Someone got a little testy about how much the x299 Dark "Dominated"

Vlada011
 
 
Not only that motherboard could cost 1000$ or 800$, but processors will cost 2000$ as well, Memory will cost 1000$.
At least 6 DIMMs. At least 48 GB of memory.

????
 
 
try 32GB a STICK - that means 192GB a bank and that means - around $2k at least
 

Wow, dual 24 pin power connections along with four 8-pin and two 6-pin CPU power connectors?
 

Done with ASUS... pure garbage.

MasterMiner
Done with ASUS... pure garbage.

Had one bad experience and now you're writing them off... right? Care to explain why they're so bad? :D
 
That board is insane, and people who think the 28 core chip will be $2k are just as insane. There's no way it'll be below $4 to $5k in my books.

It's impressive but it seems like the kind of motherboard that will not sell that fast. With the war between AMD and Intel it won't be long before the bragging rights this system brings become old news. I don't want to sound like I wouldn't love to have it but it's really a system for someone that money is no option and I can think of few people who would really need a system like what this offers.

Personally I’ve never had luck Asus.

Much like AMD GPUs, they never work for me


So I won’t buy Asus either. I’m sure there are plenty of people that won’t buy the kinds of motherboards I like

More power to ‘em. Buy what ya like.

What the hell is going on with the 6 cpu power pins? If it takes 6 power pins, is it going to REQUIRE a minimum of ln2 to run at stock?

This looks like an April fools joke released way too early.

Edit, the good news is, they finally used a 6 pin for the pci lane supplemental power rather than a stupid molex. I guess that means asus is finally catching up with the world.

But where is all the m.2 slots? Maybe on the back?

GTXJackBauer
Asus is known for their shotty 50/50 customer service.  You don't know what will happen.

Hahaaaa, that's true.
Generaly depend a lot of customer and region.
Example in our region Western Balkan they have very strong present and if you have high end motherboards and push them little they hurry up and RMA could finish for 7-20 days. In some cases even 30 days.
 
I never need to RMA their motherboard and don't what would happen and I hope I will never know.
From other side EVGA now is present in Hungary and east Europe and people mostly buy EVGA power supplies and EVGA high end graphic cards. I mean on small number who can afford and If something is problem local store in Hungary finish RMA relatively fast, faster than our domestic sellers in Serbia.
 
Biggest problem I see here is dual 24pin. If I need to find now to power up this motherboard only option I know is to connect two Antec HCP 1000 with OC Link and make them as one. For CPU she have more than enough power, 3x8 pin, dual 2x6 pin and single 4pin. That mean one PSU 1000W for Mobo and CPU, second PSU 1000W for SSD/HDD. 
 
Maximum capacity of memory and most powerfull CPU for this motherboard with her will cost maybe arround 7000-10.000$ depend did she work with 12 DIMMs 32GB. Than price go easy on 10.000$. This motherboard is build from one reason, to beat 32 CPU Core with overclocked 28 cores. They will build 100-200 of them and sell them easy worldwide. Imagine if your dad buy you Porche brand new for birthday for him is good day if need to pay 20.000$ not 100.000$ for best computer for his son.
 
This is EK Waterblock for her. If you ask self why we not get such block, ask them, because it's nicer than any CPU block on market.
 

And monoblock will be like him, he will cover VRM, CPU even bottom part with fan below heatsink. 
3.3kg weight.
 

Ram slots for days!
 
Who needs that much ram.