The CARBON motherboards black scheme combines great looks with sophistication that is sure to make your pc stand out in looks and performance.

2. WHEN CARBON MEETS GAMING
Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer is used extensively the
world of car racing and aerospace technology, where
lightweight & strength is most important. The CARBON
motherboards black scheme combines great looks with
sophistication that is sure to make your pc stand out in
looks and performance.

3. What’s new..

5. MYSTIC LIGHT

6. Improved Mystic Light: X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON
7
• Controlled via mobile App or MSI Gaming App
• More than 2000 colors and many patterns
• 8 cool LED effects

7. X99A GAMING PRO CARBON: Mystic Light smartphone
*NEW: Also has RGB LEDs under PCI-e hinges
*Mystic Light mobile application only in next version of mobile GAMING APP,
available by the end ofMay.

8. X99A GAMING PRO CARBON features
extension connector for case decoration
Controlled via mobile App or MSI Gaming App
16.8Million colors / 17 LED effects
Mystic Light Extension

9. Improved Mystic Light: Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON
Customize your systems’ look & feel with RGB
LEDs. Use the GAMING APP to change colors.
16.5M Colors
16 LED Effects
incl. music sync

10. SPEED

11. X99A GAMING PRO CARBON: Turbo U.2 onboard
Specs
Onboard Turbo U.2:
• Ready for latest storage solutions.
• More vendors are releasing U.2 SSDs.

12. X99A GAMING PRO CARBON: Direct USB Type-C
Specs
• Ready for next generation PC chassis’.
• Perfect for Type-C mobile phones.
• Great for next generation mobile storage devices.
• Supports USB 3.1 Gen 1(5 Gb/s)

13. GAMING Optimized Bandwidth Management
The GAMING Network Manager;
• Automatically prioritizes games above other appplications
• Allows you to change applications’ traffic priority
• Allows you to customize each applications’ bandwidth

14. Others
Killer™ wireless AC 1535 on GODLIKE
• Cutting edge 11AC performance
• Lag and Latency Reduction™
• Advanced Stream Detect™
• Visual Bandwidth control™
• ExtremeRange™ Technology
• External Amplifiers
• Mu-MIMO
• Beamforming
ExtremeRange™ Technology

15. USB 3.1 Type-A & -C
• 2x Faster USB 3.1 Gen2
• Unique combo connector
 Type-A for compatibility
 Type-C with reversible design
and 15W (5V/3A) support

16. Storage ready NVMe
SATA EXPRESS
16 Gb/s
PCI-E Gen 3 x2
TURBO M.2
Up to 32 Gb/s
PCI-E Gen3 x4
Turbo U.2 (optional)
32Gb/s
PCI-E Gen3 x4
with Re-driver chip

17. U.2 host adapter
• U.2 host adapter works is included in X99A GODLIKE GAMING and
optional for all Z170/H170/AMD boards.
• Needs a M.2 Gen3 x4 slot for best performance
• SFF8369 SSD from Intel, Samsung, OCZ
Intel SSD 750 400G
Via U.2 host adapter
NVMe
Samsung SM951 256G
M.2 Gen3 x4
Kingston 2280 480G
M.2 Gen2 x4

18. Premium Streaming Experience
XSplit Gamecaster V2.5 and XSplit Broadcaster
V2.5 lets you easily record, stream and share
your gaming sessions with fellow gamers. It’s
simple, can be activated quickly and kickstarts
your career as game streamer.
TriDev SmartcamShare your broadcastReal-time notes Record & Upload
1 Year Premium License!
Version2.5

19. Gaming Device Port & Mouse Master
Optimized to deliver the best connectivity for a high-end gaming
mouse to get faster response times during gameplay. You can fully
customize your mouse using the Mouse Master.

20. X99A GAMING PRO CARBON: GAME BOOST
Game Boost offers 8 gears of overclocking
up to 5GHz!
Simply turn the dial to turn up the fun.

21. OC Engine
More flexible BCLK adjustments due to dedicated OC Engine chip

22. SOUND

23. Isolated
AudioPCB
Nippon
Chemi-Con
Audio
Capacitors
6.35mmGolden
Dedicated
HeadphoneOut
High Quality
EMI-Shielded
HD Audio
Processor
GoldenAudio
Jacks
Triple Headphone
Amplifiers
Rear & Front Dedicated
AMP switch
ESS
ES9018K2M
DAC
Nahimic
Sound
Technology

24. Audio Boost 3
The ultimate audio solution for gamers, powered by
Nahimic Audio Enhancer. Found on various MSI Z170
GAMING motherboards.
• Isolated Audio PCB
• Nahimic Audio Enhancer
• Left & right channel in separated PCB layers
• Metal EMI Shielding
• Dual OPA1652 AMPs
• Anti-Popcorn circuitry design
• Nippon Chemi-Con Audio Capacitors
• Golden Audio Connectors

25. Gaming comes to life
Sound is a major part of your gaming experience. Live, feel and become
invincible,thanks to a unique sound. boosts your PC’s audiowith
the most advanced sound enhancement effects and unique features for
gamers.
NAHIMIC IMMERSIVE AUDIOCREATES
AN AMAZING IN-GAMESOUND
More info: http://gaming.msi.com/features/nahimic
RecorderAudio Voice

26. Nahimic Features
VOICE CLARITY
FREQUENCY LEVELERVIRTUAL SURROUND
BASS BOOST
VOICE LEVELER
NOISE REDUCTION
More info: http://gaming.msi.com/features/nahimic

27. STABILITY

28. Impregnable Steel Armor
To protect against damage from
heavy VGA cards during transport.
Additionally Steel Armor also has
more solder points on the PCB for
more strength.
Others MSI Steel ArmorMSI VGA Armor

29. 4-Way SLI Hard Bridge Compatible
MSI exclusive 4-Way SLI Hard Bridge comes with a
VGA Fan which improves the airflow significantly
and decreases the VGA temperature and noise
levels efficiently.
GPU NOFAN Fan Speed:
2000RPM
GPU 4 94° 85°
GPU 3 95° 81°
GPU 2 90° 85°
GPU 1 70° 77°
Test Platform
CPU
MB
VGA
GAME
Intel Core i7-5960X
X99A GODLIKE GAMINGCARBON
NV GTX 980Ti 4-WaySLI
4K Res. in Star Wars Battlefront

30. DDR4 Boost & DDR4 Steel Armor
Ensuring the purest memory signal
for maximum performance and
stability.
Steel Armor technology is now also available
for DDR4 Boost, offering better EMI-shielding,
for optimal memory performance.
*DDR4 Steel Armor is only available on X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON

31. DDR4 Boost: Vendors cheer for it

32. The Award Winning Click BIOS 5
Explore the greatly improved, award-winning
CLICK BIOS 5 and use it to tune your system to
maximum performance to get the most out
of your games. MSI CLICK BIOS 5 is the next
gen UEFI BIOS.
• Next gen UEFI BIOS withaward
winning design
• High-resolution multi language
scalable font
• Easy to use
• Advanced overclocking
Others Click BIOS 5

33. Gaming APP: Overclocking made easy
Software for gamers to boost the FPS with 3 pre-
sets (OC/Game/Silent).
The new FPS counters shows you the increase in
frame rates.

34. MSI skinned CPU-Z
MSI has worked closely with CPUID to
develop this special edition of CPU-Z
featuring the famous MSI GAMING dragon.
Use CPU-Z to gather information on some
of the main devices of your system, such as
your CPU speed, Memory speed and
timings, motherboard BIOS version and
much more.

35. Gaming Certified
Through 24-hour game testing in an
internet cafe with on- and off line
games, to make sure you enjoy the
best possible gameplay experience.

36. GODLIKE: Designed for Overclocking
Extreme Socket
Design
OC Thermal
Design
Power Phases Overcurrent
protection
OC PCBDIGITALL
POWER
With a rich history from our
legendary Overclocking
motherboards, the X99A GODLIKE
GAMING has OC running through
its veins.

37. OC Essentials
EASY BUTTON 3
Hold Power button 4 sec to go to BIOSDEBUG LED
V-CHECK POINTS 2
CLEAR CMOS BUTTON
MULTIBIOS II SLOW MODE

38. Patented Turbo Socket on GODLIKE CARBON
• Provides extra pins (up to 2036) from PCB to connect to CPU
• Higher DDR4 memory frequencies, lower latencies and enhanced stability
while overclocking
• X99A GODLIKE GAMING (CARBON) / X99A GAMING 9 ACK / X99A XPOWER AC
Regular Socket
(LGA2011)
Turbo Socket
(LGA2036)

39. GODLIKE CARBON: Headset bundle
FREE DS502 headset with X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON
Starts: April 15th 2016
Ends: TBA
Region: Worldwide

40. CARBON SPEC
X99A GODLIKE GAMING Z170A GAMING PRO
Chipset /Socket X99 / LGA2011-3 Z170 / LGA1151
MysticLight Mobile Control + Gaming APP Control Gaming APPControl
MultiGPU 4-way SLI/4-way CF + Steel Armor 2way-SLI/3-way CF + Steel Armor
OC Engine √ √
DDR4 Boost √ + Steel Armor + XMPLED √ + XMP LED
Gaming LAN Killer™ DoubleShot-X3 PRO (2x E2400 + Wi-Fi AC) Inteli219
M.2 / U.2 Turbo M.2 / Turbo U.2 Host Card Turbo M.2
SATA / SATA-E 8 / 1 (Compatible with SATA) 4 / 1 (Compatible with SATA)
USB3.1Gen2 Type-A &Type-C Type-A &Type-C
USB 3.0 / USB2.0 8 / 6 6 / 8
Audio Audio Boost 3 PRO with 6.3mm Audio Jack Audio Boost3
Nahimic √ √
Streaming 1 yr Premium XSplit License LifetimeOBS

41. X99A GAMING PRO CARBON: New specs & features
- Complete new heatsink & coverdesign
- Mystic Light with smartphone support & new RGB PCI-e slots
- Mystic Light RGB pin header (with extender cable bundled)
- Turbo U.2 onboard
- DDR4 & M.2 SteelArmor
- Front USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C
- Game Boost up to 5Ghz
- Enhanced EZ DebugLED
- Nahimic 2.0

42. GAME WITH