MSI Gaming AMD Ryzen X370 DDR4 VR Ready HDMI USB 3 SLI CFX ATX Motherboard (X370 GAMING PRO CARBON)

The media could not be loaded. Technical:Beautiful Motherboard and a pretty easy overclocker. My R5 1600 has had a fabulous time in this X370 board, and paired with a liquid cooler, I can push a little over 4.0ghz even with a Gen 1 Ryzen 5 1600 (about 4.2 max) [in case you don’t know, Gen 1 Ryzens are known to have trouble with single core OCing]. The M2 cooler is great, and I don’t actually mind t being by the PCIe slots, it doesn’t bother me. Otherwise, it only has 2 USB 2.0’s, 5 3.1’s, and a Type C. I’ve always liked MSI for giving better port to price ratio than Asus. I got this board in the Carbon Box for 125 new, and it beats any board for that price imo.LED/Look:Stunning. RGB lighting with 17 customizable effects on the MSI logo (bottom right), the GAMING PRO logo (top left), and two sides (top right and left). The Rainbow setting is my favorite, and more and more products are becoming compatible with Mystic Light, MSI’s RGB ecosystem. My InWin Polaris fans look great with the MoBo. I believe there are 4 to 5 4 pin fan headers, and obviously 3.0/2.0 and all the other necessary bells and whistles, so you’re set on ports (I doubt you’ll need any internal splitter).Overall:Great board, and easy to OC even for newcomers. If you are blinded by the RGB craze (like someone that’s definietly not me), and like MSI, this board is for you. X370 is pretty great for all Ryzen CPU’s

I am writing this review to enter into the MSI Reward ProgramThis motherboard is amazing, with the x370 chipset, you will be ready to overclock your CPU, top of the line compositors, and DD4 boost makes this a must buy!Supports AMD® RYZEN Series processors and 7th Gen A-series / AthlonTM Processors for socket AM4 Supports DDR4-3200+(OC) Memory DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost VR Ready and VR Boost: Best virtual reality game experience without latency, reduces motion sickness Lightning Fast Game experience: Turbo M.2, Lightning USB 3.1 Gen2 Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality for the most immersive gaming experience GAMING LAN with LAN Protect: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency and bandwidth management Military Class 4, Guard-Pro: Latest evolution in high quality components for best protection and efficiency MULTI-GPU: With Steel Armor PCI-E slots. Supports NVIDIA SLI™ & AMD Crossfire™ Mystic Light Sync: Synchronize other RGB solutions with your gaming rig and control all LEDs in one click In-Game Weapons: Game Boost, GAMING Hotkey, X-Boost EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot Click BIOS 5: Award-winning BIOS with high resolution scalable font, favorites and search function GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game and motherboard testing by eSports players WHQL certified for Windows 10

Not too long ago I purchased an MSI GP72 series thin and light 17" gaming laptop and was extremely satisfied with it, excellent graphics in a portable package. I later purchased the Oculus Rift and found that my beloved laptop barely missed the compatibility specs to run VR - I tell this story because it led me into the adventure of a lifetime...Building my very own desktop with the new AMD Ryzen 7 1800x. I was about to purchase a motherboard from a competitor because it was so highly rated, but a friend who recently did his build (and inspired me to do mine) told me that if he could do it over again, he would have chosen MSI over the giga-competitor. That's some of the best advice I have ever received...Installation: I'm computer savvy but it has been over 10 years since I built a computer, so I was nervous - but following the included quick guide, I had installed my Ryzen 7 1800x, and two eight gigabyte sticks of crucial vengence memory, and before I knew it I was placing the board into the case (mid tower CoolerMaster MasterBox 5). A few turns of a screw driver later and I'm closing up our patient and getting ready for first boot. Cross your fingers!First boot: AMAZING! I cannot believe that I nailed the installation on the first shot. The computer posts and the bios pops up - and let me tell you the Bios is unlike any I have ever seen before. The interface is graphical and it really is way more intuitive than I expected. It even offers an automatic Overclock feature that left my jaw agape.Pros: Rugged design, simple installation, and extremely easy and intuitive bios and features. I had windows installed in under 10 minutes.Cons: None, except of course the new x470 is coming soon, and I'm so impressed with this motherboard I will undoubtedly buy the next gen when it arrives. Also, in order to be entered into a longshot sweepstakes to probably not win more MSI products, according to the official rules, I have to make the following untrue statement: I am writing this review to enter into the MSI Reward Program. Now that I've said that, I can tell you honestly and with my whole heart that I mean everything I have said about this motherboard, and in fact had to come back an edit it to include that statement. It's really stupid, and it's not true, nor have I been influenced in any way by promotion or any compensation of any kind. - but maybe I'll get lucky and win a stuffed animal dragon! lolFinal thoughts: I'm a big MSI fan, and they've earned it through great customer service and warenty and just overall feature and performance of every one of their products that I have used so far. Do yourself a favor, and even if you choose a different model, choose MSI - a decision you will never regret, and that's my word.