MSI Z790 Gaming Pro Wifi review and setup guide (with Intel i9-12900K and i5-14600K)
155Prawn here with a feature review of the MSI Z790 Gaming Pro Wifi motherboard which I built inside the Fractal Design North case https://youtu.be/QTVlt1wQG7U. I used two different CPUs in this build as I wanted to test and show off a number of different things which you might find interesting. This is a Z790 motherboard which means it'll work with Intel 12th, 13th and 14th generation CPUs. Though you'll likely need a BIOS update first.
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Specs of this build: (note this includes affiliate links that earn me a commission at no extra cost to you)
Motherboard - MSI Z790 Gaming Pro Wi-Fi https://amzn.to/3Q4d87H
CPU - Intel Core i9-12900K https://amzn.to/46rFKNC
Case - Fractal Design North https://youtu.be/QTVlt1wQG7U
Fans - Fractal Design Prisma AL-14 (140mm) fans https://amzn.to/3xmNdNV
Other fans - Lian Li AL120 V2 https://youtu.be/ko2Z3-w8-is
CPU cooler - Fractal Lumen S24 RGB https://amzn.to/3LHlXBt
Other Cooler - NZXT Kraken Z73 RGB https://youtu.be/3bzSBKgUghs
RAM - 64GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 6000Mhz RAM https://amzn.to/46dTXOo
NVMEs - WD Black SN850 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBu4_L44lAE
Crucial P3 NVMe https://youtu.be/SQQb0-myHVY
PSU - NZXT C1200 Gold https://youtu.be/vNUmD8GQxSQ
GPU - Gigabyte RTX 3090 OC Vision https://amzn.to/3PEBJhL
SSDs - Kingston A400 SSD https://amzn.to/3PET1eU
WD Green - https://amzn.to/45bbh5e
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Timestamps:
00:00 Hello
01:40 CPU and IO connections
04:00 Case fan wiring
04:51 CPU support
05:15 RAM consideration
06:33 NVMe SSD Install
09:53 Updating BIOS
11:36 Wi-Fi driver updating
13:30 BIOS settings
14:52 Performance testing
Specs of the MSI Z790 Gaming Pro Wifi can be seen here https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z790-GAMING-PRO-WIFI/Specification
🏆Big thanks to my super awesome YouTube members:
SirSpawnsALot, Meatykeyboard, Rawrr483, Space Cannons, Riggs79, Mike S, Jay Shank 007, Jason Morgan, Starastin, McFarty, Chief Hao, Kraken Tortoise, Chris Thompson, Lank Wimb, isgursoy, Roburrt, Bhushan Mahesh Gandhi and Gaming Nomad.