Gam3r26
yup....look at that sexy beast
...this is generally the only thing that would even make me consider bothering with this failed X299 release.
Why is X299 Fail?
Yes X299 Dark is something different completely than other market.
Very attractive motherboard. People USA will have great chance and discounts at the end of summer and I suggest to be patient and wait August when Intel planed to launch X299,
and than to decide about CPU model and motherboard. i7-7820X is probably best for gamers.
It's not inferior with clocks to Ryzen and have higher frequency and it's better performer.
i9-7900X is best deal, but simply price is not fair and realistic for gamers.
Somehow and I would not like to compare my 10 cores with AMDs 8.
But i7-7820X is competitor to Ryzen 1800X, off course cost 100$ more because that's Intel.
But it's quad channel, more PCI-E lanes, better chipset with more PCI-E lanes and better memory performance.
I expect higher OC even with very high Turbo Frequency. But maybe 200-300MHz more than AMD Ryzen max.