Best current or upcoming x99 motherboard?

[Revan654]

I need a good x99 board for my i7 5960x. What's best board currently or coming out soon?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I don't see new boards coming out except for maybe a few USB 3.1 variants as the horizon approaches for next generations CPUs / MoBos.

The choice would depend on usage ... which of these two categories do you fit in ?

A. Gaming with 3 or more GFX Cards
B. Workstation Applications

C. Also, any unusual feature needs ? ... i.e. WiFi ?
D. Budget Limitations ?

In past I would have recommended the Asus Sabertooth, WS or Rampage but in recent years, quality has gone in the toilet.

The Rampage has almost a 10% return rate (9.65%)
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/920-2/cartes-meres.html

and has a very high number of highly negative (1 egg) newegg user reviews at 23% (15% 2 egg)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132262

The Sabertooth does worse with 33% 1 eggers ... pretty scary when 1 in 3 owners give a component the worse rating possible.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132518

The WS doesn't do much better with 31%
http://www.newegg.com/Prodeuct/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132263

The Asus Deluxe is also at 33% 1 eggers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132260

The Gigabyte Gaming (are you gaming ?) tops even Asus with 35% 1 eggers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128746

Gigabyte best offering with a statistically valid number of reviews is the UD4 which also garners 355 1 eggers.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128751

The new X99-SLI is getting good reviews but with only 7 so far, not exactly statistically valid ... similar thing for MSi version

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128829

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130841

When 1 in 3 of board owners are giving a board the lowest possible negative rating, I'd stay away .... if ya look at the progression of the same boards from X79 to X99, it seems the dissatisfaction is mot limited to one particular brand tho it's most pronounced w/ Asus.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gax99gamingg1wifi - What I have and it is really balanced.
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-rampagevextremeu3 - Long standing excellent model.
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-motherboard-151hee999kr - Excellent motherboard and quite underestimated. (probably would be my second choice)

I recommend you watch reviews on youtube of these 3 excellent motherboards. Make sure you get the reviews from an unbiased source.

 

[RockyPlays]

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X99PRF3&c=CJ