MSI X870E Carbon

Pros

• I have in my possession a 9850x3d, MSI x870e Carbon, and 32gb 6400mhz 32cl V-color off Newegg for $850. All the USB ports I could ever need, overkill for what I need, but the cost was not much more and even cheaper than some worse bundle...
• I'm building a new PC with an MSI X870e Carbon that has four m.2 slots with heatsinks.
• Go for the Carbon bro. ASUS had some serious QC drama with the 9000 series launch, and while the Strix looks clean, the MSI BIOS is way more stable right now plus it doesn't have that weird lane-sharing issue with the primary M.2 slot th...

Cons

• I don’t think I’ll benefit from the carbon motherboard.
• The ones I am mainly looking at are the MSI x870E Carbon, MSI x670E ACE, Asus x670E Hero and Gigabyte x870E Aorus Master. They are all within the same $50 range so price is not a factor.
• Don't bother with X870E unless you have a specification justification. Good X870 boards are under $200.
• I am currently deciding between the MSI X870E Carbon and the ASUS ROG X870-F. Which one would you recommend for my setup?
• From what I've heard, the single-SSD heatsink that comes with MSI motherboards tends to perform worse and increases the SSD temperatures, in comparison to OEM and third-party heatsinks that you can buy. But on the Carbon, there's also an...