Greetings all.
With the startling number of bad reviews on the ASUS boards on Newegg.com (and having encountered issues with the Asus X99-A on previous i7-5820k build), I am questioning my default choice for a new i7-6850k based build and would welcome input.
My must haves:
- Support for 2-way SLI or 2-way Crossfire with each GPU taking up at least 2 slots.
- 8 DIMM slots
- NVME m.2 support for full 4x PCI-E SSD with support for Samsung 960 EVO or Samsung 950 Pro
- USB 3.1 type C connection
- minimum of 2 x USB 3.0 type A ports
- good integrated audio
- bluetooth 4.1 or better
- ATX or micro ATX form factor
- at least decent overclockability
- current gen SATA support and ability to do RAID 0 or 1 on a dual HDD array
- current gen SATA support for a Samsung 850 EVO SSD
Nice to haves:
- Thunderbolt 3 native support
- wireless AC
- customizable lighting
- color scheme that would be easy to match for the entire build (also, one of the reasons I liked the ASUS white and black boards)
- really good integrated audio
- 4 or more USB 3.0 ports
- lots of fan headers
I'm also undecided on case and CPU fan choices. Leaning towards NZXT S340 Elite or EVGA DG-8 (with VR headset acquisition in mind) or Corsair Carbide 240 (if I go microATX, since the Kimera Cerberus SFF case is not currently available). Input welcome there as well.
With the startling number of bad reviews on the ASUS boards on Newegg.com (and having encountered issues with the Asus X99-A on previous i7-5820k build), I am questioning my default choice for a new i7-6850k based build and would welcome input.
My must haves:
- Support for 2-way SLI or 2-way Crossfire with each GPU taking up at least 2 slots.
- 8 DIMM slots
- NVME m.2 support for full 4x PCI-E SSD with support for Samsung 960 EVO or Samsung 950 Pro
- USB 3.1 type C connection
- minimum of 2 x USB 3.0 type A ports
- good integrated audio
- bluetooth 4.1 or better
- ATX or micro ATX form factor
- at least decent overclockability
- current gen SATA support and ability to do RAID 0 or 1 on a dual HDD array
- current gen SATA support for a Samsung 850 EVO SSD
Nice to haves:
- Thunderbolt 3 native support
- wireless AC
- customizable lighting
- color scheme that would be easy to match for the entire build (also, one of the reasons I liked the ASUS white and black boards)
- really good integrated audio
- 4 or more USB 3.0 ports
- lots of fan headers
I'm also undecided on case and CPU fan choices. Leaning towards NZXT S340 Elite or EVGA DG-8 (with VR headset acquisition in mind) or Corsair Carbide 240 (if I go microATX, since the Kimera Cerberus SFF case is not currently available). Input welcome there as well.