Micro Center Intel Core i9-10850K Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA 1200 DDR4 125W Bundle with MSI Z590-A PRO ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4 M.2 Slots USB3.2 Gen 2 Type C HDMI

A lot of this is my fault for not researching the bundle before buying it. It turns out that the bundled intel i9-10850K doesn't support PCI-E 4Gen. I purchased a PCI-E 4Gen M.2 in order to take advantage of the 4Gen M.2 mount on the Z590-A Pro Motherboard only to discover it wouldn't even be recognized. It wasn't until I spent a day researching that I found out the problem was my i9 CPU was only 10th gen. I had to move my m.2 drive down to one of the PCIE-E 3rd gen m.2 mounts and then it worked fine. My fault for not doing more research before buying, but it would have been nice if the seller of the bundle had mentioned this. That is why I knocked off 1 star.Now the good points, it was exactly what I ordered. The motherboard is incredible and I used a Noctua heat sync with the i9 CPU. LOTS of Sata ports on the motherboard, which is also nice. Because of the good motherboard layout I was able to route pretty much all my cables on the backside of my case and only bring them out at the edge of the motherboard where the connection points were.Best news is that this motherboard/cpu combination supports Windows 11 once you turn on TPM 2.0 in the bios. I just finished updating the entire system to windows 11 I hope this helps people!

The first board I received had the Intel I225-V networking chip "no cable attached" error. This seems to be a common problem with this part. This problem was supposed to be fixed for the MSI Z590-A Pro motherboard. Its not fixed. I did return the motherboard to Amazon for a replacement which I promptly received. 5 stars for Amazon and Micro Center. The second has been working so far, but I would not recommend this MSI product or any produce with the Intel I225-V networking chip. I have tried without success to register the MSI motherboard on the MSI site. Their web site seems to have issues, chat doesn't work and the emails they supposedly send I never get. This will be the last MSI product I ever purchase.

Everything worked as expected and the MB/CPU are super fast. The only challenge was getting drivers loaded upon inital installation, but once the LAN drivers loaded everthing else went very fast.

Excellent board/CPU combo.

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I originally purchased this bundle as a last resort because I needed replacement parts ASAP and this was the only option for two-day shipping, so I appreciate that!The sad part however, was that purchasing the two parts separately would have save me a nice bit of cash, and that I cannot verify that these parts were brand new.The packaging for the motherboard and CPU had both been opened, and even if they were new that still never feels good.Inspecting the item page again, I don't actually see anything claiming the parts are brand new, however I don't see anything claiming the opposite (or simply "open-box") either.The important part is that the parts worked just fine, aside from a small issue I had getting my OS to boot from my m.2.This was fixed by switching my BIOS to CSM mode, for anyone with similar issues.