ASUS X99-A Motherboard
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The ASUS X99-A is a good basic motherboard for socket LGA2011-v3 systems. It lacks a high-end PCI Express x16 slot configuration, with a PLX chip to automatically switch bandwidth to the slots that are requiring it; but this feature is only needed if you plan to build a very high-end gaming system with more than three video cards in SLI or CrossFireX configuration, which is not common.
The storage configuration is good, even with no extra SATA-600 ports, since the ten ports provided by the chipset are more than enough even for hard-core enthusiasts.
The highlights of this motherboard are the audio section, which uses a high-end codec with an excellent signal-to-noise ratio, the presense of one SATA Express connector, and the price, which is lower than high-end products for the same platform.
The only drawback we see with this motherboard is the lack of an M.2 slot compatible with SATA modules, since the M.2 slot offered is only compatible with PCI Express M.2 modules.