black X99 mobos

[MorganO]

what black X99 motherboards,WITH THE IO COVER THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON THE DELUXE AND GOES DOWN THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE MOTHERBOARD

 

what black x99 motherboards are there, preferably with wifi, or preferable 2 lan ports minium 8 USB ports and m.2 pice support

 

also a modern looking, easy to navigate uefI 

 

looking at the ASUS RAMPAGE 10 EDITION, looking for alternative to this

Edited October 30, 2016 by KOMTechAndGaming

[MorganO]

my list of boards so far

asus rampage 10 edition

MSI MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON

asus x99 strix

[Sintezza]

Asus X99 ROG Strix would be a decent choice.

Very good board decently build,and basicly has the feutures you ask for.

 

The Msi X99 Gaming pro Carbon i´m personaly not a huge fan of that board.

Simply because Msi has cheapen out on the vrm implementation, and ask too much money for that piece of junk.

[MorganO]

6 hours ago, Sintezza said:

Asus X99 ROG Strix would be a decent choice.

Very good board decently build,and basicly has the feutures you ask for.

 

The Msi X99 Gaming pro Carbon i´m personaly not a huge fan of that board.

Simply because Msi has cheapen out on the vrm implementation, and ask too much money for that piece of junk.

Opinion duly noted

[pyrojoe34]

Only 1 lan port but I use the MSI X99A SLI Plus and I've been happy with that.

[MorganO]

1 hour ago, pyrojoe34 said:

Only 1 lan port but I use the MSI X99A SLI Plus and I've been happy with that.

doesnt have the io cover (on the mobo, similar to the strix,deluxe,carbon,rampage 10

[Sintezza]

6 hours ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

Opinion duly noted

Well my opinion is purely based on the vrm circuitry analytics that i have done on allmost any X99 board out there.

X99 is a semi professional enthusiast grade platform.

And if you have to pay $300+ for an enthusiast grade motherboard.

Then atleast i expect a decent vrm implementation for the money.

Msi has cheaped out on the VRM implementation on the Gaming pro carbon board, and instead put some useless bling on their boards like RGB leds.

I do understand that Msi is targeting the gamers with their RGB bling and stuff, and thats not a bad thing persee.

Gigabyte and Asus also do that.

However atleast they shouldnt cheap out on vital area´s of the boards.

 

If the Msi X99 Gaming pro Carbon was priced at a lower price point like $250,- ish tops.

Then i could give it a okay award.

But not for $300+.

 

The Asus X99 ROG strix is a better value for money imo.

Those boards were pretty similar priced.

But the Asus x99 ROG Strix has a better build quality overall.

It has decent onboard audio, and a very nice bios.

 

But still its all just my personal opinion.

Take it as you like.