>manufacturers are actually using the lack of LEDs as a selling point
can we just go back to green or amber boards without stupid colors all over the place?
Is the RGB meme finally dead?
Kevin Thompson
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Luke Brooks
The RGB fad was designed to artificially drive mobo prices up.
Cooper Nguyen
I also love when they can't even put half-decent integrated audio in 150$+ boards, most of them still have alc892
Ayden Watson
This would've been a good mobo if they hadn't swapped the ram to the top. Cooler manufacturers likely won't account for top loaded ram for compatability.
The female power cable locations looks comfy though.
Robert Sanders
Its designed for overclocking autism
aren't lga patterns square anyways? Just rotate the cooler
David Nelson
the EVGA boys did a lockout test, because the socket is rotated there isn't an issue with the location
having only 2 slots is kind of shitty but realistically I can't remember the last time I didn't add RAM to a board without replacing the original kit with higher density modules
really hoping this board layout and port scheme kicks off though, if they were to swap the dual-gbe for a 10gbe port and kill the ps/2 ports/USB 3.0 and unnecessary wifi module for another two 3.1 ports
really don't understand why we're still putting so fucking many SATA ports on high-end boards either, give me two more U.2 ports
for fuck's sake why can't I find a legacy-free board? this thing is $500
Tyler Scott
The dimm slots are designed for best possible latency for overclocking
>mad over ps/2
Why?
>more u.2 ports
theres physically not enough bandwidth on the cpu to allow that
Matthew Reyes
Just buy professional wares. ECC RAM and all that stuff. No gayming to be found there.
Evan Evans
>go back to green or amber boards
no we cant
leds are stupid but fuck that shit, doesnt look premium much less discrete, fuck that
Carter Taylor
>mad over ps/2
PS/2 is outdated, I haven't used a PS/2 peripheral in 15 years, easily
>theres physically not enough bandwidth on the cpu to allow that
U.2 is just an NVMe form factor, so two more x8 lanes
It would just cut off an entire X16 slot at the bottom there, there's plenty of bandwidth available. And nobody runs 3x cards nowadays even in high-end systems because modern GPU companies don't know how to write drivers that scale
agreed I think all boards should just be black, it makes it easier to find traces and see board components