I am looking for a good replacement board for my system

[jwsargent]

Recently, my ASUS x99-A II has been having some major issues (RAM slots becoming inoperable, defective USB 3.0 hub etc) and I am looking at getting a replacement. Having a hard time finding the best options. I do not want the same board.

My current system is:

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  Windows 10 x64
  Intel i7-6900K
  ASUS x99-A II
  64GB of DDR4 RAM
  ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX
  EVGA GTX 980 OC (extra render card)

I am looking at getting SLI GTX 1080 ti cards as well, so I would like to have the motherboard be extremely solid on the SLI side of things as well. A third slot for an extra compute card would be optimal. My current config can fit most boards even in the eATX range, so size is not an issue.

My price range is in the mid tier enthusiast range, around $200, no more than $300

If you guys have any thoughts on things I should be considering primarily and specific board suggestions I would be extremely grateful.

 

[imsqam]

I would recommend the ASRock X99 Extreme4, it seems to tick all the boxes you want and is a Tom's best pick. And you can get it for under $200.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-motherboards,3984-2.html
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xJFPxr/asrock-motherboard-x99extreme4
http://www.ocinside.de/review/mainboard_asrock_x99_extreme4/5/

 

[marko55]

From cheapest to most expensive:

The EVGA X99 FTW K is a fantastic board. Can't go wrong with EVGA. Its EATX if you've got room. The BIG beef I have with these is the horizontal power connector. If you don't have a large full tower ATX case this can be challenging, which is unfortunately a big reason I avoid EVGA boards. In most cases you can't get a main board power connector in to this horizontal connector and get your cable through the holes to run it back behind your board in your case. Drove me nuts on the EVGA EATX board I had back in Z77 and never used another because of this.

I build a lot of X99 workstations and use asrock every time (my typical board comes later). For a gaming rig the Asrock X99 Taichi is a very nice board and is ATX so it leaves a little more breathing room in your case. Also has wifi built in if that does anything for you. Lots of features for the price here and Asrock boards OC very well in my experience.

The ASRock Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7 is basically a Taichi on steroids and is SWEET. This board released with the X99 refresh when the Broadwell-E CPUs came out. Its ATX and loaded. Personally, this is my favorite X99 offering in the ATX size.

The builds I do are for workstation use and require a lot of PCIe connectivity and dual LAN. I build on the Asrock X99 WS and love the board. I've OC'd a few chips, including my personal build with this board and it OC's great. I can also cram a GPU, multiple NVMe SSDs (via PCIe adapters), can use the M.2 slot for a SATA SSD (not just NVMe like most others), 10Gbps card, RAID cards and more because of all the PCIe slots. My only wishes for this board would be for a 2nd USB 3.0 on board and PCIe switches. Note that this board does NOT have USB 3.1, but I add a PCIe card for that anyway. This one's EATX.

The Gigabyte X99 Phoenix is pretty nice and I came close to giving this a ride. Gigabyte really started stepping up their game around the time this board was released and its performing well.

 

[jwsargent]

I would recommend the ASRock X99 Extreme4, it seems to tick all the boxes you want and is a Tom's best pick. And you can get it for under $200.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-motherboards,3984-2.html
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xJFPxr/asrock-motherboard-x99extreme4
http://www.ocinside.de/review/mainboard_asrock_x99_extreme4/5/

Thank you very much, I'll take a look!

 

[jwsargent]

From cheapest to most expensive:

The EVGA X99 FTW K is a fantastic board. Can't go wrong with EVGA. Its EATX if you've got room. The BIG beef I have with these is the horizontal power connector. If you don't have a large full tower ATX case this can be challenging, which is unfortunately a big reason I avoid EVGA boards. In most cases you can't get a main board power connector in to this horizontal connector and get your cable through the holes to run it back behind your board in your case. Drove me nuts on the EVGA EATX board I had back in Z77 and never used another because of this.

I build a lot of X99 workstations and use asrock every time (my typical board comes later). For a gaming rig the Asrock X99 Taichi is a very nice board and is ATX so it leaves a little more breathing room in your case. Also has wifi built in if that does anything for you. Lots of features for the price here and Asrock boards OC very well in my experience.

The ASRock Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7 is basically a Taichi on steroids and is SWEET. This board released with the X99 refresh when the Broadwell-E CPUs came out. Its ATX and loaded. Personally, this is my favorite X99 offering in the ATX size.

The builds I do are for workstation use and require a lot of PCIe connectivity and dual LAN. I build on the Asrock X99 WS and love the board. I've OC'd a few chips, including my personal build with this board and it OC's great. I can also cram a GPU, multiple NVMe SSDs (via PCIe adapters), can use the M.2 slot for a SATA SSD (not just NVMe like most others), 10Gbps card, RAID cards and more because of all the PCIe slots. My only wishes for this board would be for a 2nd USB 3.0 on board and PCIe switches. Note that this board does NOT have USB 3.1, but I add a PCIe card for that anyway. This one's EATX.

The Gigabyte X99 Phoenix is pretty nice and I came close to giving this a ride. Gigabyte really started stepping up their game around the time this board was released and its performing well.

What a wealth of great information! Thank you for taking the time to help me out, I really appreciate it. The extra info about your experience with the boards is super helpful.