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rjohnson11

I'd like to share a Facebook response that Vince Lucido (a.k.a. Kingpin) made to me regarding the X79 Dark (Mnpctech.com Facebook page):

"Robert i helped design this board to make a better x79 than previous teams e779 and i overclock with it everyday in the lab. Its a great board with a totally new bios. Its capable of some great things in 4 way. Stay tuned..."

If he wasn't being given free stuff I might believe him. I will not be convinced of this until several dozen people have it and review the performance and not just for a couple hours of benching. 

 
You know he does write his own BIOS and crap for his GPU runs, hopping he did so some work on the X79 Dark to fix the issues they've had with the past line of MOBOs.
 
Wonder if this is any indication that Ivy E will be on X79 since EVGA really is releasing this thing at the end of the game.

rjohnson11

I'd like to share a Facebook response that Vince Lucido (a.k.a. Kingpin) made to me regarding the X79 Dark (Mnpctech.com Facebook page):

"Robert i helped design this board to make a better x79 than previous teams e779 and i overclock with it everyday in the lab. Its a great board with a totally new bios. Its capable of some great things in 4 way. Stay tuned..."

 
Thanks for sharing this RJ. This gives me hope for this board! If Kingpin helped design this Board/BIOS with A NEW TEAM then I have a lot more faith then I previously did. I was going to buy a RIVE soon, but I think I'll hold off to see how this turns out. It is the perfect layout after all, and if the BIOS works like it should with no issues, and overclocks are all good it's a must buy for me.

willdearborn

rjohnson11

I'd like to share a Facebook response that Vince Lucido (a.k.a. Kingpin) made to me regarding the X79 Dark (Mnpctech.com Facebook page):

"Robert i helped design this board to make a better x79 than previous teams e779 and i overclock with it everyday in the lab. Its a great board with a totally new bios. Its capable of some great things in 4 way. Stay tuned..."

Thanks for sharing this RJ. This gives me hope for this board! If Kingpin helped design this Board/BIOS with A NEW TEAM then I have a lot more faith then I previously did. I was going to buy a RIVE soon, but I think I'll hold off to see how this turns out. It is the perfect layout after all, and if the BIOS works like it should with no issues, and overclocks are all good it's a must buy for me.

 
 
 
One of the top overclockers in the world helped design this board!? I can read between the lines, where is the pre-order line?

Looking forward to this board - hopefully it works as well as my current X79 SLI.

firerx

I have a question, 
I see Manufacturers like Corsair bumping there voltageds to there memory Dimms back to 1.65v up from 1.5v. isn't this going to mess with the CPU's IM processing since they were designed with the intent for the lower voltages.? and is the new Mobo going to take this into account?

The motherboard has nothing to do with the Memory Voltage. That is up to the CPU and if it will like the 1.65, and not sure where you are getting that they are increasing CPU Vcore back to 1.65v, they still make RAM for 1.65v for older boards yet like the X58 P55 which do 1.65v

oh in reality, it make no sense to use the 2133 + memory kits since it takes the CPU's outside ofr the IMC tolerances??? Linusxrouter?
 
Just curious. Starting to shop for the new build. 
Thanks
 
Edit' found a good kits with the voltages and speed I wanted . 

thanks, Linuxrouter, 
I'm getting these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233306

That's fairly chunky. Bit of a factor when fitting a top rad. Jacob what kind of height off the board is it? Higher than the ram filled dimm slots?

ugliest board i have ever seen.

I like this board except one detail, that little LED is better in horizontal position. 
I have impression of one strong, dark/black board with modern red detail. 
This heatsink give that strong good look....
Angle 24pin is excellent like always, shield over ports and connectors are welcomed and before this board, heatsink cover 
8+8 connector, new buttons for start and reset, 10 SATA Ports, switch for every PCIe slot, 4+4 place for RAM, 6pin for PCI-E on excellent place for cable management and heatsink cover CPU power cables... board texture is excellent...taste is different.
Somehow I understand their design, it's much closer to me than other manufacturers only this board need to justify expectations.
Because people are scary I understand... Instead of that this board is very nice.
And I don't see from picture good but probably voltage reading place are compatible with their Probe IT Connector. 
 
 

 
I'll miss the pulsing EVGA logo though 
 
 

32 or 40 lanes has not been answered yet I think.
 
For some reason the evga x79's were the only oem that I am aware of that was offering 32 pcie lanes as opposed to everyone else's 40 lanes on their x79.

Lol, ugly doesn't do them justice RJ. 

Violence.

ugliest board i have ever seen.

I agree for a high end board it looks horrible.
 
Is Evga planning to discontinue the original X79 FTW/Classified for this?  I was thinking of getting another X79 FTW for my second pc but if they plan to replace the X79 FTW with the X79 Dark then i'll have to hurry to buy a X79 FTW.

doorules

32 or 40 lanes has not been answered yet I think.

For some reason the evga x79's were the only oem that I am aware of that was offering 32 pcie lanes as opposed to everyone else's 40 lanes on their x79.

 
This^
My Checklist:
 
1.)  FULL 40 lanes
2.) WORKING Bios
3.)  WORKING USB Ports  (with no surge on hub port bs)
4.)  PCIE-3.0 working in all slots
 
If any of these are not met, it is a failure since Asus/Gigabyte/MSI/ASrock seem to manage to accommodate them.