the yellow audio capacitors are a flex and are much appreciated. also, they're one of the only components that make it still look like a motherboard with all the beauty plates on boards these days. in guitars and amps foil caps and orange drop caps are juicy. they're using actual nice caps!
Agreed! The yellow caps are my favorite part of the board aesthetically. That said, as a nerd for a nice tube amp, I guess you could say I might be... "biased"... towards such things hehehehe
I think the two 90' power adaptors with the cables going up and down a couple inches in perfect parallel alignment would be way cool looking. You're missing an opportunity here, Jay.
When I started building my own pc's it was with Athlon, yes a long time ago, and I bought a DFI Lan Party which was considered top end at that time. That board is still brought out and used every now and again for projects. These high end boards LAST, their value is in the buyers eyes and the use they will be put into. I could never afford a board of that class these days but, I do appreciate the value and intellectual commitment that goes into producing them. Terry from Australia.
I worked for a distributor at the time and we were talking with DFI about carrying their entire portfolio, both the consumer products and the industrial stuff. I had everything ready for our web site, product pages, documentation, drivers and BIOS files. Everything was ready to flip the switch and it would go online. But time went and it took longer and longer to get a response from them. Eventually news came that DFI was leaving the consumer market to concentrate on their industrial products and yet we didn't hear anything about this from our contacts. After months of waiting my boss told me to junk the DFI product pages and that was it. I don't know the details but it was kind of sad seeing them exiting the market. But then I welt the same way about Abit and a lot of other brands that died off. By the way, DFI is short for Diamond Flower International. They are still around, or at least they were when I checked some time ago, but only have the industrial products, which was kind of nice as far as I remember.
EVGA is not just top notch in quality but their customer service and whatnot is leagues above almost everyone else. I remember a few times them literally giving me MSRP back for a used GPU I bought when I went to upgrade to a new one.
@@SourBogBubble I'm not convinced it is overpriced, but it's certainly not affordable. If you need to worry about the pricing, there are most likely way better options for you. In the end this is essentially an expensive toy for people playing with overclocking. You can get something more reliable cheaper if you need something for professional use. You're not going to use sub zero cooling in a rendering farm for example.
Hi Jay, I have the EVGA Z490 Dark and it's very good. Having the blank stand off PCB is very handy as well. Just using it without the stand offs is helpful. It's much easier to see what and where everything is on the actual board and it can be tentatively mounted in the PC case to see clearances and exactly how radiators, fans and everything is going to lay out on installation. My next PC will also have an EVGA Dark board.
Ran an original SR-2 back in the day (on channel), then an EVGA X79, and now an X299 Dark. They've been just absolutely rock-solid, awesome boards. Not only in build quality but in 24/7 EVGA technical service should I ever have to call them plus accessories provided and quality manuals. I've also been a fan of ASUS stuff too but all personal boards have been EVGA for awhile now. Glad to see them continue this tread of just making awesome stuff!
I love the detail of the removable covers for unused slots, but for how fancy this mother board is I wish they'd come up with something a little more satisfying than 1980s era DIM switches and dirt cheap bios ones.
For a board like this you want trusted parts. If they put in some fancy new firmware based switching or designed parts there is a high risk of it causing problems with liquid cooling and the likes.
@@gutterg0d They could have gone with 3.5mm jumper blocks, or it that's to old school just use the 2.5mm versions... And yes this is a joke. I much prefer dip switches over jumper blocks. I agree with you that Dip switches are reliable, proven and simple tech. Yes it's old tech, and yet if you buy a server motherboard that cost twice as much you will still get dip switches and very likely some jumpers even on the most modern server motherboard.
@@gutterg0d It doesn't need to be a firmware solution. Nowhere did I suggest that, so please, don't put words in my mouth. Look at the money spent on developing tactile mechanical switches for keyboards / joysticks.... Hell, the bios switch could even be a TopGun style 2-pole switch with a chunky red safety cover, for a ridiculous and extreme example - but using that would be a much more positive experience. CA-CHUNK! You've changed BIOS.... I refuse to believe that in the entirety of the electronics industry there aren't PROVEN parts that are more satisfying to use (and probably more dependable) than some of the ancient DIP switches used here. Imagine out of your safety zone. For products that push limits in design as well as function (and don't pretend that there aren't a bunch of aesthetic choices on this board) getting lazy on the details spoils the overall product experience for an ultra premium product like this. But hey, what do I know? I've only $15bn+ of experience of design projects.
@@A1BASE Let us look at the aesthetic choices on these boards, since you mention it. The aesthetic parts is a bunch of heatsinks and covers, that's it. There is literally no other fancy designed components on the board (barring paint). Also DIP-switches are quite uncommon on motherboards, so that actually is a relatively fancy design choice despite what you think about them. On most motherboards that would just be a bunch of jumpers.
I have been debating building a new rig. What I'm using right now is six years old, but it holds up like it's brand new. I ... was excited with all of the new dropping throughout the year, making for a prime time to upgrade, but I may end up just waiting. Used my last rig for 10+ years. This one will likely last that long (or longer) if I let it.
If it works and is still able to play games, SAVE YOUR MONEY. Don't be one of those people that just burn money on the "latest and greatest" just to keep up with the Jones'.
@@willn8664 Well, I'm certainly not one of those. Which is why I'm still rocking a 1080 rather than a 20xx or 30xx. I will likely wait, but ... all the new tech does look sweet.
I've had EVGA mobo's, PSU's, and GPU's for the last 10 years. Never had a bad componenent out of the box, customer support bar none has been the best. I love the options they give OC'ers and the sheer quality of components they use in their components.
I just bought an ROG z690 F and is by far the most expensive MoBo I’ve ever owned. It’s crazy what EVGA and ROG have come out with for the z690 chipset and having a 2k or more mobo is just nuts. If your not an experienced knowledgeable OCer then there’s just no rhyme or reason to get a mobo at this price point
How are you liking the f? I bought the ROG Strix z690-e a few weeks ago and so far I have been very happy. I just need to get a new graphic card (hopefully 4000 series) and an nvme and I'll be done.
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing definitely loving it, I’ve never come across a BIOS that is only short of cooking me my meals throughout the day lol. They have everything and anything you can think the tweak. Up until getting the mobo I only came across cheap flimsy boards, this thing is solid and has some weight to it. I have it paired up with a 12thGen i7 12700k, STRIX 3080TI OC edition, ROG Thor 850 PSU, Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5, and for cooling NZXT z73 and for intake/exhaust 8 total NZXT AER 120mm. All in all I’m 100% satisfied but boy this thing can literally warm up and entire room
@@georgejones5019 yeah for sure, even at my mobo’s price point of 450$ I think that’s a hit steep. But I went for the overall build quality and it does what I want and then some
Things I look for in a board 1. No RGB. 2. Ridiculously overkill power delivery. 3. Proper IOMMU isolation. 4. Plenty of fan headers. 5. Debug LEDs & Bios flashback. 6. Easy to use bios. 7. Long term reliability.
2:50 Also, the Z690 Classified is not a z690 Dark renamed. The classified is an FTW renamed if anything, and the z690 Dark K|ngp|n is still a Dark. That is for the folks that may not know the difference.
Hey Jay! I got the Classified board a few weeks ago and am waiting to pick up some ddr5 for it then I should be able to start up my new build. I decided ultimately that I was gonna go with an EVGA build knowing that they have some of best looking and some of the best preforming products on the market so I went with the EVGA Z690 Classified like I mentioned before, a brand new but formerly discontinued EVGA DG-85 Case, EVGA 1000W G5 PSU, EVGA 360mm CLC, and Intel i9-12900k. For Mouse and Keybaord I went with EVGA's X20 Gaming Mouse and Z20 Gaming Keybaord. Parts left to be picked up are GSkills 2x16GB 6400mhz DDR5, a 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 8x Lian Li Uni SL140 Fans, and finally for the mean time until 40 series hits I'm going to pick up EVGA's 3090ti FTW series card and i'm not sure whether or not I'll go with the Black series or Ultra series cards I have yet to decide!
I love the look of the EVGA boards, but they're a bit out of my price range. By "a bit" I mean a lot. I think the most I've spent on a MB is $130. Then again, I don't overclock, so I really don't need all the extra features.
Honestly, for normal users around $100-$150 is the sweet spot for motherboards. Once you get into needing specific features (such as beefier vrms for over clocking of micro boards) then you’ll need the more expensive versions.
@@RunedGolem1 I used to get the lower budget ones. They work for normal use. However, I prefer to have some type of heat sink covering vrm's and I absolutely have to have wifi. My modem is 2 rooms away and we can't do any remodeling to run wiring to this room. So, both preferences means that I'll always be looking at $100-150 unless I catch a really good deal.
Good luck getting almost anything for any new intel chips for that price. The days of decent $100-$150 motherboards is pretty much gone now since Intel 12th gen and it'll only get worse when ryzen 7000 drops.
@@furrychewbacca7 I am not in the market for a new pc at the moment, so I haven’t even checked out prices for a 12th gen board. I figured they’ll be expensive because it just came out (give it a year or so and the prices will hopefully drop some). I spent $120 on the B550 board for my Ryzen 5600x.
The only thing it is missing is the PCI express quick release button - then it would probably be as perfect as it gets. I am very happy with my MSI B550 Unify x board - so I will hopefully stick with that for another few generations. These EVGA motherboards are really looking nice though.
Yeah I kinda want this but it's too much. Also thought the Maximus was too much at microcenter, so I got the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero for 500 for it's dynamic overclocking and something I could get the most out of my 5900x with. These newer boards are nice but I never thought I'd pay the price of a PC just for a nice board. I also feel like they put too much into features you don't need. The board can hold 90v. I'm sure that factored into the price a fair bit.
@@noventay4 not for how I use it. It's a major upgrade from my i7-9700k on a z390 or my 1700x on a b450. They still work great, just needed more oomph. I have a much better job and wanted to build something nice right now, I can always buy the new stuff when it comes out. I still only have a 2080 Super FTW3 Ultra and an 2080ti OC, so I really am just waiting till Graphics card prices go down, and even then I don't really need more, except some more VRAM would be nice
@@noventay4 dead? you mean stable? AM5 is going to be 1.0, i wouldnt be willing to be a beta tester. id suggest getting something like this, so youd have an easy 2-3gens for them to work out all the inevitable kinks that need to be solved
I bought a $1400 motherboard end of last year. Expandability was my primary purchasing factor. My previous one was a server board for the number of SATA and memory ports, but I didn't want to go dual processor again. You're right - prices are insane.
You must have a super fringe use case? What board did you get and why do you need so much expandability rather than consolidating data onto larger drives?
@@A1BASE Yeah, I'd say my usage was not mainstream - 3D rendering, video AI enhancement and editing, and support for lots of storage. I bought the ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA, which in the UK cost me somewhere between £800 and 900, which converts to about $1400. This was at the height of the GPU shortage so I was using a 24 core threadripper for rendering until I could get a decent GPU.
@@kg-ke1fw We've ALL overpaid the past few years, but threadripper motherboards are kind of expensive at the best of times. I'm very happy with my purchase though.
If I would buy a motherboard in that pricerange i would go for the classified because as you said, the kingpin one is built for overclocking, and although i like the idea of it I'm not an overclocker myself. That being said I highly agree on the black and gold color-combination, it's s3xy af
And there is it in the background, star wars rebel build. One or two steps before completing the build, he ditched the project and never come back to finish it. But it stands in background of almost every video to remind us
I bought the Aorus Tr40 Xtreme for threadripper but I needed the dual 10gbps, expendable 8sata and all those nvme slots. which was around 1k USD at the time I bought it, so yes expensive motherboards makes sense when they do. Those are really orientated towards professional overclocker, even enthusiast won't shell that much money unless they really are well-off. Those are limited runs motherboards really meant for 1 specific market. The only reasons I would buy those boards are for how high quality they are build, they are sure guaranties of lasting with those board in normal scenarios and they look really nice. But I would not be giving it justice.
Out of interest I just checked on the price of this thing. The first site I saw (UK) had that Asus board at £1719 ($2155) then I checked this one and it was £668 ($839) and I though that's not too bad. Now I'm deciding which rock to use to beat my head against because I suddenly remembered that I was comparing motherboard prices! Buying the Kingpin board for anything other than it's intended purpose is just a waste of the guys design skills. A vanity build using that board would be a slap in the face to Vince and Tin.
Motherboards are getting too expensive in my opinion. That being said, if this kingpin board had been released 1 or 2 years ago, it might have been worth purchasing but as is always, kingpin products are always late to the game and new motherboards are going to be released soon for the new Intel/AMD cpus and graphics cards the second half of this year. It's simply not worth getting this board at this time.
That's a real juicy piece of hardware. Yet I feel I've become too old for this. All the work you put into your rig is rendered moot very quickly, and for a fraction of the price you get almost the same performance. I kinda envy everyone who (still) has the time and nerve for tinkering and otimizing. 'Good enough' has become the new optimal for me. Damn it.. age.. 😂
I feel the same to be honest but its mostly due to tinkering and optimising being mostly pointless now. Overclocking being a good example that its just not worth it anymore, everything boosts so well alone and realy all you need is decent airflow there is little point tweaking for 1 fps when you are playing at 120 with a Gsync display for example. Hardware just does it for you now and everything is so quick there is no need to spend time tweaking like there was 20 years ago. I think its less to do with age and more you wake up and realize its just a waste of time.
Don't really think it has to do with age, more like your interests and priorities have shifted. I'm old (well by todays youth standards at least) and I still tinker and optimize more than I play games.
Genuinely appreciate the work channels like yours put into this community. I learned everything I needed to know to make my current build from your videos and LLT. Thanks.
I followed Buildzoid's advice and went for the cheapest motherboard that still did what I wanted, so I ended up with a Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro (this was before the Gigabyte PSU clusterf*ck btw). With that said, I wouldn't turn down an EVGA X570 Dark if it somehow found its way into my hands.
Likewise, I went with Gigabyte Aorus Elite X570 in 2019 after watching Buildzoid's recommendations. It too was the cheapest X570 with all the elements I needed at the time of purchase from Amazon UK as we really don't have anything like Microcenter here - PCWorld got bought out by the Dixons Group and ever since PC component shelves have slowly been relegate to smaller and smaller areas of the store. Although the Elite X570 is a solid board, it was not without issues for awhile and now it's pretty solid. The first board had faulty USB 3.0 headers, so I had to send it back and get a replacement.
@@earthtaurus5515 the problem with buildzoid is that this led me to the B450 Carbon AC from MSI and do you guys know what? The board was very slowly updated with the bios and still got an beta BIOS if you want to enable SAM. It suck so hard because the board is good but the software in the background is bad. I had to buy a new board a week ago because MSI dont tell me when they update it to use the 5800X3D. I was thinking about the EVGA X570 Dark but it was not in stock and a bit expensive. Still I am thinking of returning my X570board because of the stupid layout I had not thought about and the fact that it was a used one when it should be new. All heat shields are broken for the M2 drives. I can not use the last screw to hold the covers because the the part with the thread isn't glued on the board or lets say, broken free.
@@ILoveTinfoilHats No he does not. My reply to Serp D. disappeared (it was a long post). In short, Buildzoid is not responsible for OEM's making a crappy software or faulty products.
Absolutely I would buy that board. I've been looking at it a few times a week since it dropped, and now after this video I will start massaging the budget to allow for it. Amazing board
I personally love the 90-degree 24-pin power connector. In fact if I had my choice, I would have EVERY motherboard have the power connector that direction. It just makes much more sense from a cable management perspective. Who would really choose a 24 pint connector sticking strait up out of the board just to loop back through a grommet than something that is much flatter laying? And, hell if someone was running custom water cooling pipes, that gives so, so, so much more room off to the right side of the board to run loops. Speaking of, I've always been baffled why GPU's stick their power connectors on the front-face of the cards, so now you have to run their power cables underneath and they just dangle under your card. I get they dont want to put them on the end of the long-edge of the board because if your case isn't deep enough, those cables might be hitting the front of your case and even get into your front fans/radiator. But hell I would stick them like underneath the board, way on the back edge where you can barely see them, the connectors sticking strait down, so like you can just quickly run the cables behind a grommet and you barely see them. I fucking hate cables and the less of them I see, the better. I dont care if they are braided and "pretty", I want them out of sight as much as possible!
It's actually way worse from a 'cable management' perspective. If it were 180º turned, pointing to the back of the case I would agree with you. But a 90º angle just causes unnecessary strain to the cable. Tbh I don't even think my PSU and case would allow the cable to turn in a way that would make the 90º power connector viable. Not only it would be impossible to plug, but it would also turn in such a forced way that it could potentially damage the cable
Totally agree with you about the 90° ATX connector. At work we've been using the X299X Aorus Master. I really enjoy working with that board, the quality isn't always the best. But one of the main complaints that we had when using it was the difficulties our builders had in connecting the ATX power connector because of the difficulty in getting the connector bent into the routing grommets. However, since we have our cases custom fabricated for us, we just went back to the manufacturer and asked them to enlarge the hole to make it a little bit easier to run the ATX cable. It was a good solution for us, but it's definitely not one that most cases are built around. Especially in the EATX form factor
I'm actually shocked at the Kingpin's price. Not that it's NOT EXPENSIVE, but with the Classy already being a $600 board I was fully expecting this at a $1000+, not to come in cheaper than both the ROG APEX and ROG Extreme. This price point and guaranteed quality of the Kingpin I'd definitely choose this over the competition.
Love EVGA boards. I have a Z97 Classified and an X99 Micro2 that I could still run, but I'd like to get a new Classified board to run with at some point. Pricing means maybe it'll be a b-stock pickup or near the end of the production life for the classifieds. Would LOVE an AMD classified option if EVGA is listening!
Jay, of course you can convey the weight of components. Just use a scale... But not any old bathroom scale! Do something cool, like an old-tyme merchant's scale. That way you can compare say, ridiculously massive gpu to another comparably girthy graphics card. Heck, you could even cross weight garden variety AIOs to see who's the whimpiest.
I was initially going to go with a Gigabyte X570 Xtreme board for my rebuild as I wanted to upgrade from my X470F-Gaming board from ASUS since I got a great deal on a 5800X. But after the whole Gigabyte exploding PSU issue and how they handled it....I dediced to go back to EVGA as well. But I picked up the X570 FTW board....and honestly, I could NOT be happier with my choice. It fits my needs and isn't too much board for me, and the EVGA service and ordering experience has been top notch!
Nice, have you submitted anything to HWBot? I was overclocking the 1680v2 pretty recently too. How much voltage did your chip need to run 4.8 all core? What benchmark?
@@OVERKILL_PINBALL I have been able to run it at 5.1GHz for benchmarks. It is on it's own custom loop, with two XSPC RX 360 rads, and a D5 pump/res. RAM is 8x4GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133 CL9 @ 2400MHz, which will actually do 2800MHz if only using 1 DIMM per channel.
I'm so excited about all the upcoming products. I can't wait to see AMDs answer to Intels 12th gen. Then the new gpus launching. I hope AMD and Nvidia go in to a full blown gpu war. I think AMD is going to have a few tricks up their sleeves this year. It's going to be a great year for pc enthusiasts even if prices are high. I'm waiting until everything is out so I can choose the platform for my next build.
Okay, so I'm still with EVGA CLASSIFIED SR-2 dual-socketed supermobo which made my decade and saved me the trouble of upgrading during all this time. Thinking about my next rig I couldn't help looking up what EVGA has to offer this time. Aaaand bingo, looks like I'm sticking with EVGA mobo for another (hopefully) ten years. Great board, offering great opportunities. Well said, you get what you pay for - for EVGA it's 100% true.
this is clearly way too overkill for me, but i sure do love to see these over the top Designer Motherboards ...if it wasn't because the engineering required is most likely not worth it whatsoever, it would be neat if the boards allowed you to swap/install your choice of Conectors for these "F*ck you i have too much monney, time & know how" boards
High end mobo VRM is weird. Tons of phases and a giant heatsink when in reality with the amount of phases it has. You dont need a massive heatsink for it
That's actually true because lower end motherboards use worse vrm where the mosfets are less efficient at switching and generate more heat yet those low end boards often don't have any vrm cooling
Yeah TiN is gone unfortunately. TiN says he left on his own, for personal reasons, and has chosen a new industry. But EVGA really could have thrown him some money just to stay on as a remote consultant or.. something. Obviously we don't know the internal politics and how that all went down but to me, K|NGP|N isn't K|NGP|N without TiN.
@@CapacitorCapacity I could write some unkork guides for later HW, but its not the same without early on hands on. Last boards I worked on were SR-3 and 2080KPE. I don't have any newer hardware, and my home PC just has X299 Dark with 96GB of DDR4-2666 :D.
There definitely is nothing wrong with being a fan of a brand! Blindly following and believing a brand that won’t admit to its faults and doesn’t handle customers issues with competency.
At first, when I saw those yellow capacitors in the photos, I thought it didn't match the board. But after receiving my Z690 Kingpin I've changed my mind. It's like a muscle car with fancy racing brake calipers I really liked the yellow accent on the board.
had the 980ti classified back in the days... i am super pumped about to the mobo to buy, a classified mobo loved that this is "back to the future" stuff.... hope EVGA is getting back to the roots with classified stuff......
You should do more of the LN2 chasing it was fun to watch. Even if you don't break any records or reach top score you never know what may happen. It's just fun to watch.
JAY !!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE DIMM PER CHANNEL IS THE MOST COMPATIBLE CONFIGURATION FOR OVERCLOCKING MEMORY!!! I HAVE BEEN TELLING THIS TO EVERYONE I KNOW FOR YEARS AND THEY ALL THINK I AM CRAZY!!! 😡 I AM SOOO HAPPY YOU BROUGHT THIS UP!!! 😎😎
Those look like Bennic caps. They are the best as far as I am aware. I work for an automotive speaker company that makes branded systems, we only use Bennics because they are the best. And they definitely will do caps in whatever color you want, we get them in different colors according to value. The yellow is either because EVGA is cheapening out (I doubt it would cost them any more for different colored caps) or they want them in yellow to show them off more.
10:00 "No one should be using HD Audio" I use the HD Audio connector because that's what my case (Corsair Graphite 760T) has for the front panel headphone/mic ports instead of on the front panel pins. And looks like their current 4000/5000/7000 models are the same.
If I look in a dictionary for the definition of the words "flex", "overkill", "beefy" or "beast", the third definition for each would be a photo of the EVGA Dark mobo...
I'd buy it, along with a beautiful display case, wall mount it. Then just sit back and admire the craftsmanship. Imo those boards are just plain beautiful in there own sense.
I still have an EVGA X58 Classified board running an i7 920 overclocked to 4.2 ghz all core (60% increase in core clock!). Thing is bullet proof been running that OC for almost 10 years. Just can't get rid of it. I don't use it for much anymore, other than mining and storage. Still one of the best boards I have ever owned and best PCs I have ever built.
Holy crap, has technology taken flight. Just two years ago I upgraded to a 3950X with a 2070S. Different toggle switches for bios and different settings, the power ports have been relocated, this is pure insanity and I love it
For a 90 degree angle connector I would go ribbon connector style. Off the plug direct into ribbon. Just fold it to the direction(s). Hides away from cables and form fitting. We've been using them for decades.
This is absolutely a beautiful motherboard, in fact its the only motherboard I have seen that makes me want to do a black PC build. This with an RTX 30/40 FE card would look amazing.
the yellow audio capacitors are a flex and are much appreciated. also, they're one of the only components that make it still look like a motherboard with all the beauty plates on boards these days. in guitars and amps foil caps and orange drop caps are juicy. they're using actual nice caps!
I like the industrial look and yellow splash of them.
They look like SCUBA tanks.
Agreed! The yellow caps are my favorite part of the board aesthetically. That said, as a nerd for a nice tube amp, I guess you could say I might be... "biased"... towards such things hehehehe
I like the beauty plates. If i'm going to spend a fortune on a motherboard, I want it to look like a black Lamborghini!
The board is power by children's screams cause is a monster
I think the two 90' power adaptors with the cables going up and down a couple inches in perfect parallel alignment would be way cool looking. You're missing an opportunity here, Jay.
When I started building my own pc's it was with Athlon, yes a long time ago, and I bought a DFI Lan Party which was considered top end at that time. That board is still brought out and used every now and again for projects. These high end boards LAST, their value is in the buyers eyes and the use they will be put into. I could never afford a board of that class these days but, I do appreciate the value and intellectual commitment that goes into producing them.
Terry from Australia.
I worked for a distributor at the time and we were talking with DFI about carrying their entire portfolio, both the consumer products and the industrial stuff. I had everything ready for our web site, product pages, documentation, drivers and BIOS files. Everything was ready to flip the switch and it would go online. But time went and it took longer and longer to get a response from them. Eventually news came that DFI was leaving the consumer market to concentrate on their industrial products and yet we didn't hear anything about this from our contacts. After months of waiting my boss told me to junk the DFI product pages and that was it.
I don't know the details but it was kind of sad seeing them exiting the market. But then I welt the same way about Abit and a lot of other brands that died off.
By the way, DFI is short for Diamond Flower International. They are still around, or at least they were when I checked some time ago, but only have the industrial products, which was kind of nice as far as I remember.
Now there's a brand I haven't heard in a long time.
Shame that.
Glad EVGA are back with the Classified series but the kingpin one is just insane.
I love EVGA stuff ❤️
Ostentatious and overpriced. That's EVGA..
overpriced yes.
@@HardPumpers maybe in the mainboards, but as gpu is one of the most affordable
EVGA is not just top notch in quality but their customer service and whatnot is leagues above almost everyone else. I remember a few times them literally giving me MSRP back for a used GPU I bought when I went to upgrade to a new one.
@@SourBogBubble I'm not convinced it is overpriced, but it's certainly not affordable. If you need to worry about the pricing, there are most likely way better options for you. In the end this is essentially an expensive toy for people playing with overclocking. You can get something more reliable cheaper if you need something for professional use. You're not going to use sub zero cooling in a rendering farm for example.
Hi Jay, I have the EVGA Z490 Dark and it's very good. Having the blank stand off PCB is very handy as well. Just using it without the stand offs is helpful. It's much easier to see what and where everything is on the actual board and it can be tentatively mounted in the PC case to see clearances and exactly how radiators, fans and everything is going to lay out on installation. My next PC will also have an EVGA Dark board.
me too , i have the EVGA z590 dark and i will use the PCB to make a custom case, in this way i can´t damage the real motherboard
Ran an original SR-2 back in the day (on channel), then an EVGA X79, and now an X299 Dark. They've been just absolutely rock-solid, awesome boards. Not only in build quality but in 24/7 EVGA technical service should I ever have to call them plus accessories provided and quality manuals. I've also been a fan of ASUS stuff too but all personal boards have been EVGA for awhile now. Glad to see them continue this tread of just making awesome stuff!
I love the detail of the removable covers for unused slots, but for how fancy this mother board is I wish they'd come up with something a little more satisfying than 1980s era DIM switches and dirt cheap bios ones.
For a board like this you want trusted parts. If they put in some fancy new firmware based switching or designed parts there is a high risk of it causing problems with liquid cooling and the likes.
@@gutterg0d They could have gone with 3.5mm jumper blocks, or it that's to old school just use the 2.5mm versions... And yes this is a joke. I much prefer dip switches over jumper blocks.
I agree with you that Dip switches are reliable, proven and simple tech.
Yes it's old tech, and yet if you buy a server motherboard that cost twice as much you will still get dip switches and very likely some jumpers even on the most modern server motherboard.
@@gutterg0d It doesn't need to be a firmware solution. Nowhere did I suggest that, so please, don't put words in my mouth.
Look at the money spent on developing tactile mechanical switches for keyboards / joysticks.... Hell, the bios switch could even be a TopGun style 2-pole switch with a chunky red safety cover, for a ridiculous and extreme example - but using that would be a much more positive experience. CA-CHUNK! You've changed BIOS....
I refuse to believe that in the entirety of the electronics industry there aren't PROVEN parts that are more satisfying to use (and probably more dependable) than some of the ancient DIP switches used here.
Imagine out of your safety zone. For products that push limits in design as well as function (and don't pretend that there aren't a bunch of aesthetic choices on this board) getting lazy on the details spoils the overall product experience for an ultra premium product like this.
But hey, what do I know? I've only $15bn+ of experience of design projects.
@@A1BASE Let us look at the aesthetic choices on these boards, since you mention it. The aesthetic parts is a bunch of heatsinks and covers, that's it. There is literally no other fancy designed components on the board (barring paint). Also DIP-switches are quite uncommon on motherboards, so that actually is a relatively fancy design choice despite what you think about them. On most motherboards that would just be a bunch of jumpers.
Perfect timing, need to upgrade my pc and love getting reliable input from seasoned and knowledgeable experts who know how to present.
I have been debating building a new rig. What I'm using right now is six years old, but it holds up like it's brand new. I ... was excited with all of the new dropping throughout the year, making for a prime time to upgrade, but I may end up just waiting.
Used my last rig for 10+ years. This one will likely last that long (or longer) if I let it.
If it works and is still able to play games, SAVE YOUR MONEY. Don't be one of those people that just burn money on the "latest and greatest" just to keep up with the Jones'.
@@willn8664 Well, I'm certainly not one of those. Which is why I'm still rocking a 1080 rather than a 20xx or 30xx.
I will likely wait, but ... all the new tech does look sweet.
I've had EVGA mobo's, PSU's, and GPU's for the last 10 years. Never had a bad componenent out of the box, customer support bar none has been the best. I love the options they give OC'ers and the sheer quality of components they use in their components.
I just bought an ROG z690 F and is by far the most expensive MoBo I’ve ever owned. It’s crazy what EVGA and ROG have come out with for the z690 chipset and having a 2k or more mobo is just nuts. If your not an experienced knowledgeable OCer then there’s just no rhyme or reason to get a mobo at this price point
How are you liking the f? I bought the ROG Strix z690-e a few weeks ago and so far I have been very happy. I just need to get a new graphic card (hopefully 4000 series) and an nvme and I'll be done.
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing definitely loving it, I’ve never come across a BIOS that is only short of cooking me my meals throughout the day lol. They have everything and anything you can think the tweak. Up until getting the mobo I only came across cheap flimsy boards, this thing is solid and has some weight to it.
I have it paired up with a 12thGen i7 12700k, STRIX 3080TI OC edition, ROG Thor 850 PSU, Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5, and for cooling NZXT z73 and for intake/exhaust 8 total NZXT AER 120mm. All in all I’m 100% satisfied but boy this thing can literally warm up and entire room
@Transistor Jump can’t disagree with you on that
I couldn't reasonably see going over $1k. Depending on the features and quality.
@@georgejones5019 yeah for sure, even at my mobo’s price point of 450$ I think that’s a hit steep. But I went for the overall build quality and it does what I want and then some
Things I look for in a board
1. No RGB.
2. Ridiculously overkill power delivery.
3. Proper IOMMU isolation.
4. Plenty of fan headers.
5. Debug LEDs & Bios flashback.
6. Easy to use bios.
7. Long term reliability.
I am so envious right now! What a beautiful set of boards. I’ve always loved EVGA stuff
T|n is no longer part of EVGA and hasn’t been for years after he moved from Taiwan to USA. T|n was an incredible asset for K|ngp|n products.
2:50 Also, the Z690 Classified is not a z690 Dark renamed. The classified is an FTW renamed if anything, and the z690 Dark K|ngp|n is still a Dark.
That is for the folks that may not know the difference.
Rotated socket and DIMMs still live on since I got them on Z390 Dark :)
@@xDevscom_EE your legacy shall live on forever! You are awesome and we miss you!
Good riddance
Hey Jay! I got the Classified board a few weeks ago and am waiting to pick up some ddr5 for it then I should be able to start up my new build. I decided ultimately that I was gonna go with an EVGA build knowing that they have some of best looking and some of the best preforming products on the market so I went with the EVGA Z690 Classified like I mentioned before, a brand new but formerly discontinued EVGA DG-85 Case, EVGA 1000W G5 PSU, EVGA 360mm CLC, and Intel i9-12900k. For Mouse and Keybaord I went with EVGA's X20 Gaming Mouse and Z20 Gaming Keybaord. Parts left to be picked up are GSkills 2x16GB 6400mhz DDR5, a 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 8x Lian Li Uni SL140 Fans, and finally for the mean time until 40 series hits I'm going to pick up EVGA's 3090ti FTW series card and i'm not sure whether or not I'll go with the Black series or Ultra series cards I have yet to decide!
That’s sums EVGA brand loyalty
I can't wait to see the next gen Amd boards . Going to be absolutely amazing !!!
X670 with dual chipsets ...
If it lights a fire under Asrock's ass I'll be quite happy. No longer the king of AMD boards might get some awesome competition
The boards and just ryzen DDR5 in general is pretty exciting.
I love the look of the EVGA boards, but they're a bit out of my price range. By "a bit" I mean a lot. I think the most I've spent on a MB is $130. Then again, I don't overclock, so I really don't need all the extra features.
Honestly, for normal users around $100-$150 is the sweet spot for motherboards. Once you get into needing specific features (such as beefier vrms for over clocking of micro boards) then you’ll need the more expensive versions.
@@RunedGolem1 I used to get the lower budget ones. They work for normal use. However, I prefer to have some type of heat sink covering vrm's and I absolutely have to have wifi. My modem is 2 rooms away and we can't do any remodeling to run wiring to this room. So, both preferences means that I'll always be looking at $100-150 unless I catch a really good deal.
Payed 230 euro voor Gigabyte Gaming X when they came out
Good luck getting almost anything for any new intel chips for that price. The days of decent $100-$150 motherboards is pretty much gone now since Intel 12th gen and it'll only get worse when ryzen 7000 drops.
@@furrychewbacca7 I am not in the market for a new pc at the moment, so I haven’t even checked out prices for a 12th gen board. I figured they’ll be expensive because it just came out (give it a year or so and the prices will hopefully drop some). I spent $120 on the B550 board for my Ryzen 5600x.
My favorite & most stable PC builds through the years have been on EVGA motherboards. Watching closely for when I move away from X570
The only thing it is missing is the PCI express quick release button - then it would probably be as perfect as it gets.
I am very happy with my MSI B550 Unify x board - so I will hopefully stick with that for another few generations. These EVGA motherboards are really looking nice though.
Yeah I kinda want this but it's too much. Also thought the Maximus was too much at microcenter, so I got the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero for 500 for it's dynamic overclocking and something I could get the most out of my 5900x with. These newer boards are nice but I never thought I'd pay the price of a PC just for a nice board. I also feel like they put too much into features you don't need. The board can hold 90v. I'm sure that factored into the price a fair bit.
@@PinkSkinSisko buying a Mobo for 500 that's going to be obsolete in a few months is crazy, AM4 is dead.
@@noventay4 not for how I use it. It's a major upgrade from my i7-9700k on a z390 or my 1700x on a b450. They still work great, just needed more oomph. I have a much better job and wanted to build something nice right now, I can always buy the new stuff when it comes out. I still only have a 2080 Super FTW3 Ultra and an 2080ti OC, so I really am just waiting till Graphics card prices go down, and even then I don't really need more, except some more VRAM would be nice
@@noventay4 dead? you mean stable? AM5 is going to be 1.0, i wouldnt be willing to be a beta tester. id suggest getting something like this, so youd have an easy 2-3gens for them to work out all the inevitable kinks that need to be solved
For the price it should have been there
not to mention turning the sockets 90 degrees allows for better _(unobstructed, front to back)_ airflow.
I bought a $1400 motherboard end of last year. Expandability was my primary purchasing factor. My previous one was a server board for the number of SATA and memory ports, but I didn't want to go dual processor again. You're right - prices are insane.
You must have a super fringe use case?
What board did you get and why do you need so much expandability rather than consolidating data onto larger drives?
Wow you really overpaid
@@A1BASE Yeah, I'd say my usage was not mainstream - 3D rendering, video AI enhancement and editing, and support for lots of storage. I bought the ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA, which in the UK cost me somewhere between £800 and 900, which converts to about $1400. This was at the height of the GPU shortage so I was using a 24 core threadripper for rendering until I could get a decent GPU.
@@kg-ke1fw We've ALL overpaid the past few years, but threadripper motherboards are kind of expensive at the best of times. I'm very happy with my purchase though.
I LOVE the look of the Kingpin. I don't really OC, but I'm tempted to get it for looks alone LOL.
If I would buy a motherboard in that pricerange i would go for the classified because as you said, the kingpin one is built for overclocking, and although i like the idea of it I'm not an overclocker myself. That being said I highly agree on the black and gold color-combination, it's s3xy af
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We need another Overclocking competition with Steve and Paul, please Jay, that was a fun series on all 3 channels.
I wish the DFI Lanparty boards were still around and building at this level
I love that EVGA boards plug in from the side instead of facing up, it makes builds look soooo much cleaner, please don't make them change that!
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Still got my X58 classified board in the original box, was from my very first "all out" build.
I have the Z690 Dark Kingpin. It’s an absolute monster of a board.
Which case did u use
@@OwenEdits I have a EVGA DG-86
"...the one thing we can't translate through video, is weight"
it's called a scale.
And there is it in the background, star wars rebel build. One or two steps before completing the build, he ditched the project and never come back to finish it. But it stands in background of almost every video to remind us
I bought the Aorus Tr40 Xtreme for threadripper but I needed the dual 10gbps, expendable 8sata and all those nvme slots. which was around 1k USD at the time I bought it, so yes expensive motherboards makes sense when they do.
Those are really orientated towards professional overclocker, even enthusiast won't shell that much money unless they really are well-off.
Those are limited runs motherboards really meant for 1 specific market.
The only reasons I would buy those boards are for how high quality they are build, they are sure guaranties of lasting with those board in normal scenarios and they look really nice. But I would not be giving it justice.
jay i really wish you would go back to LN2 over clocking. i really miss that content
Out of interest I just checked on the price of this thing. The first site I saw (UK) had that Asus board at £1719 ($2155) then I checked this one and it was £668 ($839) and I though that's not too bad. Now I'm deciding which rock to use to beat my head against because I suddenly remembered that I was comparing motherboard prices!
Buying the Kingpin board for anything other than it's intended purpose is just a waste of the guys design skills. A vanity build using that board would be a slap in the face to Vince and Tin.
Motherboards are getting too expensive in my opinion. That being said, if this kingpin board had been released 1 or 2 years ago, it might have been worth purchasing but as is always, kingpin products are always late to the game and new motherboards are going to be released soon for the new Intel/AMD cpus and graphics cards the second half of this year.
It's simply not worth getting this board at this time.
Hope EVGA expands into ITX mobos in the future.
That's a real juicy piece of hardware.
Yet I feel I've become too old for this. All the work you put into your rig is rendered moot very quickly, and for a fraction of the price you get almost the same performance.
I kinda envy everyone who (still) has the time and nerve for tinkering and otimizing. 'Good enough' has become the new optimal for me. Damn it.. age.. 😂
I feel the same to be honest but its mostly due to tinkering and optimising being mostly pointless now. Overclocking being a good example that its just not worth it anymore, everything boosts so well alone and realy all you need is decent airflow there is little point tweaking for 1 fps when you are playing at 120 with a Gsync display for example. Hardware just does it for you now and everything is so quick there is no need to spend time tweaking like there was 20 years ago. I think its less to do with age and more you wake up and realize its just a waste of time.
Don't really think it has to do with age, more like your interests and priorities have shifted. I'm old (well by todays youth standards at least) and I still tinker and optimize more than I play games.
Genuinely appreciate the work channels like yours put into this community. I learned everything I needed to know to make my current build from your videos and LLT. Thanks.
I followed Buildzoid's advice and went for the cheapest motherboard that still did what I wanted, so I ended up with a Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro (this was before the Gigabyte PSU clusterf*ck btw). With that said, I wouldn't turn down an EVGA X570 Dark if it somehow found its way into my hands.
Likewise, I went with Gigabyte Aorus Elite X570 in 2019 after watching Buildzoid's recommendations. It too was the cheapest X570 with all the elements I needed at the time of purchase from Amazon UK as we really don't have anything like Microcenter here - PCWorld got bought out by the Dixons Group and ever since PC component shelves have slowly been relegate to smaller and smaller areas of the store. Although the Elite X570 is a solid board, it was not without issues for awhile and now it's pretty solid. The first board had faulty USB 3.0 headers, so I had to send it back and get a replacement.
@@earthtaurus5515 the problem with buildzoid is that this led me to the B450 Carbon AC from MSI and do you guys know what? The board was very slowly updated with the bios and still got an beta BIOS if you want to enable SAM. It suck so hard because the board is good but the software in the background is bad.
I had to buy a new board a week ago because MSI dont tell me when they update it to use the 5800X3D.
I was thinking about the EVGA X570 Dark but it was not in stock and a bit expensive. Still I am thinking of returning my X570board because of the stupid layout I had not thought about and the fact that it was a used one when it should be new. All heat shields are broken for the M2 drives. I can not use the last screw to hold the covers because the the part with the thread isn't glued on the board or lets say, broken free.
Buildzoid gives horrible advice
@@ILoveTinfoilHats No he does not. My reply to Serp D. disappeared (it was a long post). In short, Buildzoid is not responsible for OEM's making a crappy software or faulty products.
@@earthtaurus5515 Not an excuse for not knowing what you're talking about
Absolutely I would buy that board. I've been looking at it a few times a week since it dropped, and now after this video I will start massaging the budget to allow for it. Amazing board
I personally love the 90-degree 24-pin power connector. In fact if I had my choice, I would have EVERY motherboard have the power connector that direction. It just makes much more sense from a cable management perspective. Who would really choose a 24 pint connector sticking strait up out of the board just to loop back through a grommet than something that is much flatter laying? And, hell if someone was running custom water cooling pipes, that gives so, so, so much more room off to the right side of the board to run loops.
Speaking of, I've always been baffled why GPU's stick their power connectors on the front-face of the cards, so now you have to run their power cables underneath and they just dangle under your card. I get they dont want to put them on the end of the long-edge of the board because if your case isn't deep enough, those cables might be hitting the front of your case and even get into your front fans/radiator. But hell I would stick them like underneath the board, way on the back edge where you can barely see them, the connectors sticking strait down, so like you can just quickly run the cables behind a grommet and you barely see them.
I fucking hate cables and the less of them I see, the better. I dont care if they are braided and "pretty", I want them out of sight as much as possible!
It's actually way worse from a 'cable management' perspective. If it were 180º turned, pointing to the back of the case I would agree with you. But a 90º angle just causes unnecessary strain to the cable. Tbh I don't even think my PSU and case would allow the cable to turn in a way that would make the 90º power connector viable. Not only it would be impossible to plug, but it would also turn in such a forced way that it could potentially damage the cable
Totally agree with you about the 90° ATX connector. At work we've been using the X299X Aorus Master. I really enjoy working with that board, the quality isn't always the best. But one of the main complaints that we had when using it was the difficulties our builders had in connecting the ATX power connector because of the difficulty in getting the connector bent into the routing grommets. However, since we have our cases custom fabricated for us, we just went back to the manufacturer and asked them to enlarge the hole to make it a little bit easier to run the ATX cable. It was a good solution for us, but it's definitely not one that most cases are built around. Especially in the EATX form factor
I'm actually shocked at the Kingpin's price. Not that it's NOT EXPENSIVE, but with the Classy already being a $600 board I was fully expecting this at a $1000+, not to come in cheaper than both the ROG APEX and ROG Extreme.
This price point and guaranteed quality of the Kingpin I'd definitely choose this over the competition.
😂😂😂😂
They finally made a board pc builders have been wanting for years
Thank you for the work that you do. You make is possible for many tech heads and gamers, to make something they can be proud of.
That board is waaavy! Design is on point.
Love EVGA boards. I have a Z97 Classified and an X99 Micro2 that I could still run, but I'd like to get a new Classified board to run with at some point. Pricing means maybe it'll be a b-stock pickup or near the end of the production life for the classifieds. Would LOVE an AMD classified option if EVGA is listening!
That was such a cool intro 😎. As a fan of the 1st gen classified I am excited about the Z690.
Jay, of course you can convey the weight of components.
Just use a scale... But not any old bathroom scale!
Do something cool, like an old-tyme merchant's scale. That way you can compare say, ridiculously massive gpu to another comparably girthy graphics card.
Heck, you could even cross weight garden variety AIOs to see who's the whimpiest.
I really like this idea
I was initially going to go with a Gigabyte X570 Xtreme board for my rebuild as I wanted to upgrade from my X470F-Gaming board from ASUS since I got a great deal on a 5800X. But after the whole Gigabyte exploding PSU issue and how they handled it....I dediced to go back to EVGA as well. But I picked up the X570 FTW board....and honestly, I could NOT be happier with my choice. It fits my needs and isn't too much board for me, and the EVGA service and ordering experience has been top notch!
I do like the Classified series myself! I still have the original Dark, the X79 Dark! Great board! Running a Xeon E5-1680-V2 @4.8GHZ all core!
That's some nice silicon! Mine tops out @ 4.5Ghz all core.
Nice, have you submitted anything to HWBot? I was overclocking the 1680v2 pretty recently too.
How much voltage did your chip need to run 4.8 all core? What benchmark?
@@OVERKILL_PINBALL I have been able to run it at 5.1GHz for benchmarks. It is on it's own custom loop, with two XSPC RX 360 rads, and a D5 pump/res. RAM is 8x4GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133 CL9 @ 2400MHz, which will actually do 2800MHz if only using 1 DIMM per channel.
@@farawaythrower Yeah, I have some HWBot entries, but on my main account.
@@cmdrclassified Could you send a link or two?
Just ordered one yesterday, can’t wait for it to arrive. Going to be a huge upgrade over my 14 year old x58 motherboard with a i7 990x.
I'm so excited about all the upcoming products. I can't wait to see AMDs answer to Intels 12th gen. Then the new gpus launching. I hope AMD and Nvidia go in to a full blown gpu war. I think AMD is going to have a few tricks up their sleeves this year. It's going to be a great year for pc enthusiasts even if prices are high. I'm waiting until everything is out so I can choose the platform for my next build.
Intel coming out with 13th gen this year too.
Okay, so I'm still with EVGA CLASSIFIED SR-2 dual-socketed supermobo which made my decade and saved me the trouble of upgrading during all this time. Thinking about my next rig I couldn't help looking up what EVGA has to offer this time. Aaaand bingo, looks like I'm sticking with EVGA mobo for another (hopefully) ten years. Great board, offering great opportunities. Well said, you get what you pay for - for EVGA it's 100% true.
I would still be rocking my SR-2 Classified today if not for a flood, waiting on a CPU cooler part for my z690 Kingpin Build going to be fun.
this is clearly way too overkill for me, but i sure do love to see these over the top Designer Motherboards
...if it wasn't because the engineering required is most likely not worth it whatsoever, it would be neat if the boards allowed you to swap/install your choice of Conectors for these "F*ck you i have too much monney, time & know how" boards
@Susanna i assumed as much, but i meat something solder-free
yellow audio capacitors are baller! I love how excited people get over a $5 cap vs 10 cent cap.
High end mobo VRM is weird. Tons of phases and a giant heatsink when in reality with the amount of phases it has. You dont need a massive heatsink for it
The heatsinks would still come in handy for XOCers
That's actually true because lower end motherboards use worse vrm where the mosfets are less efficient at switching and generate more heat yet those low end boards often don't have any vrm cooling
@@specialedition3585 My point was XOCers push way higher amperage through vcore, so the vrms would still get plenty hot.
Videos like these is basically the 2022 Home Shopping Network type stuff
EVGA boards always make me think "cool, but how about one that doesn't cost a small fortune?"
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What a beast, a beautiful board that I'll never be able to afford. Please put it through its paces so we can live vicariously through you Jay!
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As an aside, TiN left EVGA in like, late 2019? No input past z490, I wanna say?
I just posted a comment asking when TIN came back?
Yeah TiN is gone unfortunately. TiN says he left on his own, for personal reasons, and has chosen a new industry. But EVGA really could have thrown him some money just to stay on as a remote consultant or.. something. Obviously we don't know the internal politics and how that all went down but to me, K|NGP|N isn't K|NGP|N without TiN.
@@CapacitorCapacity I could write some unkork guides for later HW, but its not the same without early on hands on. Last boards I worked on were SR-3 and 2080KPE. I don't have any newer hardware, and my home PC just has X299 Dark with 96GB of DDR4-2666 :D.
I love the fact that this is the near future of all boards
if EVGA start producing Mini ITX version of such boards for both AMD & Intel platforms then I will 100% switch to EVGA.
I’m planning for EOL am5 APU’s, so EVGA got plenty of time start with itx boards again.
The yellow caps is what sold the look for me hehe...looking forward to see which Z790 models come out
There definitely is nothing wrong with being a fan of a brand! Blindly following and believing a brand that won’t admit to its faults and doesn’t handle customers issues with competency.
At first, when I saw those yellow capacitors in the photos, I thought it didn't match the board. But after receiving my Z690 Kingpin I've changed my mind. It's like a muscle car with fancy racing brake calipers
I really liked the yellow accent on the board.
Classified is like a street Ferrari and Kingpin is more like a tunable race car.
had the 980ti classified back in the days... i am super pumped about to the mobo to buy, a classified mobo loved that this is "back to the future" stuff.... hope EVGA is getting back to the roots with classified stuff......
You should do more of the LN2 chasing it was fun to watch. Even if you don't break any records or reach top score you never know what may happen. It's just fun to watch.
Nice to see the Classified name come back and expand on features, maybe its time to get a upgrade from my z87 classified
I love the Classified MB.
Wow what a nice board. I love those yellow caps on the bottom left of the board!!
That opening was smooth 👌
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Damn the intro is good. Smooth moves Jay, great execution
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i love the m.2 layout. need more company to do this.
The yellow capacitors are awesome 👌
JAY !!!!!!
I AM SO HAPPY YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE DIMM PER CHANNEL IS THE MOST COMPATIBLE CONFIGURATION FOR OVERCLOCKING MEMORY!!!
I HAVE BEEN TELLING THIS TO EVERYONE I KNOW FOR YEARS AND THEY ALL THINK I AM CRAZY!!! 😡
I AM SOOO HAPPY YOU BROUGHT THIS UP!!! 😎😎
ya u are crazy cus i think u have a typo lol u said "overlocking" and not "overclocking"
@@djwchuckry Sorry, fixed...
@@peterromano1911 its alright man no need for sorrys
Welcome to another episode of way to expensive stuff i can't afford
NGL that is the most beautiful motherboard Ive ever seen! PERIOD
you sound exhausted! need a vacay to get fresh!
Those look like Bennic caps. They are the best as far as I am aware. I work for an automotive speaker company that makes branded systems, we only use Bennics because they are the best. And they definitely will do caps in whatever color you want, we get them in different colors according to value. The yellow is either because EVGA is cheapening out (I doubt it would cost them any more for different colored caps) or they want them in yellow to show them off more.
10:00 "No one should be using HD Audio"
I use the HD Audio connector because that's what my case (Corsair Graphite 760T) has for the front panel headphone/mic ports instead of on the front panel pins. And looks like their current 4000/5000/7000 models are the same.
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That was a pretty slick opening teaser
If I look in a dictionary for the definition of the words "flex", "overkill", "beefy" or "beast", the third definition for each would be a photo of the EVGA Dark mobo...
I'd buy it, along with a beautiful display case, wall mount it. Then just sit back and admire the craftsmanship. Imo those boards are just plain beautiful in there own sense.
I still have an EVGA X58 Classified board running an i7 920 overclocked to 4.2 ghz all core (60% increase in core clock!). Thing is bullet proof been running that OC for almost 10 years. Just can't get rid of it. I don't use it for much anymore, other than mining and storage. Still one of the best boards I have ever owned and best PCs I have ever built.
Heck yes As Soon as it hits Australian Shores I'll be all over it, Im about to build a new PC so Im happy to wait till it hits Australia to build it
All these years I never really understood why the 4/8 pin was always on the top left away from the 24 pin.
Holy crap, has technology taken flight. Just two years ago I upgraded to a 3950X with a 2070S. Different toggle switches for bios and different settings, the power ports have been relocated, this is pure insanity and I love it
I’ve used many z690 xoc boards the kingpin is the best! Thing rips on memory overclocking! 1t cmr all day.
Whoa I'm out of the loop EVGA MAKES MOTHERBOARDS?
Love the yellow capacitors and right angle connectors
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For a 90 degree angle connector I would go ribbon connector style. Off the plug direct into ribbon. Just fold it to the direction(s). Hides away from cables and form fitting. We've been using them for decades.
Please LN2 stuff again! miss that so much!
Nice optical illusion there
Really good Power pin placement.
Wow, nice board! I love the probe it multimeter compatibility!!
Lets take jay to 4 million subs!
This is absolutely a beautiful motherboard, in fact its the only motherboard I have seen that makes me want to do a black PC build. This with an RTX 30/40 FE card would look amazing.
I will never get this motherboard but it’s so nice to look at! Thank you!
I’m with you on the yellow capacitors. It messes with my OCD. I’m constantly looking inside my PC and think of things I need to change.
Kingpin boards always blow my mind