Friday, June 2nd 2017
EVGA X299 FTW and X299 Micro Motherboards Detailed
EVGA at its Computex 2017 booth showed off its premium socket LGA2066 motherboard, the X299 FTW. The company also unveiled its micro-ATX X299 Micro. Built in the ATX form-factor, the X299 FTW is positioned below the X299 DARK, and features a clean layout with conveniently located connectors. It draws power from a pair of 8-pin EPS connectors besides an optional 6-pin PCIe, and the 24-pin ATX. The CPU socket is flanked by eight DDR4 DIMM slots, and four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots. An open-ended x4 and another x1 make for the rest of its expansion.
The X299 FTW is characterized by a groovy RGB LED lighting system that covers not just the PCH heatsink, but also the CPU VRM heatsink, and the I/O shroud, which runs the entire length of the motherboard. Storage connectivity includes two 32 Gb/s M.2 slots (a 110 mm and an 80 mm, each); two 32 Gb/s U.2 ports, and eight SATA 6 Gb/s ports. Other connectivity includes two USB 3.1 ports (including a type-C port), eight USB 3.0 ports, high-grade onboard audio with Realtek ALC1220 codec; and two GbE network interfaces.The X299 Micro, on the other hand, is EVGA's only micro-ATX socket LGA2066 offering, for now. It draws power from a single 8-pin EPS connector, besides the 24-pin ATX. The CPU socket is flanked by four DDR4 DIMM slots supporting quad-channel memory; and three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, two of which are x16, and the third being x4. Storage connectivity includes a 32 Gb/s M.2 slot, a 32 Gb/s U.2 port, and six SATA 6 Gb/s ports. High-grade audio and Intel i219-V-driven GbE make for the rest of it. The VRM heatsink and I/O shroud are studded with RGB multi-color LEDs.
The X299 FTW is characterized by a groovy RGB LED lighting system that covers not just the PCH heatsink, but also the CPU VRM heatsink, and the I/O shroud, which runs the entire length of the motherboard. Storage connectivity includes two 32 Gb/s M.2 slots (a 110 mm and an 80 mm, each); two 32 Gb/s U.2 ports, and eight SATA 6 Gb/s ports. Other connectivity includes two USB 3.1 ports (including a type-C port), eight USB 3.0 ports, high-grade onboard audio with Realtek ALC1220 codec; and two GbE network interfaces.The X299 Micro, on the other hand, is EVGA's only micro-ATX socket LGA2066 offering, for now. It draws power from a single 8-pin EPS connector, besides the 24-pin ATX. The CPU socket is flanked by four DDR4 DIMM slots supporting quad-channel memory; and three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, two of which are x16, and the third being x4. Storage connectivity includes a 32 Gb/s M.2 slot, a 32 Gb/s U.2 port, and six SATA 6 Gb/s ports. High-grade audio and Intel i219-V-driven GbE make for the rest of it. The VRM heatsink and I/O shroud are studded with RGB multi-color LEDs.
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