x99 any changes?

[Elfuego]

Alot of people overspend on the motherboard, especially when they don't know the difference between power phases and different voltage regulators (i.e. intersill 95831 and IR 3580). IMO only the top tier motherboards are for OC benchers and extreme platform rigs. Alot of people also overspend to "future proof" to add SLI, more ram, though this makes sense, buy an appropriate motherboard for the components it will be paired with right now. If you plan on buying 4x video cards, get a motherboard that can support 4x16 pci. If you're going with one, you really don't need a mobo with more than 1x16 & 1x8 Look @ OP who has a nvidia 960. IMO To set it straight, if you are not a competitive bencher you do not need to spend more than 200 dollars on a good motherboard, unless you NEED a particular feature from that price range. There are cheaper boards, and yet still very good quality with red and black color schemes -- quite a bit, actually.

 

IMO the Rampage V Extreme is overkill in relation to the rest of the parts you have paired with it.

 

The Rampage V is as much for bragging rights as Overclocking . Awesome awesome board tho, I love the start buttom/reset button on the mobo.