Too many x99 boards! Which one looks to be the best?

Hi gents,

Need your help on this. I'll be using my new computer mainly for Maya/Max rendering/animation, Photoshop/premiere etc.. So work first, games second. Still want to play games on it though . I'm not interested in the Asus deluxe. I think I just want a pretty barebones board I don't need wifi or anything really. Things I do want are: good sound on board, Great OCing, and if possible 64gb memory capable (although I'll only use 32gb from the start).

Can anyone recommend a good board for me? MSI offerings look good. Like the gaming 7 board (not the 9).There are just a ton of boards being offered right now and I'm struggling to choose one. Can anyone lead me to something that might be better than the option above? Thanks a ton guys!

I bought the Gigabyte Gaming 5, and have been thrilled with everything but the BIOS as it is very clunky. I haven't begun to OC on it yet, but it runs Creative on-board sound with a replaceable op-amp, and does have support for up to 64 gigs of RAM. I don't know that it is "bare-bones" but it was about as simple as I wanted to get while still offering some good features. Hope this helps and good luck with the new build!

Waiting on my board to get here,

I went with the AsRock OC Formula board for my uses.

I like the entire line though, on their high end sits the WS workstation version, but I think the sweet spot is the Extreme 6

Features are not abundant but usable. good power delivery, BIOS and great price point.

I forget the memory max on it, but sure it is adequite

good luck

Witchdoctor said:

Waiting on my board to get here,

I went with the AsRock OC Formula board for my uses.

I like the entire line though, on their high end sits the WS workstation version, but I think the sweet spot is the Extreme 6

Features are not abundant but usable. good power delivery, BIOS and great price point.

I forget the memory max on it, but sure it is adequite

good luck

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Why not go with the Extreme 6? I'd like to hear your reasons.

He does extreme (subzero) benchmarking. The OC Formula is better for that

Janus67 said:

He does extreme (subzero) benchmarking. The OC Formula is better for that

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^^ This ^^

Witchdoctor said:

^^ This ^^

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So for everyday use with a mild OC using say a corsair 105 the extreme 6 would be fine?

Yes, for a daily grinder/gamer it would be an outstanding choice.

Great power, great BIOS and features you will more than likely be able to utilize.

I think I'm going with this. Unless somone says "Dont do it!". It's cheap, has the bare min features, but it has the same components as the other high $400 boards. The Asrock OC Formula was my second choice. Awesome board as well

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/X99S-SLI-PLUS.html#hero-overview