I have been glancing through the review videos and a few of the announcement videos, and figure there are going to be a lot of minor complaints (some won't be minor, of course) and requests for the next "Dark" style board, so making a single thread to keep them compiled may already make sense.

Things I have noticed so far amongst other posters:

USB 3 headers and I/O options. Where are all the connections? Many boards are offering many options, and there are a total of 8 on the classified while utilizing the I/O and the single internal header. Maybe add another header and a few more I/O options.

4 pin fan headers. I had really hoped that this board would come with 4 pins. Give the user control over the fans that the motherboard controls.

*Removing the power phase portion and adding single side ram latches*

Ram Latches: Currently set to two sides latch, making it difficult to unlatch the bottom side when a gpu is installed in slot 1.

Built in I/O cover. I really liked the optional cover on the z87 Classified I have, but I try to avoid pulling radiators while changing motherboards and it gets finicky (my fault, not EVGA) trying to get everything lined up. Maybe make the I/O cover snap in or permanent mounted. Yes, I see another line has theirs perma-mounted and it looks amazing, so that is just a thought.

Let me state, I do not have this board. I would love to grab one, as I am a glutton for punishment toward my wallet, but it will be at least a few weeks/months. I have seen a few of these items listed, and really think they could use some love and attention in the future when the Rev 2 or Dark come out.

If something should be added or removed from the list, get the greater consensus going, and I will update this post. Remember, the user is the one paying for the item, so we should strive to help EVGA make the best for the user.

Oops, thought it was said you have 8 power phases, and I didn't recheck that, going to update that, my apologies.

I use two USB 2 ports, and maybe one or two USB 3 ports personally. I am a big fan of being able to control the fans separately and make sure everything is the way I like to set it so that temps aren't able to climb when benchmarking and such. To me, those are sort of a big thing.

I really like the look of this board, and I am super stoked to see the reviews. I know the x79 Dark and z87 Classified are both very sturdy boards, so I am excited to see how this one runs.

corndogg18
I think EVGA left a lot of the extra's off the board, so they could still use high level components and keep the price down. Seriously who needs 12 USB ports on rear I/O panel? When overclocking to push my rig to its max, I usually have the case side off and do not run this way for an extended period of time. So having fan control isn't a big deal to me. You could certainly buy a 3rd party controller as well. I also noticed wireless options on the rear I/O panel of the competitors boards. Again if you are a serious gamer you are not going to use that. Wired latency will always be better then wireless latency. Let's not forget the reasons that most enthusiast will buy this board(heavy gaming, benchmarking and video editing). All in which none will need everything the CPU supports. If you are fascinated with all the bells and whistles the CPU will support and expect everything on a motherboard, you might want to think again as to why you are interested in this in the first place? I guess I would rather have a choice in boards that simply have the I/O that I am personally looking for. I don't want a board that is full of everything the CPU supports. If you want everything look into a high end server and throw a few gaming cards in it.

I would like to be able to control my fan levels through the board, as I have done with all of the other boards I have had.. It's why I paid for pwm fans. Without pwm controls on the EVGA motherboard, I spent an extra few dollars for not being able to properly control them through a normal 3rd party controller. I have been able to find minimal 4 pin, 3rd party fan controller with half decent reviews. If the motherboard had pwm control, it would be nice. I found that there were only 2 pwm controls on the z87 Classified(cpu_fan and cpu_opt) , notice it happened on the z97 and x99 classifieds as well... So, I have $75-100 worth of fans that I can't control through pwm because... It would be a nice feature is all. I am sure they are trying to save a few pennies by not including this as a feature, but I would be willing to pay a little extra.

As far as I/O, it is up to the user. I use a mouse and keyboard and occasionally a USB stick, so I was never complaining. Notice this is to compile what others would like as well. None of which you have to agree with or complain about.

On to wireless. Yes, latency is worse through wireless compared to wired. With Bluetooth, it is a convenience item, for most, to transfer a file when their phone is on the other side of the room. Walk into the room, Bluetooth connects, send picture from phone without getting near the computer... Convenient. I don't personally use it. I don't much care for the feature at all, but I won't knock it or complain about it either. When it comes to ether net cables vs wireless, I use a cable every time. My tablet and phone can use the wireless, as I have yet to figure a way to plug a cat 5 cable into either.

The purpose of this thread, simply put, is to try to avoid 50 single suggestion threads as some complaints are falling into other threads that have nothing to do with the complaints.

Evbot... I wish they would release those brand new again.

yes
 
asus have  oc panel to crtl and change voltage or blck , other value dim's, temp

How bout the heat sinks are also water blocks like the xpower max and the formula boards. Just a thought. This way so u can choose between water or air. Also 4pin for fan is a must for this type of board. I just did a build for a friend with the z97FTW and it was covered in 4pin headers. Definitely want to see more USB headers, mainly for hooking up water pumps and other assorted goods. You can also make the chipset heatsink smaller so you can fit a full size m2 SSD in. PCI layout is good. Love the 2x nic. I agree with vlada on ditching the heat pipe. 10 phase is enough for me. Though on question. Is it 10+2 or 8+2. Got to power that ram u know ;)

corndogg18

Scarlet-Tech

corndogg18
I think EVGA left a lot of the extra's off the board, so they could still use high level components and keep the price down. Seriously who needs 12 USB ports on rear I/O panel? When overclocking to push my rig to its max, I usually have the case side off and do not run this way for an extended period of time. So having fan control isn't a big deal to me. You could certainly buy a 3rd party controller as well. I also noticed wireless options on the rear I/O panel of the competitors boards. Again if you are a serious gamer you are not going to use that. Wired latency will always be better then wireless latency. Let's not forget the reasons that most enthusiast will buy this board(heavy gaming, benchmarking and video editing). All in which none will need everything the CPU supports. If you are fascinated with all the bells and whistles the CPU will support and expect everything on a motherboard, you might want to think again as to why you are interested in this in the first place? I guess I would rather have a choice in boards that simply have the I/O that I am personally looking for. I don't want a board that is full of everything the CPU supports. If you want everything look into a high end server and throw a few gaming cards in it.

I would like to be able to control my fan levels through the board, as I have done with all of the other boards I have had.. It's why I paid for pwm fans. Without pwm controls on the EVGA motherboard, I spent an extra few dollars for not being able to properly control them through a normal 3rd party controller. I have been able to find minimal 4 pin, 3rd party fan controller with half decent reviews. If the motherboard had pwm control, it would be nice. I found that there were only 2 pwm controls on the z87 Classified(cpu_fan and cpu_opt) , notice it happened on the z97 and x99 classifieds as well... So, I have $75-100 worth of fans that I can't control through pwm because... It would be a nice feature is all. I am sure they are trying to save a few pennies by not including this as a feature, but I would be willing to pay a little extra.

As far as I/O, it is up to the user. I use a mouse and keyboard and occasionally a USB stick, so I was never complaining. Notice this is to compile what others would like as well. None of which you have to agree with or complain about.

On to wireless. Yes, latency is worse through wireless compared to wired. With Bluetooth, it is a convenience item, for most, to transfer a file when their phone is on the other side of the room. Walk into the room, Bluetooth connects, send picture from phone without getting near the computer... Convenient. I don't personally use it. I don't much care for the feature at all, but I won't knock it or complain about it either. When it comes to ether net cables vs wireless, I use a cable every time. My tablet and phone can use the wireless, as I have yet to figure a way to plug a cat 5 cable into either.

The purpose of this thread, simply put, is to try to avoid 50 single suggestion threads as some complaints are falling into other threads that have nothing to do with the complaints.

 
Sorry, some of that might have carried over from some other forums I was reading, and I sort of lumped it all together. But yes, I do agree, one forum to point out complaints isn't a bad idea. Sometimes I wonder why people really complain about options anyways? If you don't like what the product offers, shop another brand? However, some feedback may curve future products to have more desired options desired by the "average enthusiast". I find this hard to define, as enthusiast itself is hardly a standard. Really just boils down to what people want, and how much they are willing to pay. Maybe someday they will offer 100% custom boards. You simply pick your chipset, choose I/O, and colors you want the board to have within the realms of what the chipset/CPU can support, EVGA stamps the board out for you, and your done! Wouldn't that be nice!!

I'd be happy with a list of different heat sinks to put on. Witch u can kinda do with some third party folks. But given a chance to pick from half a dozen or so would be a step in the right direction. Now when it comes to full custom mobos, that would be a geeks paradise.

 

Scarlet-Tech
I would go full custom. NATEMAN.... He should start producing motherboards too... I bet he could, lol.

It really does boil down to preference. I prefer customer service over everything else. I can deal with not having everything I want on the board, because I WILL adjust, as long as it performs well.

I suppose thats probably what most of us on these forums have in common. We love the folks at EVGA, and fully support them as much as they support us to use there products!

seta8967


 
*cough* >.> don't tell nateman i said so. I may have sent my classy for him to measure... for items...  <.<

I'll buy into your game, when he needs people to fund the cuts and purchase the outcomes :-D I think I may take the leap, since I am hearing more good than bad so far.

I will be biting a yummy 60x bullet when I can sell off some excess items, and excess boards.... Just need to price them to sell as people are going to be looking to buy.

Ended up getting the 5960x and sent my 5930k back. I just couldn't pass it up, based on how well these chips are OC'ing... Besides, its not like the price is ever going to come down to make the upgrade cheaper later. Based on the way Intel markets these chips, you get the most out of just buying it up front.

You have no idea how much I hate those Asus style single side latches, I only buy motherboard with double side latches,
 

Scarlet-Tech

* and adding single side ram latches*

The hard to remove RAM is an added security feature by eVGA. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I think one way to sort out this problem is to put the RAM/DIMM slots parallel to the PCIe slots, I cannot digest the single latched RAM slots design, the double side latches mechanism is better
 




It's still an issue of being able to remove the Ram with full custom watercooling on the GPUs. Are you going to be able to remove them, or will you have to pull gpu 1 to unlatch it properly? I have posed this question, and have not received an answer. I know from the Titan Z picture that was shared by Jacob, that there is going to be a fun time removing ram with a card seated in slot 1. Yes, it may be clear of the backplate, but there isn't a finger small enough to get between the Ram and the backplate to unlatch the stick. Single side would alleviate this issue.

Link to picture:
http://forums.evga.com/download.axd?file=0;2212911

I can not upload over mobile.

There may be other ways to release it, and it may even work easier on the classified, as this is obviously the micro board pictured.

The 5960x is currently $888 from Fry's... I should receive mine soon, so it hurts to see it $200+ cheaper than what I paid, lol.

I do like the set up for those dimms, but I don't think it would be the easy to rework all of the traces at this point.