ASUS X99-DELUXE Motherboard
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The ASUS X99-DELUXE is a good motherboard for socket LGA2011-v3 systems. It only 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 excellent, with 12 SATA-600 ports and two SATA Express connectors, which is more than enough even for the hardcore user or server applications. And the rear panel with ten USB 3.0 ports is impressive.
The highlights of this motherboard are the audio section, which uses a high-end codec with an outstanding signal/noise ratio, and the presence of a high-end Wi-Fi interface, based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard, with three antennas.
The only drawback we see with this motherboard is the lack of an M.2 slot compatible with SATA modules, since both M.2 slots offered (one on the motherboard and one on an add-on PCI Express card) are only compatible with PCI Express M.2 modules.