X299 MOBOS

[Dreaper]

Which mobo for x299 do you guys think is a good one i was looking at the ASUS Strix, really want the ROG Extreme one but it isnt out yet and no one really knows when its coming out

[Blackhole890]

budget and for what and why are you getting x299... Its just overpriced af 

[VagabondWraith]

I got the MSI Carbon. Also check out ASRock Taichi. Asus' Apex and Extreme come out July 16 iirc if you can wait for those.

[Clanscorpia]

7 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

budget and for what and why are you getting x299... Its just overpriced af 

Because if he has money and wants better performance why not?

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Clanscorpia said:

Because if he has money and wants better performance why not?

paying a lot more for a small boost is not really worth it. 

[Clanscorpia]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

paying a lot more for a small boost is not really worth it. 

Depends on if that small boost will really benefit that person. When I was at Canadas Wonderland my friend wanted to play all the games. To me theyre a waste of money but to her they werent.

[Dreaper]

OK PLEASE DONT FIGHT OVER RYZEN AND X299

[Dreaper]

6 minutes ago, VagabondWraith said:

I got the MSI Carbon. Also check out ASRock Taichi. Asus' Apex and Extreme come out July 16 iirc if you can wait for those.

can you link the thing saying july 16?

[Spuriae]

Depends what you're trying to do. What CPU were you planning to pair, how important is audio, what cooling will you be using, how heavily do you plan to overclock, what's you budget, what sorts of tasks are you using the system for?

 

To be honest most of the X299 motherboards haven't been reviewed (by good reviewers) yet, so it's hard to tell exactly. Hopefully the Asus X299 Extreme isn't as bad as the Z270 one.

[Dreaper]

1 minute ago, Nimrodor said:

Depends what you're trying to do. What CPU were you planning to pair, how important is audio, what cooling will you be using, how heavily do you plan to overclock, what's you budget, what sorts of tasks are you using the system for?

 

To be honest most of the X299 motherboards haven't been reviewed (by good reviewers) yet, so it's hard to tell exactly. Hopefully the Asus X299 Extreme isn't as bad as the Z270 one.

Budget is lower than 500$, pairing the 6 core skylake, planning on overclocking, gaming and streaming, and i care about audio

[Zando_]

6 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

Budget is lower than 500$, pairing the 6 core skylake, planning on overclocking, gaming and streaming, and i care about audio

Ryzen is probs better. Can you get a 6-core Skylake X and X299 mobo for $500?

[Dreaper]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

Ryzen is probs better. Can you get a 6-core Skylake X and X299 mobo for $500?

No i mean budget is 500$ for mobo

[Zando_]

Just now, Dreaper said:

No i mean budget is 500$ for mobo

Oh. Then I'd wait till they get reviewed and go with the best one you can get. 

[Dreaper]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Oh. Then I'd wait till they get reviewed and go with the best one you can get. 

ok FeelsBadMan

[VagabondWraith]

35 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

can you link the thing saying july 16?

 

Rumors that Apex will be $500+ and Extreme $600+. I read the 16th somewhere but can't remember where.

[Dreaper]

1 minute ago, VagabondWraith said:

 

Rumors that Apex will be $500+ and Apex $600+.

My case doesnt even fit EATX anyways so i think ill get Strix 

[VagabondWraith]

1 minute ago, Dreaper said:

My case doesnt even fit EATX anyways so i think ill get Strix 

The Strix will do you good. I'd go for that then.

[Dreaper]

Just now, VagabondWraith said:

The Strix will do you good. I'd go for that then.

Thought about MSI ones but people are saying bad things about them idk if they are  true or not 

[VagabondWraith]

3 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

Thought about MSI ones but people are saying bad things about them idk if they are  true or not 

People say bad things about any company. Some people said bad things about Gigabyte but I loved my old Z170X motherboard from them.

 

Asus too gets a lot of flack but people only give feedback the most when something goes wrong.

[Spuriae]

20 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

My case doesnt even fit EATX anyways so i think ill get Strix 

What case? Most "EATX" mobos are actually XL-ATX and will fit in the majority of ATX cases.

[Dreaper]

9 minutes ago, Nimrodor said:

What case? Most "EATX" mobos are actually XL-ATX and will fit in the majority of ATX cases.

Fractal Define S

[Spuriae]

11 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

Fractal Define S

You're fine, then. You have plenty of space off to the right, and I can't think of any recent consumer motherboards that extend far enough to even interfere with the grommets.

[Dreaper]

Just now, Nimrodor said:

You're fine, then. You have plenty of space off to the right, and I can't think of any recent consumer motherboards that extend far enough to even interfere with the grommets.

are you 100% sure that it will fit?

[Spuriae]

Just now, Dreaper said:

are you 100% sure that it will fit?

Technically you can even fit true EATX motherboards (the 13" wide ones with the fourth set of standoffs) in a Define S. The sub-11 inch wide XL-ATX boards will mount just like a standard ATX board.

[brighttail]

Having had the Rampage 5 Extreme  and Edition 10, I would say wait for some reviews to come in.  The R5E was chalked full of issues and have had well over a dozen BIOS updates and it still has issues.  The Edition 10 was much better but only because they learned all the things wrong with the previous Rampage board and fixed most of them.

 

Personally I'm very interested in the Apex, especially if Intel decides to allow non-Intel M.2s to use IROC, tho that technically isn't available fully yet.