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I've just ordered this board, and saw a couple of others in the 9800X3D CPU board thread have done so as well, so here we go!

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MSI MPG X870E CARBON WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

Order MSI MPG X870E CARBON WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.
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Drivers should be bundled on a USB Thumb drive with the board, nice! A good tip from one of the reviews: The UBS thumb also has BIOS on it, so keep the thumb in the box and don't use it for anything else in case you need to use flashback.

BIOS:

v1A17 (beta) (15.11.2024)
  • AGESA ComboAM5 1.2.0.2b released.
  • X3D Gaming Mode supported for Ryzen 9000X3D series CPU.
v1A15 (beta) (25.10.2024)
  • AGESA ComboAM5 1.2.0.2a released
  • Performance optimized for next-gen Ryzen X3D series CPU

Reviews:

 
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One of the features I'm looking forward to exploring, with an eye on 9950X3D ;) is the PBO temperature target profiles in the BIOS, you can see this in the kitguru review around 8:20 or so.

I like that it has easy install/release mechanisms for the main PCI slot and all the m2 slots, this seems to be more and more popular from board vendors.

What features are you looking forward to?
 
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Datamonkey said:
Thanks for that, have you got your build setup already? Or waiting on CPU i'm guessing :D
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Will start tearing down the old system tonight, serial indicates the ram is M die
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I forgot DDR5 has a training period! Saw a diagnostic light and code 15 on the mobo for a while, started to worry. The diagnostic LEDs are split into CPU/DRAM/VGA/BOOT. I _think_ they may have different colours, this was yellow on the DRAM while Code 15 was showing.

So just booted and installed a few drivers... Basically slapped in the RAM, Set Expo profile and ran the Windows installer.

Fresh Win 11 Pro 24H2, once windows had rebooted the MSI installer popped up (had the supplied thumb drive in, but also saw some BIOS feature which I'll come back to that mentioned drivers).

MSI installer tool has cpuz and Aida Extreme, some crap (norton and something else I forgot, deselected those), drivers, MSI Centre (which I chose to install), desktop wallpaper...

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Dr_Watson said:
It's donkeys since my last build, I think in 2018 I bought Win 10 for around £30 from some website, I see plenty Youtube builds with links to similar deals, what are you guys using to get Win 11 pro (24H2) version at a good price?
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I have two Windows Pro keys, I originally bought them from an after market site that re-sells keys (so they were cheap). It's a grey market, in some jurisdictions these are not transferable, but they are legit keys none the less. I bought them for Win 10, and I just update the currently used device through Windows activation when I have a hardware change.
 
Datamonkey said:
Nice!!

What build did you have before this?

I'm switching from Intel to AMD, tried it a while back 3800x and I wasnt impressed at the time, but I believe things to be different now.
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I was on an AM4 system with a 5950x, Zen 3 was when I decided Ryzen was mature enough for me to swap over. I've used AMD in the past (a long time ago in the Athlon era), then Intel again, but the high core count of the 5950x was the clincher for work related use.
 
Datamonkey said:
Hope that went ok, you haven't posted since!
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All good ;)

Spent a few hours after seeing what my 64G trident Z kit was capable of so lots of reboots and no time to post on the boards.

So far 6600 is no go, errors quickly in a 10 min stress test. 6400 looks like it may be OK but the temps creep up higher than I'd like at the moment. 6200 is totally fine, so I'll likely not spend too much more time on ram tuning at the moment.

I don't fully have cooling airflow in the build yet, just an open case with AIO attached and no case fans installed yet, and I had to bump the DDR voltage 1.5v so that 6600 would boot, 10 min memory stress at 6400 with 1.45v makes the sticks creep up towards 60c. I guess I'll maybe wait until the build is finished and the fans are installed to do any more ram tuning. I said to myself I wasn't going to, but I can't help myself when it comes to overclocking!
 
Lewi said:
Haha that’s the situation I’m in right now, CPU ordered but I have no idea what batch I’m in and all the other components are sitting on the table.

I ended up picking this motherboard for the io on the back in combination with the m.2, hoping it can last a good 5 years or so without needing to switch over.

Hope your build goes well!
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Yep same reasons here, I have the following with the pair of 980s using the lanes from the second I/O die


Code: 
  - M2_1 990 Pro
  - M2_2 empty
  - M2_3 980 Pro
  - M2_4 980 Pro
 
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Ugh, the thermistor cable is not in the box :( I wanted to set some of the case fans based on this. Even more annoyingly while the header on the board is two pins I can't re-use another thermistor cable from an old board because they've surrounded the pins with a "connector" shroud that doesn't allow standard two pin cables to attach. Just..... why?
 
Datamonkey said:
Hmmm mines stuck on a C5 error

Any ideas?
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I can't find C5 in the manual error codes, I would maybe re-seat/check the RAM, and also maybe even the CPU (annoying I know). If no-go after re-seating the RAM, re-seat the CPU but after you take it out maybe double check the pins in the socket. They can be quite sensitive :(

I'm just thinking that since the code is not in the manual the system can't POST at the moment.
 
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Datamonkey said:
Yep sure did :)

2x Corsair Vengeance 6400, Just trying to sort out this mouse issue in the BIOS now.

Then to setup my raid set with the M.2 drives 3x 2TB WD Black SN850X's Just going to use Raid 0 for capacity, this will be my gaming machine so nothing important on it.

Used slots 1, 3 & 4 as I believe slot 2 (sure I saw it somewhere) would reduce PCIE slot 1 to x8
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Yep, the one to avoid is M2_2, nothing springs to mind about the mouse, other than maybe the dongle/receiver is sensitive to USB gen type?
 
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