mdzcpa

Remember, your actual vcore can be higher or lower than what you set at Vcore in the BIOS depending on your settings vdroop, PWM frequency, and over volt protection.  This is pretty standard on the X79 platform.

mdzcpa

Case in point ^

Vince, sorry about your thread.  I wanted to address the blind fanboy faithful that is the scourge of any internet forum, but the post above is exactly what I wanted to discourage.  I will PM you down the road when my Dark comes in.  I'll step off now so as not to further inflame your thread.

Afterburner

AB Alert!!!

I now have a Dark inbound... Wooo Whooo!

Now the research begins and the anticipation mounts.. MUHahahahaha

bolts4brekfast

Just what kind of marketing gimmic is this?? Slap Kingpin on it and now everyone wants it??

@kingpin they must be giving you a hefty sum of the fortune they're gonna make off this "rebranded" board.. #sellout

mdzcpa

Hey bolts, how are you doing.  I know the both of us have been involved quite a bit on the ROG forums ever since the RIVE nailed the X79 the right way out of the gate. Like you might be, I'm a big fan of the RIVE as they did it right back in November 2011. I fired it up and never looked back.

That said, because I posted earlier that I'm getting the Dark to check it out do to a pending upgrade for my son's rig, I feel compelled to respond to your post saying we are all pretty much nuts for checking out this new offering.  Two things...first, I do respect Vince.  He has talent.  I'm not going to throw him under the bus for doing what many other talented overclockers have done in the past with endorsing new kit. Second, I'm not blindly brand loyal. Although I took serious heat here a long time ago for being a RIVE fan all I have ever done is endorse products that work. Plain and simple.  The originally EVGA X79 line up sucked bad and the RIVE had it done right from the go.

So, although I may have been inadvertently lumped into the mania you allude to, that's simply not the case for me. I will evaluate the board in my own hands and post my experiences...good or bad.  Like I have always done.  I feel it is close minded to not consider new offerings from any brand and does nothing but limit choices and competition that behooves us all.  I know where you're coming from big time as a fellow RIVE user that has had nothing but good experiences.  But I think we need to let this board speak for itself regardless of endorsements from anyone or past experiences with other brands or older offerings.  Believe me, after having my RIVE rock out from day one for almost 2 years now, the bar is set high.  I'm more inclined to let the chips fall where they may.

This applies both ways as well. I'm just as shocked to see folks here ignore Asus' home run with the X79 series and other current offerings as I am seeing folks bash the Dark at birth. Neither approach is likely best for the enthusiast.

k|ngp|n

mdzcpa

Case in point ^

Vince, sorry about your thread.  I wanted to address the blind fanboy faithful that is the scourge of any internet forum, but the post above is exactly what I wanted to discourage.  I will PM you down the road when my Dark comes in.  I'll step off now so as not to further inflame your thread.

haha ;)
No worries bro..hey your spot on about REX being a home run and working from the get go. Peter and the rest of those guys made a great board FROM THE START. In fact seems they were the only ones to get it right among all the companies.  At worst case, I think the dark can hit the same stability/reliability bar they set with older cpus.  Based on what I've seen from lab testing, I think the new layout and design, particularly memory layout will shine with IVY-E.
Your already really experienced and been around for awhile, but I'm glad to help ya in any way I can with the dark board when your ready. Hope for the best and your happy with you/your sons new build.

k|ngp|n
Hope u dig it Johnny..the new engineering and bios teams that were put in place over the past year for Dark board also designed the new z87 Haswell and already have begun working on future motherboards. I believe Dark board performance, stability, and reliability is now THE standard for ALL future motherboards from this company. I think the company will lift itself even higher than during X58 on mobo side...wait and see ;)