What is the best X79 motherboard?

Here are a few of our favorites that are worth considering.

• Pick of the Range: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme ($430) – AnandTech Silver Award.
• AnandTech Bronze Award: MSI Big Bang XPower II ($370)
• AnandTech Bronze Award: ASUS Rampage IV Gene ($270)
• AnandTech Bronze Award: ASRock X79 Extreme11 ($600)
• The Future for X79.

What is a X79 motherboard?

GIGABYTE X79 series motherboards are designed to unite unrivalled desktop PC performance with a new level of flexibility and hardware control. GIGABYTE X79 series motherboards also feature multiple PCI Express slots designed to harness the power of the latest multi-GPU graphics card configurations.

What’s the difference between X79 and X99 motherboard?

Similarly, X99 increases the number of SATA 6Gb/s ports to ten – up from the two SATA 6Gb/s ports found on X79. While not an official part of X99, we have also found that many X99 motherboards include a M.2 x4 slot that supports PCI-E x4 M.2 drives.

What are the features of the Intel X79 chipset?

The first product was announced on November 14, 2011, for “Extreme” CPUs using the LGA 2011 socket. Features include: 2× Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 (6Gbit/s) ports & 4x SATA 2 (3Gbit/s) ports. The X79 chipset is made to work with the Intel LGA 2011 (Socket R) which features 2011 copper pins.

What kind of CPU socket does Intel X99 use?

Intel X99 (Uses CPU Socket LGA 2011 V3) The Intel X79 ( codenamed Patsburg) is a Platform Controller Hub (PCH) designed and manufactured by Intel for their LGA 2011 (Socket R) and LGA 2011-1 (Socket R2).

What is the Intel X79 Platform Controller Hub?

Intel X79. Jump to navigation Jump to search. The Intel X79 (codenamed Patsburg) is a Platform Controller Hub (PCH) designed and manufactured by Intel for their LGA 2011 (Socket R) and LGA 2011-1 (Socket R2).