is the x99a gaming 9 motherboard good?

[Bajantechnician]

basicly stuff happened between yesterday and today, and ive lost my supply of my motherboard.

as in they dont carry it anymore.

anyways, im wonderinging, since i cant get the x99a xpower, is the x99a gaming motherboard still good for a 5820k?

 

Thanks

[verydogesuchwow]

yeah should be fine

[DXMember]

it's a bit expensive, I mean when you motherboard starts to cost more than your CPU, then you probably have to rethink your budget

 

all x99 boards are good

have you looked at MSI X99 SLI PLUS ?

MSI is the only one that allows you to do 3-way SLI/CF with PCI-E 3.0 x4 M.2 on 5820K

 

[Bajantechnician]

9 minutes ago, DXMember said:

it's a bit expensive

all x99 boards are good

have you looked at MSI X99 SLI PLUS ?

MSI is the only one that allows you to do 3-way SLI/CF with PCI-E 3.0 x4 M.2 on 5820K

red and blaco/yellow and black build lol

yeah, thats why im going with msi. also, they use good quality stufff

 

9 minutes ago, verydogesuchwow said:

yeah should be fine

 

9 minutes ago, DXMember said:

it's a bit expensive, I mean when you motherboard starts to cost more than your CPU, then you probably have to rethink your budget

 

all x99 boards are good

have you looked at MSI X99 SLI PLUS ?

MSI is the only one that allows you to do 3-way SLI/CF with PCI-E 3.0 x4 M.2 on 5820K

 

with dal 390x cards...

[Curufinwe_wins]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

it's a bit expensive, I mean when you motherboard starts to cost more than your CPU, then you probably have to rethink your budget

 

all x99 boards are good

have you looked at MSI X99 SLI PLUS ?

MSI is the only one that allows you to do 3-way SLI/CF with PCI-E 3.0 x4 M.2 on 5820K

 

Not quite, but it is the only one that allows it on their ENTIRE LINEUP, which is a huge deal.

 

Also the SLI PLUS is nigh identical from a hardware perspective to the Gaming 7, outside that it uses a slightly worse audio codec.

[DXMember]

7 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

 

with dal 390x cards...

if you want red/yellow you can still get the MPower or one of MSI Gamings

oh... wait you are going for MSI gamings... hah, I thought you were looking at Gigabyte, they have the same name

still you can get one of the cheaper gaming boards like 7 or even lower

 

7 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Not quite, but it is the only one that allows it on their ENTIRE LINEUP, which is a huge deal.

Can you name another motherboard that supports that on native PCI-E connections directly to CPU without using those weird honky-ass PLX bridges and basically running M.2 slot off the chipset?

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, DXMember said:

if you want red/yellow you can still get the MPower or one of MSI Gamings

oh... wait you are going for MSI gamings... hah, I thought you were looking at Gigabyte, they have the same name

still you can get one of the cheaper gaming boards like 7 or even lower

i want it to have the fancy "shielding" or "armouring" on the board

1 hour ago, DXMember said:

Can you name another motherboard that supports that on native PCI-E connections directly to CPU without using those weird honky-ass PLX bridges and basically running M.2 slot off the chipset?

my brain

[Curufinwe_wins]

18 minutes ago, DXMember said:

if you want red/yellow you can still get the MPower or one of MSI Gamings

oh... wait you are going for MSI gamings... hah, I thought you were looking at Gigabyte, they have the same name

still you can get one of the cheaper gaming boards like 7 or even lower

 

Can you name another motherboard that supports that on native PCI-E connections directly to CPU without using those weird honky-ass PLX bridges and basically running M.2 slot off the chipset?

PLX is still support...

And the m.2 doesn't run off the chipset. It runs off the last 4 available lanes (8/8/8/4). That's the best part of the MSI version.

 

Ehh there was a thread on here that had the table of motherboards with said support. I don't remember which is which, but ASUS and ASROCK both had (some) boards with the capability. 

 

FOUND IT!

Gigabtye supports it on all their boards but the m.2 is limited to chipset speeds (2.0x4 effectively). Well at least for the lower-end boards.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5123#manual

 

MSI supports it on everything AND uses 3x4 for m.2!

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X99S-SLI-PLUS.html#down-manual

(See page 1-21 for OFFICIAL STATEMENT that it uses 3.0x4

 

ASUS only supports it on their ultra high end boards, same with ASROCK.

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, DXMember said:

if you want red/yellow you can still get the MPower or one of MSI Gamings

oh... wait you are going for MSI gamings... hah, I thought you were looking at Gigabyte, they have the same name

still you can get one of the cheaper gaming boards like 7 or even lower

 

Can you name another motherboard that supports that on native PCI-E connections directly to CPU without using those weird honky-ass PLX bridges and basically running M.2 slot off the chipset?

 

1 hour ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Not quite, but it is the only one that allows it on their ENTIRE LINEUP, which is a huge deal.

 

Also the SLI PLUS is nigh identical from a hardware perspective to the Gaming 7, outside that it uses a slightly worse audio codec.

 

1 hour ago, verydogesuchwow said:

yeah should be fine

basicly that mobos good and worth it right?

thanks

[Curufinwe_wins]

Just now, Bajantechnician said:

 

 

basicly that mobos good and worth it right?

thanks

I mean, I personally wouldn't call the gaming 9 worth it. But good yea sure.

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

I mean, I personally wouldn't call the gaming 9 worth it. But good yea sure.

ocs good?

does it have the oc socket thing?

 

[Curufinwe_wins]

Just now, Bajantechnician said:

ocs good?

does it have the oc socket thing?

 

All of them do core OC well. Haswell-E isn't very motherboard variable (the only cpu less motherboard variable is the 4790k).

 

The only thing the OC socket helps a lot on (outside of extreme cooling/overvolting) is uncore overclocking. Even then at least 40x100 uncore should be possible no matter what.

 

(I have no idea if it has the OC socket, but I don't personally think it matters.)

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

I mean, I personally wouldn't call the gaming 9 worth it. But good yea sure.

whats the difference between the x99a gaming 9 and x99s gaming 9?

 

 

[Curufinwe_wins]

Just now, Bajantechnician said:

whats the difference between the x99a gaming 9 and x99s gaming 9?

 

 

USB 3.1 gen 2 on the A. Definitely want that.

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

USB 3.1 gen 2 on the A. Definitely want that.

i see.

Thank you very much

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

USB 3.1 gen 2 on the A. Definitely want that.

question, $360 for a new, or $300 for an open box?

ebay

[Curufinwe_wins]

4 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

question, $360 for a new, or $300 for an open box?

ebay

Why not 200 for a new SLI Plus...

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130841&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-N82E16813130841&gclid=CjwKEAjwi9K4BRCQzq7d1c6A_XASJABueAO2SGQF9dBQqFsm8Xg9E-EtocGtG3_xsVWsj50nR-U4qhoCnj7w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

I'm serious here, I really don't think the 9 is a good value. But given the two, and the fact you are already paying a lot for a motherboard, I'd say grab the new one.

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Why not 200 for a new SLI Plus...

 

I'm serious here, I really don't think the 9 is a good value. But given the two, and the fact you are already paying a lot for a motherboard, I'd say grab the new one.

alright.

apparently he bought the wron gmobo for his cpu lol

[Curufinwe_wins]

Just now, Bajantechnician said:

alright.

apparently he bought the wron gmobo for his cpu lol

Lol.

[Bajantechnician]

20 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Why not 200 for a new SLI Plus...

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130841&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-N82E16813130841&gclid=CjwKEAjwi9K4BRCQzq7d1c6A_XASJABueAO2SGQF9dBQqFsm8Xg9E-EtocGtG3_xsVWsj50nR-U4qhoCnj7w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

I'm serious here, I really don't think the 9 is a good value. But given the two, and the fact you are already paying a lot for a motherboard, I'd say grab the new one.

 

30 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

PLX is still support...

And the m.2 doesn't run off the chipset. It runs off the last 4 available lanes (8/8/8/4). That's the best part of the MSI version.

 

Ehh there was a thread on here that had the table of motherboards with said support. I don't remember which is which, but ASUS and ASROCK both had (some) boards with the capability. 

 

FOUND IT!

Gigabtye supports it on all their boards but the m.2 is limited to chipset speeds (2.0x4 effectively). Well at least for the lower-end boards.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5123#manual

 

MSI supports it on everything AND uses 3x4 for m.2!

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X99S-SLI-PLUS.html#down-manual

(See page 1-21 for OFFICIAL STATEMENT that it uses 3.0x4

 

ASUS only supports it on their ultra high end boards, same with ASROCK.

 

48 minutes ago, DXMember said:

if you want red/yellow you can still get the MPower or one of MSI Gamings

oh... wait you are going for MSI gamings... hah, I thought you were looking at Gigabyte, they have the same name

still you can get one of the cheaper gaming boards like 7 or even lower

 

Can you name another motherboard that supports that on native PCI-E connections directly to CPU without using those weird honky-ass PLX bridges and basically running M.2 slot off the chipset?

Alright,

So seller just messaged me.

 

Xpower is available. If the x99a xpower is $303 and is missing a Sata cable and the Ian drive that comes with it, and the x99a gaming 9 is opened, but has everything, which should I get

[DXMember]

29 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

PLX is still support...

And the m.2 doesn't run off the chipset. It runs off the last 4 available lanes (8/8/8/4). That's the best part of the MSI version.

Gigabtye supports it on all their boards but the m.2 is limited to chipset speeds (2.0x4 effectively). Well at least for the lower-end boards.

MSI supports it on everything AND uses 3x4 for m.2!

ASUS only supports it on their ultra high end boards, same with ASROCK.

Yes that's what I've been trying to tell you the whole time, there's not problem to support 3-way GPU, the problems begin when you want to throw in another PCI-E device on the last x4 lanes. MSI does it beautifully other sorta make it work and you basically have to get 40 lane CPU

[DXMember]

3 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

Xpower is available. If the x99a xpower is $303 and is missing a Sata cable and the Ian drive that comes with it, and the x99a gaming 9 is opened, but has everything, which should I get

Has he been doing LN2 overclocking on that thing?

Do you have SATA cables? if not you can buy them on ebay for like $3 per kilogram

What do you mean by missing LAN drive? You mean the driver disk that comes with the board or the LAN adapter is destroyed?

for $300 XPower board is a steal if it's in a good condition

[Bajantechnician]

43 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Lol.

\/\/

21 minutes ago, DXMember said:

Yes that's what I've been trying to tell you the whole time, there's not problem to support 3-way GPU, the problems begin when you want to throw in another PCI-E device on the last x4 lanes. MSI does it beautifully other sorta make it work and you basically have to get 40 lane CPU

So dual 390x+m.2 is fine?

19 minutes ago, DXMember said:

Has he been doing LN2 overclocking on that thing?

Do you have SATA cables? if not you can buy them on ebay for like $3 per kilogram

What do you mean by missing LAN drive? You mean the driver disk that comes with the board or the LAN adapter is destroyed?

for $300 XPower board is a steal if it's in a good condition

*usb drive

Stupid spell check

[Sintezza]

Its not a "bad" board.

But its basicly not worth its price point by all means.

Msi puts allot of bling on their boards, to attrackt buyers.

but its not realy worth it.

The overall quality of the vrm cirquitry is not as decent that it could justify its $400,- + price point imo.

It basicly has a similar vrm design as the Gaming 7 and Sli plus, which are a shit ton cheaper.

 

 

like @harrynowl allready pointed out in your other topic.

Those over price´d bling bling fancy Msi boards, dont realy have much reasons to exists, wenn you could grab a Asus Maximus V Extreme for arround the same price.

 

And if we talk about the Msi X99A Godlike gaming, it even costs more then the Asus rampage V Extreme 3.1, according to partpicker.

I'm not an Asus fangirl or brand biassed by all means, but overall quality is a thing that does matter to me, wenn a board gets solds as "Highend"

[DXMember]

7 hours ago, Bajantechnician said:

\/\/

So dual 390x+m.2 is fine?

*usb drive

Stupid spell check

Yes, you can do triple GPU with PCI-E M.2

USB drive - lol, then go for it as long as you are confident the board itself is in an excellent condition, drivers can be downloaded online