MSI Intel Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON 7th/6th Gen USB2 Motherboard - Black (Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Processor, LGA 1151, Dual Channel DDR4, USB 3.1, PCI-E 3.0, PCI-E x1, Sata 6 GB)

Stunning motherboard. I initially bought an ASROCK mb but without knowing that i would need to update the bios for the new Kabylake processor that i bought (I5 7500).Couldn't do anything with the ASROCK board in the end and decided to send it back. Had to spend more cash on this board but what with the Z270 chipset, the bios was already sorted ready to go, WINNING!Everythings very good looking on this motherboard and all the apps that come with it is a good touch that allows you to run your pc the way you want it. Lots of good features.And lastly the LEDS on this motherboard are epic! In my case a big LED is getting covered by a fan which sucks but the MSI LEDS and the LEDS strips running along the sides of the board really do give that gaming feel (although not a big gamer). The lights can be changed to any colour and do have some different modes to keep the LEDS in also. I have the LEDS set on rainbow (sifts through colours) and it's looks real good, all this set with an easy MSI app.Overall, great MB and hopefully it lasts.

i got this motherboard to replace my "Asus B250 Plus Prime" motherboard which had bitten the dust on me. the motherboard is easy to install into a case. the LED lights were a bit too much for me so i turned them off inside the MSI Gaming App. I put an i5 7500 in the motherboard along with a Corsair h100i v2 water cooler. with 16Gb of ram and a 1070ti it is a great gaming machine. would recommend to friends etc. you might want to disable the loading screen (it is just the picture on the front of the box) which is really pixelated

Upgraded from the z97 motherboard and switched to a 6700k, was a great decision as the z97 boards lack the design of the new 270 chipset and MSI have nailed this board! After a week of using it have fallen in love. There are so many different lighting options to choose from and you can plug your led strip straight into the motherboard which is always handy. Would definitely recommend this board to others as some of the other 270 boards are a little more expensive and have the exact same features. Had to go with this one simply due to the lighting effects and how sleek the design looks once mounted in the case.

This motherboard is amazing. The best one I've had, and the price is also great for most users mid-high builds. Bios was extremely easy to operate and the preset modes in the EZ mode are great. The whole setup using the motherboard was great, no problems, very durable. Manual was easy to read and understand. The customability, socket placements and everything is superb, and the motherboard itself is great-looking too.A few problems I encountered are the fact that I couldn't get the USB ports to detect my USB stick in Windows, especially seeing as I didn't have a disk drive to run the drivers. I had to connect my hard drive to another computer, put my drivers there, reconnect it back to my new rig and run the drivers from there. Could be because I'm a bad builder, but hey, I got it working at the end.Another problem is the LED colour controls, and the LEDs themselves. I wanted to put them as Orange all throughout, but for that, I had to select a colour that's more dark blood red to get bright orange, it was never consistent and I couldn't always chose the same colour. And the Effect LEDs couldn't be changed at all, so I had to turn them off to fit my build, but every time I close the MSI Gaming app, they turn back on.Other than that, if was FANTASTIC.

Great little motherboard for the price. If you are building a gaming machine like myself then look no further. Great SATA I/O speeds and RAM compatibility, and it also natively supports RAID10 with Intel RST which is really nice. The UEFI BIOS GUI is also very easy to use, and there is even a search function!There's a fair chance you will need to install the LAN drivers manually which is very easy to do, just go to the MSI support website for this motherboard and you will find the files in the service section with a drop down menu for your specific platform. No internet? Use another PC and copy the files to a USB stick. It looks like a lot of the negative reviews here for this motherboard are from people who haven't figured that out yet.

I am new to making pcs but I study religiously. I do everything right. But because a company has a f*** ton of lack of checks my mother board is faulty. Everything scrapped. I don’t know how to express pain how f****** mad I am. As I got everything correct but I had to be f***** over. It took me 10 hours I did cable management and everything just too see. So I have to buy more thermal paste have to waste all the cable ties I used just because of MSI. Just the worst feeling on earth. The one excitement to my summer ruined by such ting inexcusable little thing.

It is just amazing😍Bios is really easy to use.. looks nice and performs as it should.The only downside that i can find is that if you are installing a big VGA (in my case a 1070Ti Aero) it will cover the MSI RGB logo.Definitely recommend.

Good motherboard for the price. Works well with i7 7700k. Please note if your ram is a higher speed than 2133mhz then you must enable XMP in the bios if you would like to run it at its advertised speed. LED lighting does look quite good and can be customised. Driver CD absolute trash - doesn't work despite reinstalling windows. Drivers also aren't available officially on the msi website. If you can provide me with a replacement driver cd or links to official drivers I will increase the rating to a 5 but otherwise it is almost impossible to install all of the necessary drivers.