I really want the Dark. But I really need a running computer at home. I am contemplating putting in a FTW and then doing a step up on this build. Old X58 Classified board is a dead.
However, I'm doing hard tube water cooling for the first time. Don't want to have to make all new loops when Dark comes out.
What are the odds the sockets are in the exact same position on both boards. I'm sure it's zero but maybe someone from EVGA would know this answer.

Not sure I understand. I plan to Water cool the CPU and later on a second loop for gpu(s). If the socket 1151's are in the same spot, I could pull off the waterblock and put it on the new board without having to make/bend new tubing.
 
That's the thought anyway. Otherwise I may end up with a Maximus XI formula.

Isn’t the dark cpu socket rotated 90 degrees? I would suspect that would make the entire layout just a little different due to the placement of VRMs and such around the socket.


Maybe save the two motherboard images and then overlay them and align the holes for the motherboard mounts and see if maybe the two socket mounts line up.

Honestly, I would think everything may have shifted due to the socket rotation.