The Lights!
The X99-Ultra Gaming is loaded with quite a lot of RGB LEDs! This will really light up the inside of your case and since the all of the lights are RGB you can match them with the rest of your lights and components. There are also RGB headers on this board so you can get RGB LED strips and match them as well.
I am going to go over the different light placements on this board. Lets start with the top of the board. On the I/O over there are LEDs that shoot out the side, three LEDs above the CPU socket, and LEDs that light up in between your DDR4 slots. By default these LEDs are red, but remember they are RGB so you can change them to whatever color you would like.
Moving down the board under each PCI-Express slot you have three LEDs. There are rows of LEDs on the PCH heatsink as well as the thermal armor that is covering the audio components.
As I said these are RGB LEDs so you can make them any color. The software also allows for a breathing effect, the colors to rotate, and for the LEDs to pulse to music. You can completely turn the LEDs on the board off as well, but there are no zones so I can’t say turn the PCIe LEDs off and have the memory LEDs on. Here are what some different colors look like.
seems that its missing some key features , the cmos clear the power and reset and the led error indicators. This boards feel s like they went one step forward and 2 steps back. Would like to see this compared to the evga x99 FTW K
Hi, I don’t really mind the 2 pins for CMOS reset. There is no jumper to lose, all you do is use a screwdriver to bridge the 2 pins for a few seconds, i use a particular philips head for it because it fits perfectly and makes very good contact between the pins without hitting the substrate without much effort or precision required. Not this particular board but another GA-X99P sli
Hey can anyone tell me if when connecting aftermarket LED strips, and you set pulse or breathing effect, does the LED strip also do the pulse or breathing effect?
Thanks
Hi there.
Thank you guys for the great full review.
Just a quick one which i think is important the 3 way CPU power extender you said the board was
a good overclocker. Did you use the 3 way power extender in the review ?
If so which connectors on it did you use ?
sorry to be the difficult one.