RAM | DDR4 |
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Memory Speed | 2133 MHz |
Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 4 |
Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 4 |
ASUS X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX DDR4 3300 (o.c.) Intel LGA 2011 Motherboards
Brand | ASUS |
CPU Socket | LGA 2011-3 |
Compatible Devices | Personal Computer |
RAM Memory Technology | DDR4 |
Chipset Type | Intel X99 |
Memory Clock Speed | 2133 MHz |
Platform | Windows 10 |
Model Name | ASUS COMPUTER INTL |
Memory Storage Capacity | 32 GB |
RAM Memory Maximum Size | 64 GB |
About this item
- Ultra-fast 10Gb/s USB 3.1 built in to the board
- Patent Pending OC Socket - Drive CPU and DDR4 performance beyond all expectations!
- 5-Way Optimization by Dual Intelligent Processors 5 - One click overclock and cooling, done!
- 32Gb/s ultrafast M.2 x4
- Crystal Sound 2 - Flawless audio that makes you part of the game!
- Total control anytime, anywhere with Remote GO!
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Tech Support | — | 3.7 | — | 3.5 | — | 3.8 |
For gaming | — | 3.3 | — | 4.0 | — | 4.3 |
Value for money | — | — | — | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
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platform | windows 10 | windows | windows 10 | windows 10 | windows 10 | windows 10 |
cpu socket | LGA 2011-3 | LGA 1151 | LGA 2066 | Socket AM4 | LGA 2066 | Socket AM4 |
memory slots | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
memory capacity | 32 GB | 1 GB | 256 GB | 128 GB | 256 GB | 128 GB |
compatible processors | — | 8th Generation Intel Core | Intel Core X-Series | AMD 3rd Generation Ryzen | Intel Core 2 DUO | AMD 3rd Generation Ryzen |
card interface | integrated | agp, agp | integrated | pci e | integrated | pci e |
wireless standard | — | — | 802 11 ABGNAC, 802 11 AX | 802 11 ABGNAC, bluetooth | bluetooth | 802 11 ABGNAC, bluetooth |
RAM tech | DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 | DIMM | DDR4 | DIMM |
Product Description
Unmatched performance and ultra-fast USB 3.1 onboard for your X99 build.
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Technical Details
Brand | ASUS |
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Series | ASUS COMPUTER INTL |
Item model number | X99-A/USB 3.1 |
Item Weight | 2.16 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 10.4 x 2.7 x 12.9 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 10.4 x 2.7 x 12.9 inches |
Number of Processors | 1 |
Manufacturer | ASUS Computer International Direct |
ASIN | B00VUK55M2 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | April 6, 2015 |
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3.7 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | #732 in Computer Motherboards |
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Customers like the appearance of the motherboard, mentioning it's well designed and exquisite workmanship. They're also happy with the value. However, some customers have reported issues with the memory, saying that two of the four memory slots are dead. Customers also dislike the BIOS. Opinions are mixed on performance, quality, and ease of use.
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Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the motherboard. They mention that it is well designed, with exquisite workmanship. Some say that it has a very narrow M2 SSD support list.
"I love this board. It's a great design with plenty of features. It started up flawlessly after installation...." Read more
"Great looking board, but has a very narrow m2 ssd support list that should have been mentioned in the description clearly...." Read more
"This is a very well made MB, ASUS took care for every detail, many options that you dont even imagine could you ever need, are present...." Read more
"Powerful, exquisite workmanship, affordable, very good!" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the value of the motherboard. They mention that it is well worth the price and has lots of features for the price.
"...Lots of features for the price..." Read more
"Much more than I thought it would be. Well worth the price." Read more
"Great board so far, good price, works fantastic, no issues." Read more
"Powerful, exquisite workmanship, affordable, very good!" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the features of the motherboard. They mention that it has a great design, with plenty of features and a massive amount of options. The UEFI/BIOS configuration is pretty powerful and easy to work with.
"...PROS:- Board works great once it's up.- UEFI/BIOS configuration is pretty powerful and easy to work with-..." Read more
"I love this board. It's a great design with plenty of features. It started up flawlessly after installation...." Read more
"...else on this board is a dream from the bios setup to the massive amount of options...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the motherboard. Some mention that it works fantastic, has no issues, and is very good. However, others say that it never performed correctly, the 2i4 USB 2.0 audio interface does not function properly, and the computer just will not load.
"...Now that everything's set up, this computer is running wonderfully; it's fast, quiet, and I haven't experienced any unexpected problems...." Read more
"...So this summer is when the fun really began. The motherboard stopped booting up - it would pause/hang on the video card initialization, and would..." Read more
"...750 Pro 500GB is not listed on the approved device list, but works really great anyway..2500 reads and 1500 writes...." Read more
"...Drivers work fine and the interface is very user-friendly to control fans and such. Highly recommended." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the motherboard. Some mention that it's a good board, while others say that it is not a great board for older USB hardware compatibility. Some customers also mention that the product is defective and has multiple BIOS issues.
"...All in all, this is a decent board but I have to knock off stars when your old DDR2 board has better hardware compatibility than something that just..." Read more
"...you update using a USB stick from within the BIOS UI, but it kept failing with errors that made it sound like I had downloaded a corrupt file...." Read more
"Good motherboard. Had a problem with one of the memory sticks not showing based on the recommended configuration...." Read more
"...This ASUS motherboard is by far the worst motherboard I've ever owned. I researched it extensively before pulling the trigger...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the motherboard. Some mention that it's easy to work with, has lots of features for the price, and is pretty easy to setup. The drivers work fine and the interface is very user-friendly to control fans. However, others say that the manual is a bit of a mess, not unique to your board, and shows poor technical knowledge. There is no documentation on the website that instructs, and there are no release notes or install instructions.
"...UEFI/BIOS configuration is pretty powerful and easy to work with- Lots of features for the price..." Read more
"...Drivers work fine and the interface is very user-friendly to control fans and such. Highly recommended." Read more
"...Good luck. No documentation on the website that instructs..." Read more
"...It's a great design with plenty of features. It started up flawlessly after installation...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the memory of the motherboard. They mention that two memory slots are dead after a month, and the BIOS has bugs. The motherboard would only report 24GB of ram, and some of the sata slots didn't work.
"...The motherboard would only report 24GB of ram...." Read more
"The board itself is ok. The problem is bad ram slots and some BIOS nonsense...." Read more
"...is listed in the approved memory models list, my the motherboard could only detect 12GB of it...." Read more
"...Right away two of the sata slots didn't work, but I was too lazy to take it back apart and send it back...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the bios of the motherboard. They mention that it's a bit of a mess, has multiple issues, and overclocks by default. Some say that there is no BIOS Renamer utility for the USB 3.1 version of the product.
"...At this moment, there is no BIOS Renamer utility for the USB 3.1 version of this board, and the page on their site that talks about BIOS updates does..." Read more
"...I started having a new issue: when I would turn the PC on, it no longer went to BIOS, and since that's the only way I could boot, it rendered my PC..." Read more
"...The BIOS is a bit of a mess. I plugged a SSD in sata-1 and sata-2. They are not listed in the bootable disks selection...." Read more
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PROS:
- Board works great once it's up.
- UEFI/BIOS configuration is pretty powerful and easy to work with
- Lots of features for the price
Please note that what I'm about to say next is accurate to my knowledge as of the time of this writing (late June, 2015). Hopefully ASUS will have addressed some of these things by updating their site by the time you read this...
CONS:
- The drivers ASUS provides for this thing are all over the place. Some of the drivers on the disc are newer than what you can download from their web site for this board, and the Intel drivers on both the disc and at ASUS.com are fairly old compared from what you can get at the Intel Download Center. (I documented all the specifics for the 'Building a New Computer for Music Production' article I wrote for my blog.)
- While the paper manual that ships with the board is pretty good, it doesn't contain anything operating system-specific, and I don't think that ANY of the drivers included on the disc or available for download include any readmes (no release notes, no install instructions, etc.).
- The first time I installed Windows on this system I encountered some big DPC Latency problems, and while I never found a smoking gun, I think it was a combination of incorrect driver versions and/or SATA problems with the "B-bank" of SATA ports. These ports are labeled "SATA Express" on the motherboard, but I was never able to find any specific information on what made them different. When I had the DPC latency problems, I had downloaded all the drivers from ASUS.com (thinking they would be newer than the ones on the disc), and I had an HD and SSD plugged into the B-bank SATA ports. After a re-install of Windows (using only drivers from the ASUS disc and from Intel Download Center) and using the bottom ports of the C bank (7-10) everything has been running fine.
- Updating the BIOS was a little bit of a headache too (I tried updating when troubleshooting the latency issue). I wanted to use the EZ Flash method where you update using a USB stick from within the BIOS UI, but it kept failing with errors that made it sound like I had downloaded a corrupt file. Turned out the real problem is it was expecting the BIOS image to have a specific filename. At this moment, there is no BIOS Renamer utility for the USB 3.1 version of this board, and the page on their site that talks about BIOS updates doesn't currently cover this model. You just have to magically know the correct filename: X99AU31.CAP. (I only discovered the right name to use when looking at the contents of the ASUS disc... I saw an image file there with that name, and when I used that filename for my downloaded BIOS file, it finally worked.)
Haha, I know I went into a lot more detail on the CONS than the PROS, but really I'm just hoping to save folks some time. It really does seem like a really good product so far.
I've setup many computers, but I never had to force the ram sticks in this way. Usually, when the ram sticks click in, that's hard enough, but not with this motherboard.
I had problems getting my two video cards to register as SLI until I moved the second card to the 3rd PCIe slot. Then the two GTX 970 cards worked in SLI. One of the things I was worried about, but didn't give me any problems, was installing the M.2 SSD. I updated the BIOS to 2001 from a USB flash stick before doing anything else, and that let the M.2 SSD work from the start. The Samsung 750 Pro 500GB is not listed on the approved device list, but works really great anyway..2500 reads and 1500 writes. I installed Windows 10 from another USB flash stick and I was "off to the races."
Overall, I'm very happy with this motherboard using an Intel I7-5820K CPU.
This ASUS motherboard is by far the worst motherboard I've ever owned. I researched it extensively before pulling the trigger. I read reviews, used PC Parts Picker, ensured memory compatibility and posted questions on forums. In my mind, ASUS had a sterling reputation.
I purchased it in Summer of 2015. However I didn't use it often because it was flaky. For example, Intel PCI NICs that worked in other PCs wouldn't work with this motherboard. Using my RAMS XMP profiles resulted in stability problems. Another problem was with my Samsung 950 Pro M2 SSD - It wouldn't boot directly to the M2 drive. Instead I had to boot it manually thru the bios boot menu. In other words, it was impossible to add the M2 drive to the list of drives I could automatically boot from. So every time I turned the PC on I had to goto BIOS just to choose the drive I wanted to boot from. There were other issues but I put it aside and didn't try to solve these problems until summer of 2016.
So this summer is when the fun really began. The motherboard stopped booting up - it would pause/hang on the video card initialization, and would take up to 6 hours to POST and get to BIOS. I tried all of the components in other motherboards but had no issues. The problem was the ASUS X99A USB 3.1. So I RMAd it to ASUS. ASUS returned it to me a few weeks later, with no explanation of what was wrong or what they repaired. I reinstalled it, and it actually worked for a few weeks. Then I started having a new issue: when I would turn the PC on, it no longer went to BIOS, and since that's the only way I could boot, it rendered my PC useless. The only way to solve this was for me to use the CLEAR CMOS jumper as well as popping the CMOS battery out, which is clearly not practical. I should be able to push the power button and have my PC boot up. I should not have to goto the boot menu in bios just to boot it up; nor should I have to fiddle with clear cmos jumpers every time I want to use the computer.
Another issue with this and many other ASUS motherboards is that some have a special overclocking socket. From what I've read, it's not the standard Intel LGA 2011-3 socket, and people have had major issues with this too. So do your research before buying. I've read my share of horror stories where expensive CPUs and RAM have been fried by these motherboards. I don't know if this is common to other motherboards. All I know is that I've never had issues with motherboards before, and that unless ASUS rectifies this situation, this will be my last ASUS product.
At this point my $2k+ PC is useless, and I'm trying to decide what to do. From what I've read, people have had to RMA the same motherboard to ASUS multiple times, and even then they don't always end up with a working motherboard. So I can either waste a bunch of time doing the RMA process again. Or I can buy a motherboard from a different company, which is where I'm leaning right now.