Intel Z890 Motherboard Mega Guide (2025) — ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE & MSI

MSI MPG Z890 CARBON WiFi — enthusiast sweet spot

CARBON is the board I often recommend before stepping up to ACE. You keep PEG Gen5 x16, CPU-Gen5 M.2, five total M.2 with genuine heatsinks, TB4 rear on many regions, Wi-Fi 7, and MSI’s cleaner fan/OC tooling. It’s a “plug in and create/game” platform with minimal compromises.

Spec snapshot

• ATX, strong VRM with fin plates
• 4× DDR5; stable high-capacity XMP
• PCIe 5.0 x16; 5× M.2 (incl. CPU-Gen5)
• TB4 (region), Wi-Fi 7, 2.5GbE

Official page: MPG Z890 CARBON WiFi