Product Showcase

At the lower edge of the MSI X299 we see the headers, front panel connectors, and also two micro switches for power and reset as well as a BIOS switch for the DUAL BIOS. 

Yes, there are some micro buttons available to be able to power on and reset directly from the motherboard, but why so small? 

 
The MSI X299 motherboard boasts an LED system in combination with their Mystic light App, RGB strips are now supported as well. Interesting to know is that RGB connectivity options are wider and more diverse, even an exclusive Corsair connector was included so you can sync it all up. 

So here we can spot the PCI-Express slots a bit better. These are configured as:

• 4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
• • Support x16/x0/x16/x8, x8/x8/x16/x8 mode with the 44-lane CPU.
  • Support x16/x0/x8/x4, x8/x8/x8/x4 mode with the 28-lane CPU.
  • Support x8/x0/x4/x4 mode with the 16-lane CPU.
• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

Again, your choice of processor will define how many PCI-Express lanes you'll get. 10 cores and more are offered with 44 PCIe lanes.