Gigabyte x99 ultra gaming and gigabyte x99 will designate ex in pictures

Today the two new Gigabyte motherboards for the X99 chipset have been leaked: Gigabyte X99 Ultra Gaming and Gigabyte X99 Designare EX. And it is missed that there were no images or features for the launch of Intel Broadwell-E processors.

Gigabyte X99 Ultra Gaming

The Gigabyte GA-X99 Ultra Gaming is an E-ATX motherboard with LGA 2011-3 socket and an X99 chipset equipped with a powerful 8 + 1 phase VRM power to give maximum performance to new processors. It also has a total of eight DDR4 DIMM slots with extra reinforcement on its pins, where it will support a maximum of 128 GB at more than 3400 MHz in quad chanel mode for greater performance than Dual Channel.

As we see in the images, it has a total of four offers PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots for Crossfire and SLI configurations of up to three or four graphics cards. We also found a PCI-E x1 slots for expansion cards. As for storage, it has 10 SATA III ports, one SATA Express port , two M.2 slots and one U.2 slot .

Both in the area of ​​heatsinks, DDR4 memory slots and PCI Express connections, it has LED lighting called "RGB Ambient" that will allow us to choose between 16 million colors. Will it have effects? We do not know yet but the idea is very cool, especially for users who are looking for a beautiful design that is pleasing to the eye.

Finally we see that it incorporates six USB 3.0 connections (one of them USB 3.1), a 3.1 Type-C connection, a DisplayPort input, two connections for Wifi antennas (optional), two Gigabit network card and an AMP sound card -UP 7.1. What a renovation Gigabyte has hit!

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Gigabyte X99 Designare EX

Possibly it is one of the flagships of Gigabyte in its entire catalog. It will also have an ATX-E format and 8 + 1 phases of PWM power for the LGA 2011-3 socket, it is curious that we only found an 8-pin connection.

It also has 8 DDR4 memory sockets that will accept up to 64GB and high speeds. Unlike Ultra Gaming, it will have 5 PCI Express 3.0 to x16 sockets to mount 4 Way SLI and CrossfireX.

Gigabyte has wanted to take even more care of the aesthetics and will also have the RGB lighting system. So we will have colorful lights in abundance.

On the storage will have 8 SATA connections, two U.2 connections. And it seems that it will have a third-generation M.2 connector to X4 compatible with NVMe PCI-e to place the best and fastest SSDs of the moment.

What do you think about the Gigabyte X99 Designare EX and Gigabyte X99 Ultra Gaming motherboards? Are you going to change platforms and opt for Gigabyte?