New mATX X99 build which mobo

Trunkey · 11 May 2016 at 20:08

As the title suggests I'm planning my build but the question is which motherboard to buy.

ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer/3.1 Micro

ASRock X99M Extreme4 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4

Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4

I know many of you rate Gigabyte's RMA procedure and general customer service but I think that board is USB 3.0? I have rad elsewhere on these forums that the ASRock is best with fast memory, but what's their customer support like?
Finally any view on which is easier to remove the heat-sinks to spray green or is neither a real issue.

Cheers

stulid · 11 May 2016 at 20:29

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...rboard-bundle-20-pounds-saving-bu-015-gi.html

If you need a CPU.

Otherwise Asus are good.

Does it have to be matx.

Trunkey · 11 May 2016 at 20:39

Thanks stulid that's a nice little saving.
Form factor is restricted to m-atx by the case the build is going into.

IT Troll · 12 May 2016 at 00:37

If you are thinking of using M.2 then only the ASRock boards will do x4 speeds. Gigabyte and ASUS are x2.

I'm holding out to see if we get any new revisions for Broadwell-E.