On par performance, High quality audio, HUGE gain with ASUS Turbo LAN, Very little performance penalty for its size, 5 Way Optimisation is great for beginners,
EZ BIOS I find too complicated, “ASUS, X99, Sub £200? You’d be silly not to consider it. Good all-round performance from one of the biggest names in the business.”, ASUS X99-A (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review, Thank you to, ASUS, for providing this review
PricingThe ASUS X99-A motherboard is available in the US from NewEgg at $254.99 and in the UK from Overclockers UK for a modest price of £199.99. This pricing is a little under the average price for the X99 series only being pipped by some discount mother...
Published: 2014-12-23, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
PCIe configuration could have been subtly tweaked to improve graphics/M.2 support, Black SLI ribbon is preferable.
As far as well-priced, balanced LGA 2011-3 motherboards go, Asus' X99-A is a very good solution. The number and breadth of features offered is practical for a range of users, and the overall performance levels are consistently positive.Overclocking perfor...
Great looks, Very solid BIOS, SATA Express, Good layout, Decent overclocking potential, Runs memory at 3,000MHz-plus
Slight price premium
Asus cuts away the more esoteric features and cooling present on the X99-Deluxe to release a cheaper board primed for the Core i7-5820K processor. Using the same design philosophy, BIOS and OC Socket present on other Asus boards equips the X99-A with a v...
The Hardware.Info Price comparison tool at the moment has a total of 30 X99 boards, out of the 30 we have now tested 20 motherboards. This should give us a good view on what is on the market and what are the best choices at the moment. We are basing our...
The X99A from ASUS is an overall really good board, that comes with a rather affordable price tag Compared to the predecessor the motherboard maker changed the color scheme from black/gold to black/white, which in our opinion is quite a bit better lookin...
ASUS has presented an excellent X99 based motherboard with the X99-A model, of course it is designed for high end machines since it uses the LGA 2011-3 socket. You also have to consider what you are getting with a Haswell-E chip is pure CPU processing p...
ASUS has presented an excellent X99 based motherboard with the X99-A model, of course it is designed for high end machines since it uses the LGA 2011-3 socket. You also have to consider what you are getting with a Haswell-E chip is pure CPU processing pow...
Price, Great performance, ASUS's software package, Easy to overclock, even for beginners, Crystal Sound 2 audio solution, Easy to use BIOS, ASUS exclusive features like MemOK, TPU, EPU, etc
Not much of an accessory bundle
When you think about the X99 platform what do you want? Well the X99-A gives you eight SATA 6GB/s ports, a SATA Express port, a 32Gb/s M.2 slot, three PCI-Express 3.0 slot, two USB 3.0 headers, ASUS's own Crystal Sound 2 audio solution, Intel-powered LAN,...
Abstract: You can build yourself a gaming rig out of a bargain-priced, dual core processor and a budget motherboard. I've had Far Cry 4 running at max settings on a 1080p machine that cost less than either of the latest consoles. Or, you can spend thousands creatin...
Stock performance, Overclocking potential and performance, Board aesthetics, Board design and layout, CPU socket layout and spacing, UEFI BIOS design and usability, CMOS battery placement, Performance of Intel GigE NIC, Placement of M.2 port, Price, CMOS
Numerous integrated switches, Lack of BIOS reset button
Going into the review for the ASUS X99-A motherboard, I did not know what to expect because of its placement as a "base level" board. I can truly say that the only thing that is base level about the X99-A is its feature set. ASUS performed their normal am...
