Best X99 Motherboard for overclocking?

[Akzelele]

HERE IS THE BUILD!, looking for stability, overclocking potential and comfort, as well as looks. 

Want either a full black/white or a minimalist black and orange color scheme. I really don't like "GAMER GEAR" branding and would prefer to avoid it.

Thanks in advance,

-Akzelele

[deleted_member_030719]

PRO models are for you then.

[Akzelele]

Just now, Jed M said:

PRO models are for you then.

any specific recommendation?

[deleted_member_030719]

5 minutes ago, Akzelele said:

any specific recommendation?

ASUS have really good boards, so does MSI. You'd have to look at them yourself.

[Akzelele]

1 minute ago, Jed M said:

ASUS have really good boards, so does MSI. You'd have to look at them yourself.

Alright, I've been looking for the past couple weeks and can't seem to land on anything specific  hence the thread you see. 

Thanks for your help

[ARikozuM]

Asus and MSI have the best overclocking boards while Asrock and Gigabyte have some promising ones as well.

[hihihi8]

msi Godlike gaming lol, or Gigabyte SOC Champion

[Akzelele]

1 minute ago, hihihi8 said:

msi Godlike gaming lol, or Gigabyte SOC Champion

"msi godlike gaming"? did you read my original post?  And that is a bit too much orange and black for me... 

 

[hihihi8]

10 minutes ago, Akzelele said:

"msi godlike gaming"? did you read my original post?  And that is a bit too much orange and black for me... 

 

godlike Carbon would work for teh full black, as for gigabyte, there aren't many more options i guess, most like the R5E are accented

 

EDIT: oh yeah, Asus's X99 Durex II is nice II

[Akzelele]

1 minute ago, hihihi8 said:

godlike Carbon would work for teh full black, as for gigabyte, there aren't many more options i guess, most like the R5E are accented

There's that darn GODLIKE huge branding again, why can't motherboard manufacturers tone it down about a thousand  

[Akzelele]

2 minutes ago, hihihi8 said:

godlike Carbon would work for teh full black, as for gigabyte, there aren't many more options i guess, most like the R5E are accented

also sorry for being unclear in original post, I see that now... I meant a black and white not a black or white, a full black doesn't sound too bad now though... while I imagine a full white is nearly impossible.

[hihihi8]

4 minutes ago, Akzelele said:

also sorry for being unclear in original post, I see that now... I meant a black and white not a black or white, a full black doesn't sound too bad now though... while I imagine a full white is nearly impossible.

You can get White LEDS on the Godlike Gaming, as for black and white, you can look at AsRock's Taichi board. the Durex is also B&W.

[Akzelele]

1 minute ago, hihihi8 said:

You can get White LEDS on the Godlike Gaming, as for black and white, you can look at AsRock's Taichi board. the Durex is also B&W.

that taichi one looks really nice! Durex make motherboards?

[hihihi8]

49 minutes ago, Akzelele said:

that taichi one looks really nice! Durex make motherboards?

lol Durex = Asus X99 Deluxe

 

It's a habit of calling it Durex because here in China, it's translated as "Durex"

 

Unfortunately The TaiChi is not specifically an overclocking board, however unless you're going LN2/extreme sub-zero temp cooling, you're not going to see much of a difference, like 5% max IIRC

[Akzelele]

Just now, hihihi8 said:

lol Durex = Asus X99 Deluxe

 

It's a habit of calling it Durex because here in China, it's translated as "Durex"

hahaha 

[Shadow_Storm56]

Rog rampage 10

[Akzelele]

2 minutes ago, Shadow_Storm56 said:

Rog rampage 10

Well I have a schiit stack so that whole amp thing would be a waste of money and I also don't need wi-fi so that's another money throw away  looks nice though! (a little too gamery though..)

[Akzelele]

7 minutes ago, hihihi8 said:

lol Durex = Asus X99 Deluxe

 

It's a habit of calling it Durex because here in China, it's translated as "Durex"

 

Unfortunately The TaiChi is not specifically an overclocking board, however unless you're going LN2/extreme sub-zero temp cooling, you're not going to see much of a difference, like 5% max IIRC

Gonna be going with a h100i v2... unless you have something better in mind?  wow. why didn't I think of this before!? HERE IS THE BUILD!

[hihihi8]

54 minutes ago, Akzelele said:

Gonna be going with a h100i v2... unless you have something better in mind?  wow. why didn't I think of this before!? HERE IS THE BUILD!

So it's TaiChi Vs Deluxe now? the Godlike probably wouldn't fit in that case anyways, Godlike is EATX, while deluxe and taichi are ATX. Another point worth mentioning is that the skylake extreme editions don't overclock very well compared to the haswell-e's. You'd probably get a better overclock on a 5820k than a 6800k. 

 

Taichi is pretty cheap, built by asrock so quality for sure. Deluxe is Asus's X99 top-of-the-line series (Aside from R5E which is gamerish).

 

I believe the main noticable difference would be:

- the difference in PCIE slots (Deluxe has more)

- IO (not sure which one is better)

- The "OC socket" feature in the Deluxe, meaning the CPU socket has more power pins for a higher stable overclock (Something       you may care more about).

- VRMs (I believe both are 8phase, but i'm likely wrong)

- The Deluxe's M.2 sticks in vertically (Annoys the hell out of me for some reason), while the M.2 slot on the Taichi lays flat between PCI-E slots

- The Deluxe uses Asus's proven to be good Crystal Sound onboard audio, I'm not sure about Asrocks, but it should be good too

 

Heres my Godlike Gaming build

Spoiler

 

[Akzelele]

12 hours ago, hihihi8 said:

So it's TaiChi Vs Deluxe now? the Godlike probably wouldn't fit in that case anyways, Godlike is EATX, while deluxe and taichi are ATX. Another point worth mentioning is that the skylake extreme editions don't overclock very well compared to the haswell-e's. You'd probably get a better overclock on a 5820k than a 6800k. 

 

Taichi is pretty cheap, built by asrock so quality for sure. Deluxe is Asus's X99 top-of-the-line series (Aside from R5E which is gamerish).

 

I believe the main noticable difference would be:

- the difference in PCIE slots (Deluxe has more)

- IO (not sure which one is better)

- The "OC socket" feature in the Deluxe, meaning the CPU socket has more power pins for a higher stable overclock (Something       you may care more about).

- VRMs (I believe both are 8phase, but i'm likely wrong)

- The Deluxe's M.2 sticks in vertically (Annoys the hell out of me for some reason), while the M.2 slot on the Taichi lays flat between PCI-E slots

- The Deluxe uses Asus's proven to be good Crystal Sound onboard audio, I'm not sure about Asrocks, but it should be good too

 

Heres my Godlike Gaming build

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Wow thanks for the amazing long reply!  That build is nutty as he'll btw holy fuck!

 

... What the hell is the idea with that M. 2 placement and orientation?! Ruins it for me pretty much... Also read somewhere that it is only as a storage drive, not boot(mountain of salt)

[Vlad Tepes]

Do not go with any asus x99 board! They Will kill your CPU .