Help with broadwell-e support

[Chetch]

Hey all,

 

Ive been researching which motherboard I should buy for my i7 6800k and im getting alot of mixed messages from NCIX employee's and online. What are the issue with broadwell-e chips in motherboards that require bios issues and how can I make sure my motherboard will support my CPU?

 

I am currently looking into this motherboard:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157719

But NCIX employees keep pushing me to a:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132830

 

Now im not looking for people to spam me motherboards they think I should buy but instead explain what i should be looking out for in lga2011 boards.

 

Im building a semi workstation for my 3d modelling and rendering so id rather not get something cheap due to price and make sure it actually suits my workload.

 

Any help is appreciated

[The Sloth]

both are good boards get whichever is cheaper, update bios through a usb if you have to not a big deal. 

[brob]

The X99-A II has a unique Asus feature, USB BIOS Flashback. The feature can do motherboard BIOS updates without a cpu or memory installed. 

 

But if you go to the ASRock X99 Taichi web page and look at the CPU Support List on the Support tab, the i7-6800K is listed as compatible for All BIOS revisions. So there is no need to worry about a BIOS incompatibility.

 

Personally I prefer Asus motherboards. But the Taichi looks nice.