Sloyola
Anyone know a rough release date for this? just bought a stinger board but would rather go x299 if its not still 6mo out. Saw they put the x99 boards on sale so maybe soon?

For real. Can we get some kind of estimate at least? Especially for the Dark? I'm sure a lot of us would feel better knowing something. To wait with absolutely no time table and no communication really sucks. And how about posting the Dark manual? At least let me read about the board. Give us something..please.

Hope they release the little Micro already! At least soon... I mean Kingpin got himself HWbot world records with this little beast weeks ago!... It must be around the corner. I'm gonna use it because of him actually. MSI annouced another mATX which looks kinda nice at first glimpse, but the VRM is crap. Half of the VRM/mosfet components is actually on the back of the board and can't be cooled on the MSI. Also I don't really need the rgb bling. If Kingpin can OC a 10 core to 5.7Ghz on this the Micro, it should serve me well. Just get it released in germany before the 7920X gets released please! Or just priority mail me one and I'll write a review from a community standpoint either way I'm okay with it :P

elbeasto
I prefer the look of the Dark board but I'd never buy a board with a fan on it.
 

 
Why not?

SuperITMan

elbeasto
I prefer the look of the Dark board but I'd never buy a board with a fan on it.
 

 
Why not?

They're usually noisy, at least they used to be.
Building PC's through the 2000's really turned me off them.
 
If it was dead quiet I'd consider it.
But is it a chipset fan or for an M.2 drive and if so would there be an option in BIOS to turn it off if you're just using a 2.5 SATA SSD?

desolatestatic
I'm pretty excited for the FTW K.

Yeah, that is a nice looking board. I just built my new x99 rig just over a year ago but I don't see the need to upgrade to x299. If I were to be in the market today, I think I'd go Threadripper even though EVGA doesn't make AMD boards. The Asus Zenith Extreme is a nice looking board as well but in the other hand, The Corsair One Pro looks great too. A compact beast would be a good change from the giant DG-86 I have now.

tusharsingal
I hope the Micro comes out soon. It's a race between this and MSI's X299M Pro Carbon. The Micro looks nice but I've been waiting so long at this point that I'll just buy whichever comes first.

I'd really advice against this MSI board. It's VRMs are really awful.

I'm seeing pre-orders available on many sites for Apex/Extreme.  EVGA Dark coming out soon also?  Since I usually don't get responses for questions on these boards I'm guessing first quarter 2018?  Seriously how hard can it be to give some type of estimate...

vfxcorp

Artah
Seriously how hard can it be to give some type of estimate...

 
I haven't heard a peep yet. All I know is that ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte have had their X299 boards out for almost two months now. Seriously EVGA? I love EVGA boards, but man I got tired of waiting. A few weeks ago I bought MSI's flagship X299 XPOWER board. It's one damn fine board! It's giving me a new opinion about MSI boards. It's advertised for extreme gaming, but also works well as a workstation board. I have Windows 10 running on a Samsung 960 Pro M.2. 1TB, and let's just say my digital world is super sweet right now. I'm still interested in the EVGA X299 Dark, but it will have to be a purchase at a later date now.

All im waiting for are these x299 mobos and my build is complete is painful waiting but gonna be worth it in the end.

ScorPion359

As I can see from what Vince posted on his Facebook page, they changed few thing on the Dark board from its presentation at Computex: (look at the reinforced slots)

Snipes7
Also the Dimm Slots are farther apart and creat more distance from the socket. Probably to fit all the phases from the vrm.

I personally don't think that ... a more reasonable answer would be more space for ln2 pots.

I wanted to come back and share my experience with my Aorus X299 Gaming 7. I was complaining that EVGA had not yet released any X299 boards, and mentioned that I may go with the Gaming 7 instead of waiting, when a very nice mod basically said, "go for it and let us know your thoughts."

I have to say that I am not unhappy with my purchase of the Aorus Gaming 7. It is a great board, with tons of features, and stunning good looks. I would say the BIOS has most of the settings you would expect and need, but leaves a bit to be desired as far as layout. From what I can tell, it has plenty of clean power for overclocking. I've had no issues with VRM temps or VRM throttling.

This would be my suggestion- if you can wait on EVGA to release their boards, I say wait. If you NEED a system now, or just can't wait any longer to jump on the X299 bandwagon, this Gaming 7 is not a bad choice, and I think you would be happy.

Ultimately, I prefer EVGA products for everything. There is good reason why their products take longer to come to market. As much as I hate waiting on them to release something, it almost never disappoints.

The Apex is available at Caseking for some hours now, the price is 519€.
https://www.caseking.de/d...;campaign=psm/geizhals

Yep also they are always heavily overpriced.

Nice find! Thank you