Today, we’ll be taking a quick look at the EVGA X299 Micro motherboard. This is one of the first motherboards on the market that comes in a micro ATX form factor, and features the Intel X299 chipset, which is suitable for all Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X processors using the LGA2066 socket.
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The Supermicro X11DAi-N is a workstation motherboard that can just as easily be used as the base of an office tower server or a rackmount server. The Supermicro X11DAi-N offers plenty of PCIe slots for graphics cards, a Thunderbolt 3.0 port, and audio outputs equip this heavy hitter for workstations.
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The upper-front corner also has four handy buttons appropriately named power, reset, CRL_CMOS, and OC. The OC button, which lights when deployed, picked a 4.90 GHz overclock for our Core i7-8700K at 1.30V CPU core and appears to be OS-agnostic (even functioning in UEFI mode).
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This works out timing wise as well given Intel finally launching their last few high-end Core-X CPUs. In fact, Asus sent this board over specifically to test with that launch. Well with that out of the way I can finally also take a closer look at the board itself. You know the Rampage VI Apex is something special when it stands out even when compared to the Prime X299 Deluxe. So let’s check it out.
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WiFi, plentiful USB ports of both types and all technologies available on the front panel and the rear IO section. For those of you who enjoy the experience of opening your new hardware and taking the time to enjoy every new packet that is revealed there are loads of accessories too, from simple cable identifying stickers all the way up to GPU brackets.
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MSI splits the SATA connectors to enable better case cabling. A group of four, split into two pairs, are resident by the southbridge whilst a couple of rotated ports line the left-hand edge of the board. Most folks will only use a couple, so at least there is some flexibility in what you use and where.
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What’s a mobo manufacturer to do to set itself apart when the primary changes are in a standard component that everybody has to implement? In the case of Gigabyte’s Z370 Aorus Gaming 7, its highest-end Z370 board so far, the answer is a healthy dose of fresh styling cues and new construction techniques borrowed from the company’s latest Intel X299 and AMD X399 motherboards.
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In the spotlight today we have the ASRock Z370 Extreme4. As has always been the case, Extreme4 moves in as a mid-range option, carrying strong features and hopeful performance. Some of these features include, dual M.2 slots, USB 3.0 and 3.1 headers and NVIDIA SLI/AMD Crossfire support.
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The ASUS ROG Rampage Vi Apex comes from a long line of overclocking motherboards that symbolize the epitome of what a high-end motherboard should be. Of course, these days, the lines between high-end, gaming, overclocking and mainstream all tend to blur. For instance you can game on any motherboard and high-end hardware can apply to both gaming and overclocking.
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Gigabyte’s previous mainstream Intel Gaming 7 board was clad in white shrouds and heatsinks, so design-wise, things have changed a heck of a lot. We’re now dealing with a much darker, meaner-looking motherboard in the Z370 Aorus Gaming 7, but while it costs a few notes more, there are indeed a few additions to the specs table too.
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