German Muscle
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I know you AMD fans have been begging for it and now it looks like its coming true.
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I know you AMD fans have been begging for it and now it looks like its coming true.
Please shareNot really. I had some bad experiences with EVGA motherboards. I generally stay away.
The last one I used was an X58 model, I honestly can't remember if there was anything wrong with. I only recall really loving that PC.Not really. I had some bad experiences with EVGA motherboards. I generally stay away.
Not really. I had some bad experiences with EVGA motherboards. I generally stay away.
The famed 680i chipset. Man what a headache.I've had largely good ones. I think that they generally make fairly good stuff and don't throw in a lot of crap that you don't need/won't use. However they are also very plain. The problems I've had with them were large problems related to 680i/780i/790i chipsets being a hot mess in generally, but that's not their fault.
The last one I used was an X58 model, I honestly can't remember if there was anything wrong with. I only recall really loving that PC.
I've had largely good ones. I think that they generally make fairly good stuff and don't throw in a lot of crap that you don't need/won't use. However they are also very plain. The problems I've had with them were large problems related to 680i/780i/790i chipsets being a hot mess in generally, but that's not their fault.
What board?My issue was with a bios update that bricked the board. All things being equal, I would take an Asus, Gigabyte, or MSI board over an EVGA.
What board?
Late and being a Dark board, most probably it will be 4-500$+. And from past models not sure it will have all the bells and whistles of the competition.Little late to game ain't you EVGA?
Late and being a Dark board, most probably it will be 4-500$+. And from past models not sure it will have all the bells and whistles of the competition.
Better late than never!Little late to game ain't you EVGA?
YerpThe famed 680i chipset. Man what a headache.
My experience has been entirely the opposite. I've had issues with ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, before. I haven't had issues with EVGA, intel, or abit, and two of those do not make boards anymore.My issue was with a bios update that bricked the board. All things being equal, I would take an Asus, Gigabyte, or MSI board over an EVGA.
I've had enough issues with ASUS ROG boards to be leery of them them over the years. I also don't mind lacking all the bells and whistles. I find a lot of that falls into just bling, or crap I wasn't going to use anyways.In my mind, if I had to choose in that price range, I'd pick the known quantity Asus Crosshair Dark Hero or something like that over an unknown EVGA Dark personally.
I agree with that, however when you're paying the same or more money, for less features, at least for me, it's a problem.I've had enough issues with ASUS ROG boards to be leery of them them over the years. I also don't mind lacking all the bells and whistles. I find a lot of that falls into just bling, or crap I wasn't going to use anyways.
I do like ASUS WS line of boards though.
Front C I'll give you. Onboard audio, no such thing as nice there (even though EVGA does have their own souped up solution here). And let's be honest here, the sort of people who are paying through the teeth for a motherboard are going external DAC usually anyways. Even the best onboard audio is still bleh. Onboard audio is fine as a backup. But for actual use people are using DACs, speakers with a DAC in them, receivers and other items.It needs features. Since the average user isnt overclocking ryzen to 5ghz. A nice onboard audio, front usb C would be nice.
Leaving out features like RGB lights all over it and that there's stuff you use and then there is stuff you do not. Also these EVGA boards do not cost as much as some of the higher end ASUS + MSI ones that get over 600 bucks to well near a grand.I agree with that, however when you're paying the same or more money, for less features, at least for me, it's a problem.
However, more options for AMD are a good sign.
gotcha. On most of their boards this isnt an issue anymore as they have bios switches. Its saved me as i had a bios go corrupt. Flip the switch to the other bios, booted to windows and then flipped the switch back to the bios and flash it and it was good to go. EVGAs regular boards are kinda meh. The Dark boards are designed by a completely different person and are pretty solid. It was the same back in the day as well. Classifieds being the exception as they were done by Shamino with his last board being the X58 Classified.I'm going to say it was a z68 board that I was flashing for Ivy Bridge support that bricked. I used a z370 classified that worked fine.
gotcha. On most of their boards this isnt an issue anymore as they have bios switches. Its saved me as i had a bios go corrupt. Flip the switch to the other bios, booted to windows and then flipped the switch back to the bios and flash it and it was good to go. EVGAs regular boards are kinda meh. The Dark boards are designed by a completely different person and are pretty solid.
That is a sexy board
Ive heard alot of speculation that there would be another round of xt cpus but nothing official. With the x570s mbs releasing it might spur sales a bit.Asus has another line of x570 boards coming out also i wonder if they plan to make 1 more cpu series for the am4 socket or they just trying to milk every last dime out of it lol.
from what i read also all the new asus boards with have the addative overclocking like the dark hero does right now so know knows gota be a reason they dumping lots more money into them.Ive heard alot of speculation that there would be another round of xt cpus but nothing official. With the x570s mbs releasing it might spur sales a bit.
Evga Dark is going to be purricey.
I like the RAM setup. Very BTX-like.
Hahaha for a second there I was looking at the horizontal 24 pin power connector at top right of the board and going, …..why’d they put an IDE connector on a 2021 motherboard…..lol just goes to show how long I’ve been building computers.
Agreed. It's cool looking but that doesn't make it worth $700 sadly.
2 are actually better for performance.Only 2 memory slots?