Scarlet-Tech

Artah

I think those days are over when they didn't agree on things and ek stopped making blocks for EVGA GPUs (unconfirmed info).  Maybe things will change someday but I was asking around my contacts and I was going to produce some blocks at least for the VRM that fits on the chokes and fets but unfortunately it's not going to be a worth while investment in time and energy unless there is tons of people that would buy them.

EK makes blocks for most EVGA gpu's, but I don't think they make them for the motherboards.

CptSpig

bcavnaugh

CptSpig
"EK is not making a mono- block for the EVGA boards. I don't recall if they ever made a mono- block for a EVGA board."

 
Yes I do know this, I was showing you that EK did make them for EVGA at one time.

Yes, I knew what you were talking about just trying to make a ha ha.....😉

Tuxedo.
What are you talking about?
The apex will come out mid-end of august, asus did a redesign of the vrm cooling components.

CptSpig

Vlada011

Tuxedo.
What are you talking about?
The apex will come out mid-end of august, asus did a redesign of the vrm cooling components.

I'm not sure how cuting top heatsink and making fins instead one peace could help except 5C.
I afraid they will advice people to install 40-60mm fan over that.
Intel's premium platform, fans on VRM, thermal paste under IHS, next thing is freezing under Prime95.
AMD offer solution with Threadripper for 750 and 1000$ but I afraid that fps result in games this time will be more than 10-20 fps lower and memory performance are still not seen, from other side Intel Skylake-X work nice in games.
If AMD want to beat Intel they need to beat more expensive processor with cheaper.
Because who pay 1000 for CPU usually have and 1200 or little more.
That mean AMD 12 cores should beat Intel i9-7900X in any situation to force people to change side, because it's 250$ cheaper and better processor.
If results are similar no one will care for 250$ and people will buy Intel i9-7900X. Special if gaming results are better.

If you watch Der8auer updated video the new heat sink has a fan that comes with the board. The fan combined with the new heat sink is a substantial improvement. The board should be out mid August and cost over $700.00.

Tuxedo.
What are you talking about?
The apex will come out mid-end of august, asus did a redesign of the vrm cooling components.

Tuxedo.
I wouldn't even consider buying x299, but it is your decision.
I personally believe that the x299 dark will be released in the same timeframe as the asus x299 apex ... so somewhere mid-end of august.

Tuxedo.
- Heatspreader no longer soldered
- Cutting down the 8-core variant to 28 lanes
- x299 platform was full beta while launch
- enormous power usage with the 10-core variant (partially up to 450-500watt)
- Disgusting temperatures even with delidded cpu
- skylake-x in games slower than broadwell-e (due to new cache design)
- vrm desaster (enough videos here in the forum)
- i think i don't need to write about kabylake-x ...
 
The only + is the bigger oc headroom, but ... power usage.
 
We will see how the 12core+ variants will work, the full specs are out but we will have to wait for independent tests
I was never a Intel or Amd fanboy, just a neutral techguy, but the launch of x299 was a complete desaster.
Threadripper and epyc are looking much more promissing in the moment.

bcavnaugh

Tuxedo.
- Heatspreader no longer soldered
- Cutting down the 8-core variant to 28 lanes
- x299 platform was full beta while launch
- enormous power usage with the 10-core variant (partially up to 450-500watt)
- Disgusting temperatures even with delidded cpu
- skylake-x in games slower than broadwell-e (due to new cache design)
- vrm desaster (enough videos here in the forum)
- i think i don't need to write about kabylake-x ...
 
The only + is the bigger oc headroom, but ... power usage.
 
We will see how the 12core+ variants will work, the full specs are out but we will have to wait for independent tests
I was never a Intel or Amd fanboy, just a neutral techguy, but the launch of x299 was a complete desaster.
Threadripper and epyc are looking much more promissing in the moment.

But EVGA has not Yet launched, so think about why and as far as Intel EVGA has no Control on the Chipset Nor the CPUs.
To me this Shows that EVGA is going to do it Right unlike other Motherboard Manufactures that have as you say released in Beta.
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processor have not yet been Proven as worthy Processor in the Hands of Real End Users. 

cryhavoc38

bcavnaugh

Tuxedo.
- Heatspreader no longer soldered
- Cutting down the 8-core variant to 28 lanes
- x299 platform was full beta while launch
- enormous power usage with the 10-core variant (partially up to 450-500watt)
- Disgusting temperatures even with delidded cpu
- skylake-x in games slower than broadwell-e (due to new cache design)
- vrm desaster (enough videos here in the forum)
- i think i don't need to write about kabylake-x ...
 
The only + is the bigger oc headroom, but ... power usage.
 
We will see how the 12core+ variants will work, the full specs are out but we will have to wait for independent tests
I was never a Intel or Amd fanboy, just a neutral techguy, but the launch of x299 was a complete desaster.
Threadripper and epyc are looking much more promissing in the moment.

But EVGA has not Yet launched, so think about why and as far as Intel EVGA has no Control on the Chipset Nor the CPUs.
To me this Shows that EVGA is going to do it Right unlike other Motherboard Manufactures that have as you say released in Beta.
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processor have not yet been Proven as worthy Processor in the Hands of Real End Users. 

True and I cringe when I see "Rev 1" listed on a couple motherboards from another manufacturer. 
First to market is usually not a good thing. Kudos to Evga for taking their time.
 
I much prefer to buy Rev 2 or higher when it comes to something new :)
let the early adopters be the beta testers, I just want solid hardware and a frustration free experience with most things.

vfxcorp
Uhggg... I couldn't wait on the EVGA any longer to build my new X299 system. I bought the MSI XPOWER flagship and it's one awesome fracking board! It's marketed as a gaming board, but also beefy enough as a workstation (which is what I'm using it for). Loaded Windows 10 Pro on a Samsung 960 Pro M.2 1TB and the whole system screams. Yeah, I'm super happy with it. :)

Averant

vfxcorp
Uhggg... I couldn't wait on the EVGA any longer to build my new X299 system. I bought the MSI XPOWER flagship and it's one awesome fracking board! It's marketed as a gaming board, but also beefy enough as a workstation (which is what I'm using it for). Loaded Windows 10 Pro on a Samsung 960 Pro M.2 1TB and the whole system screams. Yeah, I'm super happy with it. :)

I understand the feels, but I am trying to be very patient with this one. This is my first all new build since 2009, and I want every part to be perfect.
This is what I have lined up right now for my X299 Build:


EVGA Powerlink Connector [Bought]
Silverstone Case Fan Hub(Because $70 for Corsair's Commander Pro is just too much.)
Rosewill SATA Cables [Bought]
Corsair Air Series SP120 Case Fans [Bought]
Corsair H100i CPU Cooler [Bought]
Samsung 500GB 960 Evo SSD PCIe
Corsair 750D Case [Bought]
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(8x4GB) 3600MHz RAM [Bought]
EVGA X299 FTW K Motherboard
Intel Core i7 7800X CPU(-OR- the 7820X. I am still trying to decide.)
EVGA 1080Ti FTW3 Hybrid Video Card
Corsair HX 750i Power Supply
 We'll see how things go over the next few months. Until then, I still have this computer, and my HTPC to play with.