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As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TweakTown may also earn commissions from other affiliate partners at no extra cost to you. GIGABYTE's X99-UD4 has a robust feature set, great ...

Although Intel has something new coming down the pipeline in the not-too-distant future, Haswell-E and the X99 chipset will remain its flagship, high-performance desktop platform for quite some time.

The arrival of Intel's X99 platform represents a new opportunity for power users and enthusiasts to build high-performance systems with enough oomph to rival high-end workstations. Launched just a ...

When it launched its initial line-up of Haswell-E based processors and the companion X99 chipset, Intel’s motherboard partners hit the ground running with some fairly exciting products. At the time of ...

Back panel: 8x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, 1x PS/2 port, Intel LAN, Clear CMOS, Audio I/O MSI’s well-priced $180 (£160) X99S SLI Plus is the among the cheapest X99 boards I’ve seen since they all launched.

Remember the X99 chipset launched way back in 2014? It's still the platform of choice for enthusiasts wanting an Intel CPU with six or more cores, and if that sounds like you, there's good news as X99 ...

Gigabyte's Micro-ATX X99 board packs a lot of features in a small space and, with a few modest caveats, makes a good starting point for a compact, dual-card gaming system. Impressive feature set for a ...

During Intel’s X99 launch in early September one motherboard vendor was noticeably absent from the scene – ASRock. While we’re not sure as to the exact reason for ASRock’s delayed entry, they are now ...

The thing that ended up pushing me to the X99 was memory support. I was able to get a cheap 4790K ($79) or 5930k ($179) though the Intel retail edge program. I was running with 24GB on my X58 system ...