MSI Shows Upcoming High-End Motherboard, Likely X299-based

[Raevenlord]

Recent reports mentioned Intel's moves to bring forward the launch of their Basin Falls HEDT platform, which succeeds their X99 platform. Intel is doing this in hopes to hold the blue flag against AMD's upcoming X399 Ryzen-based HEDT platform (there's seemingly a war in numbers here), pitting 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12-core CPUs against AMD's expected 12-core and 16-core processors.

As such, it's only natural motherboard makers would also have to expedite their work on X299-based motherboards, and it would seem that MSI has done just that, simultaneously advancing their marketing campaign. A teaser image from the company showcases an as-of-yet unreleased motherboard (not just any motherboard, but the "Best. Motherboard. Ever") which boasts of a trio of M.2 slots (with MSI's M.2 Shield thermal solution), and four PCIe x16 slots. Are you still counting the number of PCI lanes needed to drive all these slots? Well, it just so happens Intel's Basin Falls is expected to deliver up to 44 PCIe 3.0 lanes, so those should be enough to at least make this ridiculous amount of slots worthwhile... For some use cases. There's also an additional power-supply connector on top of the first PCIe slot, which should increase power delivery for these. It's almost open season on these HEDT platforms, kind sirs.



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[Gasaraki]

Make Intel Great Again

 

[springs113]

I wouldn't mind if the AMD counterparts are just as flashy and functional.

 

[Gasaraki]

I wouldn't mind if the AMD counterparts are just as flashy and functional.

Their chipset is not mature at all. Not enough PCIe lanes and can't even run 4 sticks of memory at fully speed and low timings.

 

[springs113]

Their chipset is not mature at all. Not enough PCIe lanes and can't even run 4 sticks of memory at fully speed and low timings.

I was referring to the rumored X299 competitor, not socket AM4.

 

[Hood]

What's the point? Crossfire and SLI are all but dead, and certainly no one is using more than 2 cards anymore. I guess you could fill those slots with Intel 750 AICs, if you needed more than 3 fast m.2 NVMe drives, but other than that, this is just marketing aimed at overgrown boys.

 

[springs113]

What's the point? Crossfire and SLI are all but dead, and certainly no one is using more than 2 cards anymore. I guess you could fill those slots with Intel 750 AICs, if you needed more than 3 fast m.2 NVMe drives, but other than that, this is just marketing aimed at overgrown boys.

I understand your point but not because it doesn't appeal to you means that there's not a crowd for it.

 

[NicklasAPJ]

What's the point? Crossfire and SLI are all but dead, and certainly no one is using more than 2 cards anymore. I guess you could fill those slots with Intel 750 AICs, if you needed more than 3 fast m.2 NVMe drives, but other than that, this is just marketing aimed at overgrown boys.

3 way SLI is dead for Nvidia.

3 way CF, is not near dead for AMD, alot of people still run it.

if Nvidia did still support 3 way for gaming and just not benchmark, I would get it, like in the old days.

 

[Steven B]

What's the point? Crossfire and SLI are all but dead, and certainly no one is using more than 2 cards anymore. I guess you could fill those slots with Intel 750 AICs, if you needed more than 3 fast m.2 NVMe drives, but other than that, this is just marketing aimed at overgrown boys.

This is Intel's HEDT platform, their mainstream consumer platform is the Z270 chipset which is meant for you.

 

[intelzen]

those M.2''s lined up for the grill season...

 

[TheGuruStud]

This crap is DOA. Their special-in-the-head pricing deems it so for those not on the short bus. 16 core ryzen, please.

 

[Blueberries]

>Best. Motherboard. Ever.
>Only shows picture of PCI-e expansion slots

Lmfao, what?

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

>Best. Motherboard. Ever.
>Only shows picture of PCI-e expansion slots

Lmfao, what?

If it were the best ever intel mobo what they going to call x399 with 64pciex lanes free and actually enough to max those slots not starve some.

Oh n i agree blueberries.

 

[TheLostSwede]

So I didn't post this in the forums 4-5 days ago? https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/msi-teases-motherboard-with-three-nvme-slots.233096

Why give credit to some third party site when this was posted by MSI on Facebook?

 

[iBruce]

Wow, so with this board you could RAID up to four optane 32GB memory modules, for superfast response times.

If you can use PCIe slot 4 for a 4th M.2 with a riser card.

https://www.techpowerup.com/232707/you-can-now-purchase-intels-optane-memory-accelerator


Wonder if the Rampage VI Extreme X299 will have three M.2 slots?

Wonder how many of those slots will be water cooled with the Bitspower monoblock?


Hmmm, it's going to be an exciting Computex this year.


Keep those X299 teasers coming Lord Ravenclaw.

Is Ravenclaw from Harry Potter or a map in Half Life 2?

 

[springs113]

Wow, so with this board you could RAID up to four optane 32GB memory modules, for superfast response times.

If you can use PCIe slot 4 for a 4th M.2 with a riser card.

https://www.techpowerup.com/232707/you-can-now-purchase-intels-optane-memory-accelerator


Wonder if the Rampage VI Extreme X299 will have three M.2 slots?

Wonder how many of those slots will be water cooled with the Bitspower monoblock?


Hmmm, it's going to be an exciting Computex this year.


Keep those X299 teasers coming Lord Ravenclaw.

Is Ravenclaw from Harry Potter or a map in Half Life 2?

Look at you already planning...bro

 

[iBruce]

Look at you already planning...bro

How ya been Springsbro?

Yea, I just got a new (2nd) open air CaseLabs built last week with 5 rads (1x240mm and 4x120mm HWL MultiPorts) and it's just itching for a new ROG X299 mobo and Skylake X CPU.

Running on air right now, and its still extremely fast, just planning the fittings today, PPCS is trying to get some Bitspower Carbon Black special order put together for me.

I do believe I'm one of PPCS's top customers, not certain if that's good or bad.

 

[springs113]

How ya been Springsbro?

Yea, I just got a new (2nd) open air CaseLabs built last week with 5 rads (1x240mm and 4x120mm HWL MultiPorts) and it's just itching for a new ROG X299 mobo and Skylake X CPU.

Running on air right now, and its still extremely fast, just planning the fittings today, PPCS is trying to get some Bitspower Carbon Black special order put together for me.

I do believe I'm one of PPCS's top customers, not certain if that's good or bad.

Nice...you beating me out and they know me by name lol. That system looks beastly. I cant wait to see the end result when you drop the next behemoth of board/cpu in... benchies galore i hope. I've got my current setup whisper quiet now too, switching to those gts did the trick as well for temps. CPU/290s don't pass 50/63 c @~1300 rpm and @2000 rpm 45/50 cpu and gpu respectively.

 

[diatribe]

Can someone explain the 1DPC versus 2DPC memory configurations work? I know it's DIMM per channel, but what are they referring to with more than 1 DIMM per channel?

Also, is this chipset going to allow for 24 PCIe 3.0 lanes as well as 44 PCIe lanes on the CPU? If the chipset has that many lanes available, do most consumers really need more than 16 lanes from the Kaby Lake-X or the probable 28-32 available on the low end 6-core Skylake-X?

 

[MrGenius]

CAUTION
ULTIMATE POWER

You gotta love that.

"This Motherboard is now the Ultimate Power in the Universe"

 

[Camm]

This would let me finally move from having actual drives in my machine to just using m.2. Two 2TB 960 Pro's in this would be awesome .

 

[R4E3960FURYX]

Waiting ROG x299 Rampage 6 Extreme better.

 

[mcraygsx]

I understand your point but not because it doesn't appeal to you means that there's not a crowd for it.

Exactly my point. Not sure why some people think its okay to enforce their ideas on others. If I like Strawberries, I certainly don't expect everyone else to like them as well. Wink Wink @ HOOD.

 

[erixx]

Maybe i should keep my 8 sticks of super-über-woha-DDR4 for next year

 

[erixx]

I must add that there is no info, nowhere, that link that facebook picture (that would be the source, not what is posted here as ETeknix) with any specific present or future chipset....

I have looked at some of the hardware sites that post the same blabla, and nobody gives any support of the argument and a diagram of X299 architecture next to said mistery pic.