Intel X299 Motherboard Review Collection
The MEG X299 CREATION, as its name has already given away, is another halo product; part of the MEG line with top-shelf features and performance. The X299 chipset isn’t exactly new, but still a platform to be reckoned with. Featuring the Intel 2066 socket and designed for Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X, I will be pairing it up with a Core i9-7980XE for this review.
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The falcon utilizes its powerful wings to soar through the skies and lock down its prey. The AORUS Core takes inspiration from the falcon’s aerodynamic wings, incorporating a multi-layered design which features wing shaped contours and also resembles the falcon’s high-velocity ascension and dives through the skies.
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Motherboard manufacturers are not late in the game, as many of them have released newer versions of X299 motherboards to enhance their current motherboard lineup. Gigabyte has released their new X299 AORUS MASTER motherboard to welcome the new Skylake X Refresh processors as well.
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As well as all the elements you would expect to find on a fully-featured X299 motherboard, the Deluxe II now is equipped with an Aquantia 5G LAN socket on board, Intel’s latest 9260 MU-MIMO 802.11ac Wireless networking and the best Thunderbolt 3 implementation we’ve seen yet.
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Motherboard manufacturers are introducing refined X299 boards in the wake of Intel’s Basin Falls platform refresh, and Asus’ Prime X299-Deluxe II promises to fix some of the teething pains of its predecessor. We paired this board up with the Core i9-9980XE to see whether it’s up to the job of hosting Intel’s highest-end desktop chip yet.
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Others can’t handle Intel’s highest-end Skylake-X chips without a fan directly on their VRM heatsinks to prevent overheating, even when chips aren’t overclocked. In short, X299 has fallen a bit short of the expectations we hold for high-end desktop platforms, especially when compared to the stability and reliability we’ve seen from AMD’s X399 boards.
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The Supermicro SuperO C9X299-PG300 differs from the typical X299 motherboard from the “big four” of ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte or MSI. It is immediately clear from the design and presentation of the product that Supermicro’s design ethos is server-influenced.
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Mid-level might be a better term for this price, and the Asus ROG Strix X299-E Gaming (which sells for at or just under $300 when we wrote this) gets there with a combination of dual USB 3.1 Gen2 controllers, a 867Mb/s Wi-Fi module, enhanced overclocking and competitive RGB lighting features.
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They’re packed an X299 socket into a mini-ITX motherboard, and they certainly didn’t stop there either. With Intel Optane support, triple M.2, dual-band AC WiFi, dual Gigabit Intel LAN, dual USB 3.1 Gen2, Super Alloy Components, four SODIMM slots, and more… yes, all that on a mini-ITX board with a huge CPU socket. It’s beyond belief, but they did it, so let’s get testing!
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It’s extremely over-engineered in regards to circuits and injects features and quality when they aren’t really required. Both the right and left edges of the PCB are plated with gold as are some exposed pathways on the PCB, and it’s very hard to bend the PCB because of it.
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