https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:24:48 +0000 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:09:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10285 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10285&PID=58366&title=new-buyer-for-x299eitx-ac-and-need-guidance#58366 Author: O_and_N
Subject: 10285
Posted: 30 Nov 2018 at 7:09pm

Hello.I have a 7960x and want to jump to the x299e-itx/ac board but after reading all of the reviews ive got stuck with questions.

If someone have the time, please help a fellow not to invest wrongly xd

1-Is one 8pin really enough for the cpu?(I mean at stock sometimes my 7960x and even the 7980xe do draw more than 165w and a 8 pin only gives 150w if I'm not mistaking.)Is there performance loss?

2-If I get the board, which bios shoud I get? The beta 1.03 or maybe the 1.40? I don't want to go higher as the site states that from 1.50 and up we get the microcode security updates that cripple CPU performance?(paranoid maybe)

https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/X299E-ITXac/index.asp#BIOS

3-I saw a screenshot that there is "Cooling solution" option in the OC tweaker tab released in beta bios 1.03.I don't want to OC when I get the board, but what option shoud I choose? I do have a 240mm rad(cryorig a40). Does the ¨¨air cooling¨¨ option cripple the cpu performance or maybe the ¨¨water¨¨cooling tab will make the cpu behave as it shoud?
I repeat, I don't OC,just want the ¨¨real¨¨stock performance of the cpu for a sff workstation I plan in the raijinteck ophion evo.

Cheers ;)]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:09:22 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10285&PID=58366&title=new-buyer-for-x299eitx-ac-and-need-guidance#58366