MSI X99A-XPOWER-GAM-TITANIUM Intel LGA2011-V3 ATX Motherboard

Very nice board, configured it with an 8 core I7 CPU, 128Gb RAM and a GTX 1080 and it chomps through 4K video editing at a fast clip.The top video card slot is close to the CPU so if you fit a big cooler then you wont be able to use it, however for a 1 Video Card config then just use the second video card slot and you'll be fine. Some people worry that the second video slot is slower, but I checked with MSI and its fine.

You know what it's like installing mobos into a new build PC. Can be a real nightmare, right? Right. But made much worse if the kit you're installing does not carry our basic functions like Bluetooth file transfer. And keeps throwing up a '9C' fault that makes the PC hang for over a minute before it boots. Then finding it's a lottery if a USB port works properly.There are some good things about this mobo. Physically, it's as solid as a rock, and has reinforced steel PCI slots to hold increasingly over sized graphics cards. It looks good enough, and is finished to a high standard, and copes well with the majority of the hardware and software I've thrown at it. Although the top slot is too close to the CPU cooling, but that's a fault with most mobos.Anyway, it's the little details that cause consternation when you've spent the best part of 400 quid on some hardware that you expect to work perfectly straight away. I purchased a £5.99 Bluetooth dongle, which worked perfectly first time and does every time, but my expensive mobo finds this too much hard work.I've spoken directly with MSI about this, and they say it could be a faulty module. It could be, but I'm not going through the stress of installing a replacement, or another mobo from a different manufacturer. So I'll stick with this one, but offer a fair warning to anyone thinking of buying this product. It might work - it might not.