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- ASUS Pro WS X299 Sage II
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- i9-10980XE
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- W5500
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I have a short question regarding the difference between the X299 A II and the X299 Deluxe II boards.
On the following site it's stated, that the A II has only 1 memory channel vs 4 channels for the Deluxe II. However I cannot find this information on the ASUS website. Is this true?
Asus X99-A II vs Asus X99-Deluxe II: What is the difference?
What is the difference between Asus X99-Deluxe II and Asus X99-A II? Find out which is better and their overall performance in the motherboard ranking.versus.com
Prime X299-A II|Motherboards|ASUS Global
www.asus.comPRIME X299-DELUXE II|Motherboards|ASUS Global
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The first link also states that both boards support only 128GB of RAM, where ASUS itself claims that they support 256GB. So maybe that website is just crawling wrong information?
Also is there any considerable reason why I should prefer the Deluxe II over the A II, other than having more PCI slots, WiFi etc.?
Thanks a lot in advance!!
Your first link is comparing the X99 boards not X299. The deluxe board has more bells and whistles built in like you stated so it's up to you.
The PCIe layout looks the same but the deluxe has some nice additions like built in Wifi/BT, OLED screen, and Thunderbolt 3 built in. However, the built in Wifi/BT is not compatible with macOS (unless you use the beta intel drivers). You could replace the built in card with a compatible one though.
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