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Need Advice to keep or return MSI Z490 Carbon Ek X Edition

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tattude69
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2021/03/23 10:07:25 (permalink)
Just found out my wife bought me a MSI Z490 Carbon
Ek X motherboard. I have always used Gigabyte or Evga in the past. No experience with MSI. Doing some research it seems the EK monoblock is why this board is almost $400. Just trying to get some opinions my new cpu is an I7 10700KF. I have bitspower summit m cpu block I was going to reuse in my build prior to wife's purchase. I was only planning on maybe $250 for a motherboard. I think it was a really awesome thing she did but I dont want her to waste money.
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    Re: Need Advice to keep or return MSI Z490 Carbon Ek X Edition 2021/03/23 10:47:18 (permalink)
    Can't speak to that particular board, but I've used MSi in the past, never had an issue with them..
     
     

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    Re: Need Advice to keep or return MSI Z490 Carbon Ek X Edition 2021/03/23 11:05:31 (permalink)
    I use MSI and never really any problems.

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    Re: Need Advice to keep or return MSI Z490 Carbon Ek X Edition 2021/03/23 14:27:21 (permalink)
    I am on my second MSI board...they are pretty reliable. 

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    Re: Need Advice to keep or return MSI Z490 Carbon Ek X Edition 2021/03/23 17:34:13 (permalink)
    Honestly reliable is all I am looking for. Going from a 4th gen i7 to 10th gen cpu should be a decent upgrade. She tried to buy the Evga z490 FTW but their was no stock at realistic prices. I did a little research and it looks like its a Z490 Carbon wifi board ( bios already supports 11th gen) with an EK monoblock and psi tester. Should be fun. Now I have to buy ram gives me a headache just thinking of all the choices.

     
     
                               
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