Wait... You have 2 of these things?
$$$$$ You must not be married.
I'm married and with kids
No, I have just time to waste and I keep changing motherboards, thank you Amazon with your no question asked 30 days return policy.
So far I've tried:
- Asus x299 Prime Deluxe
- GB x299 Designare EX
- ASRock x299 Professional Gaming XE
- GB x299 Gaming 7 Pro.
Of all cards, the Designare is the best built... The x299 Gaming 7 Pro is almost the same and I got TB and USB-C hot plug to work.
Downside for both gigabyte is that the Thunderbolt is hooked to the PCH.. That's going to give crappy perf for sure.
The Asus is great, but after a few compilation runs I have the VRM in the 105-110 degrees (in the same tests, the gigabyte VRM never go over 65C).
Even for the CPU, I consistently gets lower CPU temperatures with the gigabytes (a good 10C lower). Seems that they are a bit less enthousiastic than Asus when it comes to voltage.
At first I hated the ASRock and I returned it promptly, but I'm having 2nd thoughts due to the TB using CPU PCI lanes, and having a great VRM (and 10Gbit/s). So I'm hoping that I have overlooked things during my first run of tests... If I can get hot plug working on that board, I'll keep it.
Otherwise, I'll use the GB Gaming 7 Pro.