Question 1

If I have access to WiFi/will get Wifi, will I need an internal Wireless Network Card w/ Adapter and/or a Wireless Router/Hub with this mobo? Thanks!!!

Accepted Answer

This board has built-in wireless capability. If you get Internet or have access to it, you can connect with this board and no outside cards or adapters will be needed. If you are just getting Internet and your modem doesn't have  wireless functionality, you will need a router as well.

Question 2

Is a ddr4 slot backwards compatible with ddr3 or do I need to buy ddr4 ram right at the get go?

Accepted Answer

A DDR4 slot is not backward compatible.  DDR4 uses a 288 Pin configuration while DDR3 uses a 240 Pin configuration.  Getting DDR4 is you are going to buy this board (or any other X99 board) is a must

Question 3

is this compatible?     EVGA 04G-P4-2989-KR GeForce GTX 980 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Hydro Copper Video Card

Accepted Answer

I have a GTX 980 in mine. If you're investing into such high end hardware, I hope you can make these determinations for yourself before purchasing.

Question 4

How is the on-board sound with this? I really don't want to buy a separate sound card. I have a Sennheiser G4ME ONE Black headset and would mainly be gaming, watching movies, videos, etc. I'd be playing RPG's such as Skyrim and Dragon Age, Turn Based Strategies such as Rome 2 and CK2, and other open world games such as Far Cry 4, Arma 3, and DayZ. Might consider CS. Thank you!

Accepted Answer

The on-board sound is excellent. Even using the front audio panel header, there was no detectable noise, hiss, or clipping coming from my Sony studio headphones while playing my 24bit/96Hz Blue Man Group soundtrack. The software has a lot of the game "enhancing" equalization and filtering features, but I tend to not like post processing like that in general.

Question 5

If I have a separate soundcard, can I disable the on-board sound? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Yes you can disable the onboard sound.  Also make sure you have the latest BIOS that fixes an issue with sound card detection if you happen to use it in certain PCIe slots.

Question 6

Does this have the 5 way optimization features?

Accepted Answer

From the manual page 4.7:
Dual Intelligent Processors 5

ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors 5 combines TPU, EPU, DIGI+ Power Control, Fan Xpert 3 and Turbo App functions to push the performance to its optimal potential.  It automatically balances the system's performance, power saving, levels, and fan settings via the user-friendly AI Suite 3 utility.

No I have not used it.  Hope this helps.

Question 7

does this mobo support ECC memory?

Accepted Answer

I would check with ASUS. I do not know if this is compatible with ecc memory or the required Xeon 2011-3 chip. I have a x5960 installed.

Question 8

Can the Mother Run a Full 64GB of Ram With no Issues ?

Accepted Answer

Yes this motherboard is capable of running 64 GB of RAM. Please refer to page x and 1-11 of the E9550 version of the users manual available from Asus for further information on memory configurations.

Question 9

does this motherboard have one dual width x 16 pci-e compliant graphics slot?  Installing a Titan x graphics card and need to make sure this will work

Accepted Answer

I installed 3 Titan X into the first three gen 3 slots.  The top card is sandwiched up against the CPU cooler so I had to put electrical tape on the cooler fins to avoid shorts.

Question 10

Can this support up to 128 Gb memory?

Accepted Answer

It's specifications are for up to 64Gb so I think the answer is no. it only has 8 DIMMs slots so unless you use 16Gb DIMMs you could not run 128Gb of DDR 4 Ram. Are there any 16 Gb DIMMs of DDR4 ram available? If yes, then it may work but I wouldn't try it. Good luck!

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