X99 motherboard previews.

[stulid]

I meant width/length wise not height wise

They are the same size as you see on X79 as I already mentioned.

 

[ShivP]

They are the same size as you see on X79 as I already mentioned.

Well it's just something I'm not used to looking at mid-end Z97/Z87 boards most of the time

 

[Quartz]

I want full PCIe3 x16 slots in the #3 and #6 positions.

 

[stulid]

I want full PCIe3 x16 slots in the #3 and #6 positions.

This is pure speculation,

That small heatsink under the socket, well manufacturers only put them there to cover a PLX chip. Now PLX chips are used to double PCI-E lanes from the CPU, so it could just be possible that the board may do 4 x 16X SLI/CF

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

I have merged both MSI threads together and renamed this to a general X99 thread for all the early pics from all manufactures.


With that said, here is another.

That looks stunning...

 

[scotsdragon]

Is it just me or dose the gigabyte one have green caps on a black board lol (bottom left of the picture)

 

[ShivP]

Is it just me or dose the gigabyte one have green caps on a black board lol (bottom left of the picture)

Those are caps for the audio board I believe, newer boards are having seperated PCBs for audio which has less interference from the rest of the board

 

[stulid]

Is it just me or dose the gigabyte one have green caps on a black board lol (bottom left of the picture)

They should be Nichicon "muse" audio capacitors. Look at Z97 Gaming boards or the Sniper boards, a lot of them have these "audio" grade caps too.

 

[scotsdragon]

I thought they were for the audio where they were positioned I just meant a sort of line green/neon on a black board that has orange on it not very colour co ordinated

 

[stulid]

I thought they were for the audio where they were positioned I just meant a sort of line green/neon on a black board that has orange on it not very colour co ordinated

I can only assume its whats available from Nichicon? I know that the other black capacitors for the CPU etc and specially made for them by another company - http://www.chemi-con.co.jp/e/tech_topics/pdf/new_cp_201304.pdf

 

[abui1806]

the colour is changeable according to the order obviously. But the thing is that motherboard's manufacturers think with that "not very colour co-ordinated" they can attract more buyers.

 

[stulid]

Another MSI.

The black+yellow striping reminds me of barrier tape to seal off a crime scene etc, I don't really like it.

 

[vsg28]

I would wait to see how it looks defrosted first lol.

 

[Tonester0011]

I would wait to see how it looks defrosted first lol.

Was secretly hoping that's how it looked, looks awesome

 

[vsg28]

Was secretly hoping that's how it looked, looks awesome

You and me, both

I am not sure but MSI may be advertising a water/condensation proof coating on the motherboard there. Or I am just assuming that's the case. I know Asrock did it for some of their recent boards too.

 

[bemaniac]

give it 3 months in my flat it'll look like that with dust.

 

[Silent_Scone]

ASUS are staying particularly quiet on this front.

 

[Cosimo]

ASUS are staying particularly quiet on this front.

I'm getting impatient to get a glimpse of a Rampage V Extreme board. Hope we don't get another R4BE launch fiasco.

 

[vsg28]

Gamescom this week will have more x99 reveals.

 

[colinmcr]