Reviewers Liked
- Great design
- 4-way SLI and CrossFire support
- LSI SAS 3008 storage controller and 3x24R expander onboard
- Dual Intel NICs with teaming functionality
- Good overclocking performance
- Plenty of external storage interfaces – up to 12 USB 3.0 connectors, eSATA 6Gb/s
- 2 Thunderbolt 2 ports
- Dual-band, two stream 802.11ac WiFi
- High-speed SD cards supported without throughput restrictions
- Onboard fans are quieter than a high-end CPU cooler (such as the H100i)
- Powerful audio solution
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Very Expensive
- Awkward PCI-E slot fastener mechanism
- Very high power consumption
- Multi-core turbo voltage too high for stock levels
- Forced to manually adjust offset voltages when overclocking