If you like a nice clean black motherboard design with a few red highlights then the Gaming Series from Gigabyte is a great choice and their new X99 Gaming 5 will let you update to DDR4 and Haswell-E. The four PCIe 3.0 slots can support up to x16/x0/x16/x8 or x8/x8/x16/x8 with the appropriate processor and the storage system is rather impressive with up to 10 SATA 6Gbps ports, a single SATA Express port, M.2, eight USB 3.0 port and eight USB 2.0 ports of which four are shielded for use with external DACs. Speaking of sound, there is an OP-AMP socket and dedicated audio capacitors to let you get the best out of the onboard Realtec codec. To see how it performs, overclocks and even more check out [H]ard|OCP's full review or if you need even more features you can look back at Morry's review of the Gaming G1.
"GIGABYTE’s latest X99 Gaming 5 promises to be a solid overclocker with great features and a reasonable price tag. It comes with features like "Server Level Chokes" from Cooper Bussman and an all digital power solution from Power IR. Long Lifespan Durable Black capacitors and single package MOSFETs make the list as well."
Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- ASUS X99-Deluxe Motherboard Review @ Neoseeker
- Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 mATX @ Kitguru
- ASUS X99-A Review @ OCC
- MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC @ techPowerUp
- MSI 970 Gaming AM3+ @ Benchmark Reviews
Thanks for the old news?!?
Thanks for the old news?!? Also thanks to Morry for an amazing review waaaaay back in December…. Again, thanks for the repost of dated info Jeremy, if I wanted to read re-hashed stats I would have just subscribed to [H]ard]OCP in the 1st place… I enjoy pcper.com for current news not old sh**!