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#1 ·
I just wanted to make a thread for owners of Asrock's new series of X99 motherboards to post, chime in with builds, pictures etc. I am building a rig with the Fatality X99X Killer board. You can see the full component list in my build below, but here are some pics out of the box of the new mobo. I will post more pictures as I get into the build as well of some video of first impressions, OC'n and an overall review.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20X99X%20Killer/index.asp?cat=

ASRock Super Alloy
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Premium 60A Power Choke
- Premium Memory Alloy Choke
- Ultra Dual-N MOSFET (UDM)
- Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps
- Sapphire Black PCB
Gaming Armor
» CPU Power - Hi-Density Power Connector + Ultra Dual-N MOSFET + Multiple Filter Cap
» Memory - 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
» VGA Card - 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot, PCIe Power Connector
» Cooling - XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink + 2oz Copper PCB + Heat Pipe Design
» Internet - Intel® LAN + Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer LAN
» Audio - Purity Sound™ 2
Supports Intel® Core™ i7 and Xeon® 18-Core Processors Family for the LGA 2011-3 Socket
Digi Power, 12 Power Phase design, Multiple Filter Cap (MFC)
Supports Quad Channel DDR4 3000+(OC) memory with max. capacity up to 128GB
Supports ECC*, RDIMM Memory (*ECC is supported with Intel® Xeon® processors)
3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 PCIe 2.0 x1
Supports AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec), Supports Purity Sound™ 2 & DTS Connect
Intel® Gigabit LAN + Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer LAN
10 SATA3, 1 eSATA, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
10 USB 3.0 (4 Front, 6 Rear), 7 USB 2.0 (4 Front, 1 Back, 1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port, 1 Vertical Type A)
1 COM Port Header, 1 Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector
Supports ASRock HDD Saver Technology, Full Spike Protection, ASRock Cloud, APP Shop, F-Stream, Key Master, XSplit






 
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#9 ·
The board itself seems fine, I can't really say too much since I haven't gotten deep into it yet. The bios interface is easy and the included software seems solid. Right now I'm having temp issues with the CPU, idling at 45 and shooting up to over 80 in prime in less than 10 seconds. Gonna have to take the liquid cooler off and check the TIM job and reapply and see what happens.Hopefully that's all it is, shouldn't be going up that much or even that high at idle on stock clocks I would think.
 
#13 ·
I got the cooling figured out, just had to reapply thermal paste, now it sits in the low 30's at idle. I haven't been able to do any overclocking yet since I'm having serious issues booting into windows consistently. Not sure if it's tied to the issues they are having with the new Nvidia drivers or what.
 
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Originally Posted by quick1unc View Post

The board itself seems fine, I can't really say too much since I haven't gotten deep into it yet. The bios interface is easy and the included software seems solid. Right now I'm having temp issues with the CPU, idling at 45 and shooting up to over 80 in prime in less than 10 seconds. Gonna have to take the liquid cooler off and check the TIM job and reapply and see what happens.Hopefully that's all it is, shouldn't be going up that much or even that high at idle on stock clocks I would think.
don't use Prime95 ever for Haswell, it intentionally boosts the Vcore over what you set it to, use Aida64 instead for benching, it IS NOT YOUR TIM AT ALL.

please, on Haswells, this is a known issue, refer to the Haswell-E Owner's Club for info on this.
 
#16 ·
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Originally Posted by ChronoBodi View Post

don't use Prime95 ever for Haswell, it intentionally boosts the Vcore over what you set it to, use Aida64 instead for benching, it IS NOT YOUR TIM AT ALL.

please, on Haswells, this is a known issue, refer to the Haswell-E Owner's Club for info on this.
I wasn't using Prime and it did end up being a TIM issue, after it wasn't covering the whole processor when the waterblock was installed, after re-applying, the idle temps went down to the 30's and I've had no issues since, running at 4.3GHz 24/7.
 
#17 ·
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Originally Posted by quick1unc View Post

I wasn't using Prime and it did end up being a TIM issue, after it wasn't covering the whole processor when the waterblock was installed, after re-applying, the idle temps went down to the 30's and I've had no issues since, running at 4.3GHz 24/7.
ah ok i dunno, you said you were using Prime before, but anyway....

What vcore are you running yours at? I know there's a difference between hexas and octos for Vcores, but what's your BIOS settings for your OC?
 
#19 ·
Just installed my new Asrock Killer x99x that I hotswapped from Microcenter.

I gave up on my Gigabyte x99-ud4, and hopefully Microcenter cast it into the fiery chasm from whence it came!!
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Cold boot. USB issues up the yazoo, loud pops from my USB DAC, WD My Book never recognized, BIOS freezes, cold cycling, memory bandwidth caps, shoddy BIOS support etc. etc. I've been a Gigabyte purist for many years, so coming here and putting up my Asrock flag means a lot to me. In fact this is the first non-Gigabyte MB since my DFI LanParty 939 MB.
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I didn't need the Killer x99x features or anything, but it was the only Asrock they had in stock. I wanted the extreme4 but hey, I splurged.
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I went with the Asrock simply because it was the only manufacturer that had a straight up pure Intel USB / Sata (Southbridge?) interface. I figured all the issues I was having with the Giga was related to all the Sata Express garbage interfaces, Reanseas ?? USB controllers, half-a$$ed M2 interface, etc. I'll stop ranting now.

This MB has been a dream to work with. Already got to use the handy Dr.Debug LCD error code, because when I first powered it on it clearly stated I had a memory issue. Silly me had not pushed the DDR4 dimms in far enough. Dr. Debug, where have you been all my life?

I'm probably late to the party here, but the UEFI live BIOS update is probably the best thing to happen to BIOS updates ever. Why is this not standardized on all MB's? I'm now done with USB Q Flash crap. Yay. OC'd my CPU up to 4.6 GHZ at 1.21v and my memory to 2600 MHz 14-14-14-32-1N with just 1.3v with just a few clicks of the mouse.

My only complaint is that the MB could use a fan plug near the back of the case and the CPU PWM pins are kind of hard to reach for those of us with top mounted radiators. But this is really minor stuff people.

Awesome MB. Highly recommended. Again, Asrock where have you been all my life!!
 
#20 ·
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Originally Posted by Mark the Bold View Post

Just installed my new Asrock Killer x99x that I hotswapped from Microcenter.

I gave up on my Gigabyte x99-ud4, and hopefully Microcenter cast it into the fiery chasm from whence it came!!
mad.gif
Cold boot. USB issues up the yazoo, loud pops from my USB DAC, WD My Book never recognized, BIOS freezes, cold cycling, memory bandwidth caps, shoddy BIOS support etc. etc. I've been a Gigabyte purist for many years, so coming here and putting up my Asrock flag means a lot to me. In fact this is the first non-Gigabyte MB since my DFI LanParty 939 MB.
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I didn't need the Killer x99x features or anything, but it was the only Asrock they had in stock. I wanted the extreme4 but hey, I splurged.
smile.gif


I went with the Asrock simply because it was the only manufacturer that had a straight up pure Intel USB / Sata (Southbridge?) interface. I figured all the issues I was having with the Giga was related to all the Sata Express garbage interfaces, Reanseas ?? USB controllers, half-a$$ed M2 interface, etc. I'll stop ranting now.

This MB has been a dream to work with. Already got to use the handy Dr.Debug LCD error code, because when I first powered it on it clearly stated I had a memory issue. Silly me had not pushed the DDR4 dimms in far enough. Dr. Debug, where have you been all my life?

I'm probably late to the party here, but the UEFI live BIOS update is probably the best thing to happen to BIOS updates ever. Why is this not standardized on all MB's? I'm now done with USB Q Flash crap. Yay. OC'd my CPU up to 4.6 GHZ at 1.21v and my memory to 2600 MHz 14-14-14-32-1N with just 1.3v with just a few clicks of the mouse.

My only complaint is that the MB could use a fan plug near the back of the case and the CPU PWM pins are kind of hard to reach for those of us with top mounted radiators. But this is really minor stuff people.

Awesome MB. Highly recommended. Again, Asrock where have you been all my life!!
http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/5600/4/15-intel-x99-motherboards-review-new-boards-for-haswell-e-connectivity-usb

Yea, Asrock is the only one who does straight Intel x99 and nothing else, most of the other boards always had some third-party stuff added.

Kinda scary that i was pretty close to getting the UD4, i had a x79 UP4 before, no issues with it, it was pretty much the price difference that decided the Extreme 4 instead of the UD4... and holy crap, what is it with all the issues with that UD4 board?

To be fair, this is my second experience with Asrock, first one was a Z77E-ITX with i7 3770k, no issues at all with that one as well. I have to say the UEFI of Asrock with recent boards is very nice, and a step over the ones on Gigabyte x79 UP4.

Yea, i got my Extreme 4 from Microcenter too, they have all parts for cheaper of course
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#22 ·
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Originally Posted by Bense View Post

Anyone know if it is possible to flash the ASRock X99M Fatality BIOS onto the X99M Extreme4?
I wouldn't think so, there is Killer NIC soldered onto the fatalities that's not on the extremes, which are Intel X99 chipset only, aside from the Extreme11.

The UEFIs are specific to their motherboards, I don't think you can just flash a fatality onto an extreme, unless they're carefully modded.
 
#23 ·
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Originally Posted by ChronoBodi View Post

I wouldn't think so, there is Killer NIC soldered onto the fatalities that's not on the extremes, which are Intel X99 chipset only, aside from the Extreme11.

The UEFIs are specific to their motherboards, I don't think you can just flash a fatality onto an extreme, unless they're carefully modded.
Killer E2200 uses the same chipset as the Atheros AR8171, which is what the Extreme4 uses.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/guide-turn-your-killer-e2200-nic-into-qualcomm-athero-ar8161.198899/
https://wiki.debian.org/alx

Check out the device IDs from the 2nd link
PCI: 1969:10A1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet
PCI: 1969:E091 Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller


It's prob just some stupid difference in the DSDT/uEFI string.

I pulled back the blank black sticker on my Extreme4. It says "Fatal1ty" underneath, just like the X99M "Killer Fatal1ty" variant.

Also, I lol'd at the quotation marks around the "Killer E2200" on the debian.org link.

Ohhh marketing.
 
#26 ·
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Originally Posted by ChronoBodi View Post

Kinda scary that i was pretty close to getting the UD4, i had a x79 UP4 before, no issues with it, it was pretty much the price difference that decided the Extreme 4 instead of the UD4... and holy crap, what is it with all the issues with that UD4 board?

To be fair, this is my second experience with Asrock, first one was a Z77E-ITX with i7 3770k, no issues at all with that one as well. I have to say the UEFI of Asrock with recent boards is very nice, and a step over the ones on Gigabyte x79 UP4.

Yea, i got my Extreme 4 from Microcenter too, they have all parts for cheaper of course
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Its really sad about the Gigabyte board. I've used them for years and have always been bombproof, with really easy to achieve overclocks. What really made me throw in the towel was the really loud static pops through my speakers when using my external usb-DAC. I'm talking really loud. Like damaging loud. It was definitely the MB / USB controller and not software because if I turned on the DAC after BIOS post the problems went away. Pissed me off because I have expensive headphones / speakers connected to my DAC 24/7 and I'll be damned if I let some jury-rigged ghetto usb host controller made by some 13 year old experts in Taiwan (Reneseas??) blow up my gear. See ya Gigabyte. Don't let the door hit you on the way out...

As for the Asrock, I really, really like the UEFI bios and its web update function, and the mainboard layout is great and of course the stock Intel southbridge is reassuring to me after Gigabytes clown show.

I have this 5820k at 4.4Ghz adaptive at 1.25v
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, with my cheapo crucial 4x4gb ram at 2666 HZ at 14-14-14-32-240-1t with just 1.32v. Read somewhere that anything over 2400Hz is counterproductive for RAM on the Haswell-E with 100bclk, but I've been too lazy to change it. It really is that easy to OC this thing and from what I've read my chip is a good clocker. I don't really use all the advanced features on the Fatal1ty board but like I said before I did not have the time to wait for the extreme4/6 to come back in stock at Microcenter. $250 well spent IMO.

Pulled the trigger on a xp941 256 SSD yesterday and am going to install in next week. Eager to try it out as I have read its pretty much a near instantaneous OS drive. Just have to keep it cool (Ramsinks and 40 mm fan should do it IMO) and figure out how to boot Windows OS through the UEFI (?) mode. Isn't rocket science I'm sure. But my beefy rig will be near unstoppable for Icewind Dale next weekend!
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