MSI’s X470 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard has been pictured

Ryzen 2nd Generation will soon be upon us, offering higher clock speeds, improved core boost technology and a refined 12nm production node, promising to deliver enhanced performance when compared to AMD’s already impressive Ryzen CPU lineup. 

This new CPU lineup will ship alongside AMD’s latest AM4 chipset, X470, which will offer an enhanced feature set when compared to X370 and will provide motherboard manufacturers with the opportunity to refine their power circuity in preparation to deliver superior overclocking performance. Ryzen 2nd Generation will support existing X370 motherboards with a BIOS update, but X470 will provide users with the best overall experience. 

The hardware spies over at Videocardz has managed to access several images of MSI’s upcoming X470 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard, giving us a detailed look at some of MSI’s hardware/design changes that are coming to their newest AM4 offerings. First off we can see new VRM heatsink designs, which offer a lot more surface area than its X370 counterpart, as well as the addition of a second 8-pin CPU/EPS power connector. It remains to be seen if this additional power connector will become useful when overclocking AMD’s latest Ryzen 2nd Gen CPUs. 
    
Aesthetically, MSI has decided to adopt a similar overall look as their Z370 Pro Carbon motherboard, though we can see a new audio component layout and different VRM/power phase layout on MSI’s Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon.