It really takes some rolling down the article until you find if its for Intel or AMD CPU's. This tiny bit of info should be mention in the first column or even subject?
Most people on this site would be familiar with current news and know X299 is for Intel and x399 is for amd. There aren't enough people out there reading this that don't know that to make it worth doing.
You are complaining you have to read the article? So if tech doesn't interest you enough to read an article like this even if you aren't totally sure if its Intel or AMD I'm not sure what to say. It's in there three times "Intel X299".
I still don't think there are enough LEDs, clearly a motherboard should be visible from the moon. The worst LED on my MSI board is the internal hard disk activity light for which there are no options to disable.
Well honestly I'm not sure why they don't make utility use out of LED's. Backlight all the ports and for audio color code the ports with LED's. Things like this are useful.
Somebody hire this guy! Seriously, I've wondered the same thing for a long time now. Bargain basement keyboards on Amazon are backlit these days, why not ports on motherboards? I shouldn't have to wear a headlamp to work on a PC.
Marketing departments and their stupid product names make my brain hurt. MSI X299M Gaming Pro Carbon AC sounds like something that's designed to appeal to a tween that's just watched Fast and Furious for the first time and is awestruck by the way the movie depicts feeding nitrous oxide into an econobox's 4-cylinder engine suddenly hurling an actor back into his seat with the massive increase in acceleration forces. I can just imagine how this Carbon Pro Super-De-Duper Widgets Gaming Xtra Z-Power motherboard will make it almost impossible to keep my chair from being blown away from my desk. I'm going to have to grip my RGB mechanical keyboard like my life depends on it so I don't end up faux-falling backwards like an elementary aged boy pretends to get blown out of his seat at the dinner table when the space aliens attack his imaginary vegetable spaceship.
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juhatus - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
It really takes some rolling down the article until you find if its for Intel or AMD CPU's. This tiny bit of info should be mention in the first column or even subject?nevcairiel - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
People interested in this platform would know what X299 is.imaheadcase - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
People interested in a new pc would like to know what CPU it is..not everyone who comes here knows everything about every platform.Insomniator - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
I believe most people reading this site would know that X299 is an Intel chipset, not AMD.Dr. Swag - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
Most people on this site would be familiar with current news and know X299 is for Intel and x399 is for amd. There aren't enough people out there reading this that don't know that to make it worth doing.imaheadcase - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
You would be incorrect. Large portions of people only are interested in this stuff when they are rebuilding a PC.Hurr Durr - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
There are tags for every article.FreckledTrout - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
You are complaining you have to read the article? So if tech doesn't interest you enough to read an article like this even if you aren't totally sure if its Intel or AMD I'm not sure what to say. It's in there three times "Intel X299".shabby - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
Where's the dislike button? Geez now we need to inform newbs what platform every component is for? There's no safe spaces on tech sites.HomeworldFound - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
I still don't think there are enough LEDs, clearly a motherboard should be visible from the moon. The worst LED on my MSI board is the internal hard disk activity light for which there are no options to disable.FreckledTrout - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
Well honestly I'm not sure why they don't make utility use out of LED's. Backlight all the ports and for audio color code the ports with LED's. Things like this are useful.kaidenshi - Friday, August 18, 2017 - link
Somebody hire this guy! Seriously, I've wondered the same thing for a long time now. Bargain basement keyboards on Amazon are backlit these days, why not ports on motherboards? I shouldn't have to wear a headlamp to work on a PC.BrokenCrayons - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
Marketing departments and their stupid product names make my brain hurt. MSI X299M Gaming Pro Carbon AC sounds like something that's designed to appeal to a tween that's just watched Fast and Furious for the first time and is awestruck by the way the movie depicts feeding nitrous oxide into an econobox's 4-cylinder engine suddenly hurling an actor back into his seat with the massive increase in acceleration forces. I can just imagine how this Carbon Pro Super-De-Duper Widgets Gaming Xtra Z-Power motherboard will make it almost impossible to keep my chair from being blown away from my desk. I'm going to have to grip my RGB mechanical keyboard like my life depends on it so I don't end up faux-falling backwards like an elementary aged boy pretends to get blown out of his seat at the dinner table when the space aliens attack his imaginary vegetable spaceship.DanNeely - Friday, August 18, 2017 - link
What happened to color coding the analog audio jacks? 4 of 5 in the picture appear to be black.