....nice mb,like the theme ,thanks Hilbert ,i will let the ddr mature on timings a little and if Broadwell does not bring nothing i will consider a x99 platform :supercool

I like this board I think it would be the one I would go for with a 5930K, but I still just don't see the need to upgrade yet.

I agree i actually like this board more than the Rampage probably due to the colouring. Its a Deluxe board so its gonna have all the bells and whistles regarding features in the bios. Its not gonna make a difference in Overclocking anyhow unless your pushing these boards to the absolute maximum and to do that your gonna have to be on Phase or LN. The Workstation board is nice as well, if i was buying into X99 i would hang fire and wait maybe a month and see what else arises along with other types of DDR4 ram.

Ah 8 core has 3ghz cache by default.. makes more sense now. And I see it has pretty much the same OC settings as mainstream Haswells, even vccin @ 1.8v ^

Here's some info on the other X99 motherboards. http://www.asus.com/us/site/motherboards/X99/

I agree i actually like this board more than the Rampage probably due to the colouring. Its a Deluxe board so its gonna have all the bells and whistles regarding features in the bios. Its not gonna make a difference in Overclocking anyhow unless your pushing these boards to the absolute maximum and to do that your gonna have to be on Phase or LN. The Workstation board is nice as well, if i was buying into X99 i would hang fire and wait maybe a month and see what else arises along with other types of DDR4 ram.

I've been debating the same for a couple days now. I think I'll wait for the X99 WS review before I make a decision. But I am fairly certain I won't be getting a ROG board this go around.

I agree i actually like this board more than the Rampage probably due to the colouring. Its a Deluxe board so its gonna have all the bells and whistles regarding features in the bios. Its not gonna make a difference in Overclocking anyhow unless your pushing these boards to the absolute maximum and to do that your gonna have to be on Phase or LN. The Workstation board is nice as well, if i was buying into X99 i would hang fire and wait maybe a month and see what else arises along with other types of DDR4 ram.

WS looks nice but not justifiable for $500-$600 price, hope they have a board similar to deluxe but without wifi, that audio stuff etc, useless features for me.