Here is the MSI x99 lineup

I like the look of the SLI and the xPower, but I am not looking to upgrade, yet, so I am going to intently watch the reviews take place until my gotta have it bone gets to tingling.... I get a bonus in 7 months... Let's see what happens between now and then :-D

I am still impressed. Does anyone else think that the slow boot option, manual adjustable bus speeds, multiple clock generators, open CPU socket area, low airflow requirement design, delid socket adapter, low-profile backplate, and other features are impressive? This is the most impressed I have been with sales propaganda in quite a while.

ty_ger07
I am still impressed. Does anyone else think that the slow boot option, manual adjustable bus speeds, multiple clock generators, open CPU socket area, low airflow requirement design, delid socket adapter, low-profile backplate, and other features are impressive? This is the most impressed I have been with sales propaganda in quite a while.

Wait why/how would you delid a 2011-3 cpu? They use solder not TIM, that feature seems kinda useless. slow boot option sounds interesting, I imagine that this allows users who use SSD's the option to actually get in their bios without slamming the f10 key in hopes of getting in. The rest of the features seem pretty standard, or I am not sure what they are like the open cpu socket area I couldn't find any information on google about that. Though there may be other features you did not list that are unique and useful.
 
I will admit the X-power is very very clean looking. I have also slowly gained a appreciation for blacked out mobo, so the x99 SLI plus is also very sleek. If I had to choose one I would probably  go with x-power not sure how many yellow parts are available for a computer though in this world.

I have delidded soldered CPUs before. Even though the change isn't as dramatic, it still usually helps some. You just have to be more careful while delidding.

Scarlet-Tech
Slow boot is designed to keep the cpu components methodical during the boot process under extreme cooling measures. You lower them temperature down prior to ever booting, so starting up at full speed and - 70c can be rough on the processor components, so slow boot keeps it nice and calm and let's them adjust prior to dumping 1.6-1.8v through the parts. Quite a few boards have the selector to help during extreme cooling.

aahhh that makes sense. Still want a slow boot for SSD's though :(

There was no MSI X79 matx so I doubt it but time will tell. Given the fact the SLI Plus board is only 20 PCIe lanes I suppose it's possible.

You Know? EVGA and ASRock both have an X99 MATX
 
Here's how they all stack up as it is right now.

Note: Prices as of 08/29/2014, lowest price from reputable retailers.



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Note: If you utilize one SATA Express on any of the following boards, you lose two of the SATA 6Gb/s ports listed.
 
Note: M.2 (N/T/U): N= Normal (2x PCI-E 2.0 lanes), T= Turbo (4x PCI-E 2.0 lanes), U = Ultra (4x PCI-E 3.0 lanes).

Note: ASUS 6+3, the +3 comes off an additional fan controller board included in the package.
 
I should also state that the X99 chipset doesn't offer more than 10 SATA 6Gbps ports or more than 6 USB 3.0 ports, so there is obviously a lot of bandwidth sharing going on in almost all the boards above. This means that on many of these boards, bandwidth is being shared, and not all the features might be available at the same time.


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I see that. I believe one of those is non ssd.
M.2 Socket Slot E and Slot M
 
 
 
 

Regardless I don't think either are Gen3 with 4x PCIe lanes
Maybe someone who knows for sure can chime in

owcraftsman
I see that. I believe one of those is non ssd.
M.2 Socket Slot E and Slot M
 
Regardless I don't think either are Gen3 with 4x PCIe lanes
Maybe someone who knows for sure can chime in

I had to read up on it, and I believe they  are both gen 3. I could be wrong because the information was a bit confusing. 

Fact is the M.2 sockets are not all created equal.
N= Normal (2x PCI-E 2.0 lanes), T= Turbo (4x PCI-E 2.0 lanes), U = Ultra (4x PCI-E 3.0 lanes)
all the MSI boards are "U" sockets except for the yet to be released MPOWER board which is an "N".
 
Give this a read. Should give speed of light perspective. The article provides performance results for the 1st board to implement the M.2 "U" socket with a Samsung XP941 M.2 SSD. The same author has another article using the Samsung XP941 M.2 SSD in a raid-0 pushing 2gb/s.
 
The future is bright for storage.