I was initially a little skeptical of using the onboard Creative sound, I must admit it sounds pretty darn good.
I see no need to put my sound card back in this new rig. Course it was SoundBlaster also.
 

mattman657

d.burnette
I was initially a little skeptical of using the onboard Creative sound, I must admit it sounds pretty darn good.
I see no need to put my sound card back in this new rig. Course it was SoundBlaster also.

What type of speakers are you using out of curiosity?

Klipsch 2.1 Pro Media - they rock.
Incredible bass and mid ranges.

I’ve asked a couple times but never got an answer. When will this board be available in Canada?

If EVGA has decided to be a US only vendor then they should kill their EU and other countries pages, no ? If not then a semblance of balance would be appreciated. Common courtesy would require at the very least an update!
If they have no plans of bringing their product to other markets, then by all means, it is their decision. It is just that we would like to know it so we can decide too what to do next!
And btw I am waiting both on the Dark and the FTW3 ultra hydro copper edition as well. Yes I would love to get my hands on a hydro copper version of the kingpin gfx card, but holy crap considering the wait so far I doubt it will be out before the next gen of gpus is here.
So yes I have money to spend, I like to spend it on your products, but apparently you guys don't give a rat's ass!

Ah no. tikka makes a nice supervarmint rifle in a 204 that I can’t get in the US but all the UK blokes have them. Would it be fair for me to say tikka should pull all their US sales because one model isn’t available? No. I just have to be patient, express need and wait it out. Now if that’s the one I want, I’ll wait or go by another brand. Most countries fulfill needs of their primary market before exporting.

I get your frustration. I do sympathize. You will need to contact the EU branch and work it out

The thing is that evga doesn't even update their EU page.
There is no dark nor the ftw.
Most of the general information on the EU page is also outdated just like the guy that was looking at the eleet software;the EU page basically doesn't have the software listed to be compatible with anything past z270 whereas the US page shows support for z390, just simple things like that.

I'm UK and I grabbed one off eBay from EVGA, cost me in total £517 that included import charges, it hasn't arrived just yet but will be here next week sometime and TBH even if it does go on sale at the EU store you won't get it much cheaper if at all.
 
But I am actually thinking of either sending it back or reselling it here in the UK purely because the Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme Waterforce has just been made available on OCUK store, I just need to have a discussion with my wallet first as its almost double the Dark price.

mattman657

CarbonCarl
I'm UK and I grabbed one off eBay from EVGA, cost me in total £517 that included import charges, it hasn't arrived just yet but will be here next week sometime and TBH even if it does go on sale at the EU store you won't get it much cheaper if at all.
 
But I am actually thinking of either sending it back or reselling it here in the UK purely because the Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme Waterforce has just been made available on OCUK store, I just need to have a discussion with my wallet first as its almost double the Dark price.

Dark all the way. You won't be disappointed.

I do not doubt that one bit I love the Dark, but I also think the Xtreme Waterforce is a beautiful board, especially with that unique monoblock.

Anyone figure out how to disable the bios splash screen?
 
I thought it might be the "show home" option in the bios, however I toggled it off and made no difference.

I have seen the dark out of stock one day and then back in stock.   Best call EVGA and check on actual stock.  I don't know if the web page has real time stock.  If it does, then they maybe can give you an eta on new arrivals.   I'm betting they receive them in batches.  

Delirious

d.burnette
Anyone figure out how to disable the bios splash screen?
 
I thought it might be the "show home" option in the bios, however I toggled it off and made no difference.

I don't see a way in the bios.   Probably needs to be added.  On some motherboards in the past, you can change the graphic to a blank black graphic but I don't know how to do that or if possible on this board.   You might send an email to EVGA requesting that be added to the bios. 
 
https://www.evga.com/support/suggestions.asp

Ok thanks, I kind of like watching my system booting with numbers and such that mean nothing to me LOL.
Just what I have been used to I guess.
 
So wonder what the "Show Home" selection in the bios is referring to? It is on by default.
 
 

Delirious

d.burnette

Delirious

d.burnette
Anyone figure out how to disable the bios splash screen?
 
I thought it might be the "show home" option in the bios, however I toggled it off and made no difference.

I don't see a way in the bios.   Probably needs to be added.  On some motherboards in the past, you can change the graphic to a blank black graphic but I don't know how to do that or if possible on this board.   You might send an email to EVGA requesting that be added to the bios. 
 
https://www.evga.com/support/suggestions.asp

 
So wonder what the "Show Home" selection in the bios is referring to? It is on by default.
 
 

When the splash screen appears and you hit F2, it bypasses the next menu that has advanced setup and the OC robot and takes you straight to the advanced menu where all the parameter input is. 

Interesting I have not tried that, usually just hit DEL key upon boot to get into bios. Thanks,
 

That would be only reasonable if you plan on ditching EVGA products altogether since if you plan on getting a mobo for that 3rd gen Ryzen part from them you will likely have to wait till about the time Intel has their counter product at the start line...

Delirious
anyone know the frequency of the VRM on the dark board?  Might be an engineer question. 

I would keep an eye on both Gamers Nexus and Buildzoid's channels on YouTube for an PCB breakdown. I am sure it is bound to show up there at some point

The Z390 Dark is now available on Newegg Canada for $659.99