. At about £250 it's a great option. You could look at the 12700 if you do more demanding productivity work, just about as fast as a 12700K but cheaper.

@giggsow9760

2 жыл бұрын

@@BuildPicker Thanks! so you'd say the extra £60 or so for 12700 is worth it over the 12600k?

@BuildPicker

2 жыл бұрын

@@giggsow9760 Not for gaming. Yes if you do things like render videos, complex computation or other all core CPU workloads (which are actually pretty rare!)

@giggsow9760

2 жыл бұрын

@@BuildPicker Thanks for the advice!

so this will be good for the 4000 cards since its pcie 5?

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

PCIe 4.0 vs 5.0 is a moot point, both have AMPLE bandwidth at x16 lanes for any current or next gen GPU.

Hi to all.... Which brand of MEM DDR5 5600MHz (or 6000MHz) do you recomend for this MSI Z690 CARBON?? I fear conflicts 😓

@BuildPicker

2 жыл бұрын

We have no problems running G.Skill 6000MHZ CL36 RAM on this motherboard but we haven't extensively tested kits owing to the cost of DDR5 RAM At the moment! You can always check RAM Vendors sites, G.Skill and others publish compatibility lists for motherboards.

@danidcr

2 жыл бұрын

@@BuildPicker Thank you!!!!

Msi carbon z690 or gigabyte aorus master z690?

@briangrant9942

Жыл бұрын

depends if you like MSI or Gigabyte software and bios interface for me I don't like Gigabyte software or it's bios interface it's always bugged to no end so for me I got a MSI carbon z690 never tried MSI boards and I always hear they are good boards.

Will this work with the i7 13700k?

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm running an i9-13900K in it now. It will need a bios update.

How will this MB work with 13900K ?

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

Running it now - well. No issues at all after BIOS update.

@Gajbotron

Жыл бұрын

@@BuildPicker Hey tnx, great news, I have 12900K... and I was thinking to swap it for 13900K since I have rtx 4090.... :)

@clausbohm9807

Жыл бұрын

@@BuildPicker Will the current buy of this board come with the update ... dec 2022 (it gives you the usb drive)?

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

@@clausbohm9807 I doubt it - it will likely have been produced before the update. But it's simple enough to flash the BIOs.

I just recently purchased this board for around €300 with 2x 16GB DDR5 5600 sticks for around €150. I think this board has come into its own and the main conclusion in the video seems quite dated.

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

I can only review at the stated price which was $450/€450 at time of review. Obviously at a lower price it's much better value - but the Z790 version is right back up near $500. FWIW I've used this as my main board for nearly a year and it's been great, but I still struggle to see how it's $400 value Vs, for example, the tomahawk at $250-$280

Have had nothing but issues with this board piece of shit for the price.

@BuildPicker

Жыл бұрын

What issues have you had? We've run it for 6 months now. The only major issue was Wifi inconsistency, but that has been fixed via a driver update for the AX610 Wifi chip.