ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Mini-ITX Sized X99 Motherboard
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vbetts
Moderator
What's this, a MITX board with decent port placement?!
holystarlight
I like the idea, but most M-ITX build going to be compact, and a octacore CPU pumps out a lot of heat, plus you don't have quad channel memory either.
I would imagine finding a CPU cooler will be pretty hard, and the one that comes with it, doesn't seem like it will handle the CPU heat in a compact environment and a respective temperature.
movsxd
So it's the only quad-channel configuration currently on the market, but there's only 2 slots on the board? That's a really good idea right there.
vbetts
Moderator
Battlefieldprin
X99 cpus are meant for productivity and hard work , putting them inside that little thing is going to devoid them from. the main issue is going to be temperature.
fantaskarsef
Somehow I don't see many people going for such a board tbh. As you guys have stated already, you buy a quad channel platform to use two DIMMs, you get 28 or 40 PCIe lanes to use a single card with it...
What a fail :3eyes:
ElementalDragon
reix2x
Aaaaaaaaaaawww... what a cute! and that little fan cooler <3
Loophole35
Still don't understand why there is a market for this?
ElementalDragon
Loophole35
Yes but this is a X99 chipset. You built a Z97 based system. It's a waste to use a Haswell-E in this case.
ElementalDragon
Why? Because X99 supports quad-channel memory (which I can't imagine making a real-world difference) and SLI (which isn't really a necessity)?
If i had ample money, I'd probably go high end in a small form factor again. What the CHIPSET supports isn't important to me. I'd have probably even gone with a cheaper motherboard than the one I have (which was the best at the time), but the next step down had poor placement for power headers and such for the chassis I was using.
fantaskarsef
ElementalDragon
For people who might want the added benefits of the X99 chipset, who already have a Mini-ITX build, but don't feel like also having to buy a new chassis as well? For people who like having gaming rigs with all the high-end hardware they feel they need, without focusing on things that aren't really of any benefit aside from benchmark scores?
You say you don't see the sense in going X99 with only one GPU and only dual-channel memory. I say that SLI/Crossfire is a waste of money since modern high-end video cards can handle a LOT more than they used to (Unless you're planning on going for something like three 4K displays... at which point i'd probably STILL say it's a waste of money), and quad-channel memory doesn't really offer any noticeable performance improvement over dual-channel.
My current setup can handle any game i've thrown at it so far.... even Dying Light with maximum details at 1920x1080. So tell me again... why would you need to have 2-3 video cards and quad-channel memory?
fantaskarsef
ElementalDragon
the benefits i speak of in regards to upgrading one's motherboard to a new chipset are connectivity upgrades. Using the current board under discussion over my current board, that'd be the USB 3.1, M.2 socket, and SATA Express.
And you seem to be jumping the gun on my statement a bit. I never said anything about upgrading to X99 MYSELF. I don't plan on another decent overhaul for probably a year or two. Had i been still on my previous build and just NOW considered Mini-ITX... i might look at X99 as a possibility.... but my current setup is still new enough that it's not even remotely necessary to upgrade at this point.
I'm also wondering where everyone seems to keep getting the idea that i'm running a Z97 chipset?
Yes.... you'd need dual GPU's to reach that drastic of a framerate, which even for Battlefield Hardline you'd need dual GTX 980's, and still not quite hit that mark at that high of a resolution (though i don't know why people are so obsessed with NOT sacrificing a tiny bit of detail in exchange). But i'm sorry, where exactly does ANYTHING about X99 help your MAPS load faster? Last i checked, your game maps aren't stored in memory for any length of time unless you're playing that map.... at which point you could have the fastest memory in the world, but it wouldn't make a lick of difference if you're not using a fast data storage media.
fantaskarsef
rl66
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/13-05-29/183a.jpg
full high end desktop on the go for lan, ODB programation , music creation in studio, in vehicle PC, killer HTPC etc etc...
because of that 🙂
MorganX
I will purchase this in a heartbeat if a high quality cooler from Noctua or Phanteks becomes available.
ElementalDragon