The already tiny Enthusiast market will be looking at X570 now lol. X299 is basically dead now that 3900X/3950X will be available with PCIE 4.0 on X570. $749 3950X will beat the $1999 i9-9980XE in all metrics except memory bandwidth, which won't affect 90% of use cases. X299 is obsolete.
I think the issue is not X299, but the price of the CPUs that go in it - there has to be a decent chance Intel will trim those prices to keep the platform in contention.
Gigabytes blocks are actually impressive. I have their Z390 Xtreme Waterforce and it's a beast. Prior to that I had an ASUS Maximus XI Extreme with a Bitspower Monoblock and it was good but Gigabyte is way better
Your nick should be MrsGigabyteRobot. I had built hundreds of gaming rigs. Gigabyte is near the bottom in ranking when it comes to motherboard. And you’re saying Gigabyte is way better than Asus? Lmao. Are you Gigabyte’s shill?
While I watercool my main system I'm not enthusiastic about this sort of built in setup because with an all in one block you can't just slap a basic air cooled heat sink for outside the case diagnostics/etc. If it was a 2 part block and the bottom half was able to passively cool the chipset/ssds I'd be a lot more comfortable with the idea.
yep, awful VRM. Asus (asrock) extensivly using cheap stage with doublers, which has lower performance. The more stages individually controlled - the better: more refined power, less temperature, better readyness for consumption spikes. I would understand Asus if stages cost a lot, but we are talking about $0.5-3 parts. Its a shame. Even in expensive mobos Asus is making economy. What a disgrace.
Anyone who buys Intel X299 now is a fool. Why are they even making this motherboard? Let's be honest: X570/Ryzen 3000 on AM4 is going to crush the entire X299 lineup in performance and obviously value. When AMD's X599 arrives with 3rd generation Threadripper, well, I don't even need to say lol.
why are that making this ?? what other motherboard would you put the Core i9 9900ks in, that would be able to power this overclocked chip, and keep it cool ??
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FreckledTrout - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
I bet these will be in high demand. /sMrAndroidRobot - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
It's for the enthusiast market which obviously doesn't include you. I bet it'll be $1000-1200 judging by their Z390 version that I have being $900AshlayW - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
The already tiny Enthusiast market will be looking at X570 now lol. X299 is basically dead now that 3900X/3950X will be available with PCIE 4.0 on X570. $749 3950X will beat the $1999 i9-9980XE in all metrics except memory bandwidth, which won't affect 90% of use cases. X299 is obsolete.playtech1 - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
I think the issue is not X299, but the price of the CPUs that go in it - there has to be a decent chance Intel will trim those prices to keep the platform in contention.MDD1963 - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
You paid $900.... for a Z390-based mainboard....? (Was there at least a fancy name attached, like Ultimate or Wifi or 10G/Mega Gaming? :(BigMamaInHouse - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
Soon they will come with Chillers included to cool down new "95W" TDP processor's that are OCed to Max to match new Zen 2.0 CPU's -Sad!.MrAndroidRobot - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
Gigabytes blocks are actually impressive. I have their Z390 Xtreme Waterforce and it's a beast. Prior to that I had an ASUS Maximus XI Extreme with a Bitspower Monoblock and it was good but Gigabyte is way bettersonny73n - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
Your nick should be MrsGigabyteRobot. I had built hundreds of gaming rigs. Gigabyte is near the bottom in ranking when it comes to motherboard. And you’re saying Gigabyte is way better than Asus? Lmao. Are you Gigabyte’s shill?DanNeely - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
While I watercool my main system I'm not enthusiastic about this sort of built in setup because with an all in one block you can't just slap a basic air cooled heat sink for outside the case diagnostics/etc. If it was a 2 part block and the bottom half was able to passively cool the chipset/ssds I'd be a lot more comfortable with the idea.MrAndroidRobot - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
If it's like their Z390 version it will have passive cooling everywhere the waterblock doesn't touchquantumshadow44 - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
cool. Its sad Asus doesnt make similar boards.MrAndroidRobot - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
ASUS uses awful power delivery, Gigabyte consistently has the best VRM out thereQasar - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
awful power delivery ?? hmmm the x99 deluxe i have seems to be powering my i7 5930k just fine @ 4.2 ghz.....quantumshadow44 - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
yep, awful VRM. Asus (asrock) extensivly using cheap stage with doublers, which has lower performance. The more stages individually controlled - the better: more refined power, less temperature, better readyness for consumption spikes. I would understand Asus if stages cost a lot, but we are talking about $0.5-3 parts. Its a shame. Even in expensive mobos Asus is making economy. What a disgrace.Flunk - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
ASRock has been an independent company for more than 10 years.sonny73n - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
You’re definitely a shill.AshlayW - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
Anyone who buys Intel X299 now is a fool. Why are they even making this motherboard? Let's be honest: X570/Ryzen 3000 on AM4 is going to crush the entire X299 lineup in performance and obviously value. When AMD's X599 arrives with 3rd generation Threadripper, well, I don't even need to say lol.Qasar - Thursday, June 13, 2019 - link
why are that making this ?? what other motherboard would you put the Core i9 9900ks in, that would be able to power this overclocked chip, and keep it cool ??MDD1963 - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
Few are logically thinking the socket 1151 9900KS will go in an X299-based socket 2066 board, that is certain....or it should beIrata - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
Well, he was right that an X299 motherboard would keep a 9900KS cool though ;)Qasar - Friday, June 14, 2019 - link
oops.. i9 naming had me thinking of 2066, not 1151