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What X99 motherboard should I go with?

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What do you have currently?

 

cpu / ram amount / price / region?

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the cheapest one that isnt GB

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Asus X99-A

Gigabyte Gaming 5

MSI X99S SLI Plus

Asus VIII Rampage Extreme Edition

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the cheapest one that isnt GB

asus gigabyte msi whatever floats your boat man even asrock.

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I'm getting the I7 5820K and 16GB ram (hyperx fury, black). Also, should I go with 2 or 4 sticks of ram, does quad channel increase performance a lot?

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X99-A would be my vote, as it's low cost, but you still get the better power delivery.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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X99-A would be my vote, as it's low cost, but you still get the better power delivery.

What would be the difference with the X99S or X99 pro?

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What would be the difference with the X99S or X99 pro?

 

Just USB expansion, WiFi, and I think less USB ports between the -A, -Pro, and -Deluxe.... The X99S I'm not sure of.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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Just USB expansion, WiFi, and I think less USB ports between the -A, -Pro, and -Deluxe.... The X99S I'm not sure of.

Would an MSI X99S Xpower ac do the same job?

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Would an MSI X99S Xpower ac do the same job?

I love the dual ethernet ports :]

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Would an MSI X99S Xpower ac do the same job?

 

As far as I know, only the Asus boards have the extra pins for more stability.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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As far as I know, only the Asus boards have the extra pins for more stability.

Oh yeah, that's true -> let's stick to asus

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Oh yeah, that's true -> let's stick to asus

I found the difference between the X99-S and the X99-A and X99-Pro version:

The X99-S is the only one to allow 3-way SLI with the 3rd one running at 8x on  the I7 5820K

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Can recommend the gigabyte gaming 5.  I have the LGA1150 counterpart

I used my old EVGA GTX285 with its thermal limiters off to cook an egg once.  ONCE.

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I have the X99-Pro, it's been fine thusfar. About three months into owning it.

CPU  5820k - 4.0GHz @ 1.27V  |  MOBO X99-Pro  |  RAM 16GB Ballistic @ 2133MHz  |  PSU HX750i 

 

 COOLING  Kraken X61 - 6x NF-A14 iPPC  |  DRIVES  256GB 950 Pro - 2x 1TB Travelstar - 1x 1TB WD Black

 

 

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What X99 motherboard should I go with?

 

I'm not sure on saying any one will do, what's the purpose of the rig?

^Best comment so far :D

 

We need to know, or more importantly, you need to know exactly what features are necessary for your build.

Do you need WiFi? Bluetooth? Intel NIC or Killer NIC? ASMedia or Intel controllers? M.2 support? eSATA support? SLI/Crossfire? How many GPU's? Any necessary expansion cards and their formats? a 10gig NIC (ASRock WS-E/10G)? etc. etc. etc.

 

The only thing that separates one X99 board from another are the features they come with. Any feature you don't use is not something you need to be paying for. ASUS and Gigabyte are the only ones AFAIK to have OC sockets (extra pins for hefty cache and RAM OC's). If you don't plan on overclocking it's a non-issue.

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