Prob 4.5ghz+ and custom water cooling. The OC socket basically lets the mobo regulate the voltage more IIRC to get a more stable overclock. There's much less vdroop etc. 

5.5ghz core and 5ghz cache for my chip on ln2 -100CBB -125 CB
 
 
 
 for water/air
for mem...ES sticks http://imgur.com/a/5tsbM
water on cpu I get 4750mhz(1.38v) and 4625 cache (1.39v)
 
I use asrock x99m 3.1 fatality board, I have had RVE and gigabyte champ though...

I'm starting to believe that Intel CPU's just need more PCIe lanes. Time to make the jump to 48 or 56 lanes. :)

Aibohphobia

Ok, for my review of the board I picked up a cheap oscilloscope to test the fan headers and I can now confirm that all 5 fan headers on the X99 Micro2 are PWM capable. The CPU2_FAN header is independently controllable from CPU_FAN as well.

That is dedication. Thanks for the update!

kurtomatic
DEAR EVGA: Even though I'm not concerned in the least about internal chassis appearance items, your X99 Micro 2 I/O cover IS handsome and I did install it. However, it DOES contact with the video PCB, and while I appreciate the protective (and presumably insulative?) film you applied to the end of it, I'm not keeping decorative items that interfere with functional components. Clearances in MATX are tough enough as it is. I will regrettable be binning this otherwise sectsy piece of kit. Alas.

I found this out the hard way as well. I prefer to keep a backplate on my top card and this protective cover would prevent the GPU from fitting altogether. I prefer the backplate over the cover in this case.
 
I've considered cutting off the bottom part but ultimately decided against it. Otherwise I can't complain about this board!

Sweet board. I get mine in tomorrow. Can't wait to get my build on....when my DDR4 and 5820K comes in.....

EVGA_JacobF
More SATA ports too.

 
More SATA ports, great! Does that mean we can use SATA EXPRESS? Nope... :'(
**EDIT: Reason behind the lack of of SATA Express is to provide more complete RAID options across all ports. Mostly for the small form factors.
 
Audio upgrade is a nice touch over the old Realtek chipset.
Other component upgrades are nice too!
 
Supports up to 64GB of DDR4 with OC support up to 3Ghz! What about 128GB (4x 32 GB)?
 
What about 8-pin EPS power connectors and 6-pin PCIe power input? Is this something to consider in the future?

Hey guys, does anyone know the fan/voltage/SuperIO controller on the Micro2? I'm on the fence between going microATX or keeping my ATX X99 build, and the deciding factor right now is if it's compatible with Speedfan or not.
 
It should be something like Nuvoton NCT6791D or ITE IT8783F or something similar.
 
Thanks!

gendreaur
Got mine in the other day. Very impressed so far. Such great quality. Full written/YouTube review to follow in the next few days. :D
 

 

 
 

Nice pictures, yes I notice immediately that board is very high quality but EVGA always make such boards.
They have some specific seal as no one else.

@EVGA_JacobF:
 
Hi Jacob. I've had delivery of my EVGA X99 Micro2. As I am still waiting on some watercooling fittings to turn up I have not had much opportunity to test the motherboard and form extensive opinions. But my hopes are positive / high and I am looking forward to seeing what it can do.
 
However, I already have one area of constructive criticism that I think others have been frustrated by too. The motherboard package includes a really neat looking I/O case-side metal fitting that you screw down onto two of the motherboard standoffs. The problem is that with this installed the side of the metal I/O surround intersects with where my GPU backplate needs to go with the GPU pushed into the first PCIe x16 slot. It is a tiny detail, but really annoying. I am not going without the GPU backplate so currently the metal I/O surround is sitting unused. (There is no way to fettle it to fit. I have tried). Basically the metal I/O surround needs a redesign.
 
Can your engineers do anything to improve this part so that it fits with GPU backplates given the space constraints with the I/O ports? Are your product managers able or willing to modify new production to include a version 2 of the I/O surround? Or is it too late from a manufacturing / SKU point of view. Are you able to create a version 2 I/O surround and either send it out to registered owners or sell it to them from your website as an update / spare part?
 
It is annoying me as one of the reasons for choosing this board was the clean look and that is partially impacted by this part incompatibility. 
 
Thanks, Simon.

Sure, that is what I have done Vlada: just gone without the shield for the I/O ports. It is just that I was expecting to have a very clean stealth look, and it has not worked out that way. It is not a deal breaker, but it is a disappointment. 

Ok. Well I am using EK's Titan X waterblock and backplate. I imagine people using the EVGA Hydro waterblock and backplate will be facing the same component clash as me.
 
Totally agree with you that cable management, pipe routing and all else is going to be more important. But when you are 95% towards what you are trying to achieve, it is always nice to close the gap to 100% as much as you can.

Aibohphobia

coldashbin
I'm having enormous difficulty in getting my fans to work with PWM settings, the system seems to be running them at full speed no matter what SMART settings I use in the BIOS.
I have 5 Corsair PWM fans connected using a PWM spiltter to the CPU2_FAN header.
This is set to SMART, FAN control by CPU Temperature. CPU temp reports as 44c.
The CPU1_FAN header does not have any connections, but I also set this to SMART and lowered speeds to 20% across the temp range.
Seems the fans are all spinning at max (1366prm for these fan models).

Are they Corsair SP120's? They are known to have issues when 5 or more are run off the same fan header.
 
Do they work correctly with only 3 or 4 hooked up to the splitter?

Hi - yes they are "Corsair SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin". They worked absolutely fine on my old ASUS P67 Board on PWM, same 5 fan splitter configuration.
Is this a problem specific to EVGA fan headers?

Is the chipset and Vregs the same as the original Micro?

Aibohphobia

coldashbin
Hi - yes they are "Corsair SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin". They worked absolutely fine on my old ASUS P67 Board on PWM, same 5 fan splitter configuration.
Is this a problem specific to EVGA fan headers?

The problem is with the fans, not the board. The SP120s have poor PWM implementation and are known to have issues when used with a PWM splitter off a motherboard header. 5-6 SP120s is on the edge and some boards may handle that just fine while others don't.

I tried some different 3 way PWM splitters, 3 fans on 1st connected to CPU1, 2 fans on the 2nd connected to CPU2 header, both set to SMART and CPU2 set to CPU Temp.
Still all fans running at max speed.
Getting a little annoyed at this. 1 fan connected to CPU1 worked fine on PWM settings.
Next step is to try 2x 2 way splitters on these headers.....