be tethered via any cable to
your computer, then its value is
diminished . From a
technological vantage point it is
understandable why this is
necessary, but it is one of those
situations where the
requirement on the user side
doesn’t quite intersect with the
available technology. Still, it
remains a novel feature that
would fall perfectly in line with
the rest of this motherboard’s
core appeal (durability,
extended up-time, and reliability
within critical environments). If
you do purchase the board, give
it a try and if you have a spare
ANDROID based smartphone
you may find this a handy
application.
Where does all this place the
SABERTOOTH in the ASUS X99
line up? Well, it is certainly in a
semi safe position where it will
not be cannibalized by other
immediate alternatives. For
example, the X99-Pro/USB3.1 to
a large extend makes irrelevant
the Deluxe/U3.1 board, despite
the latter costing $60 more.
Co-incidentally the closest
alternative to the SABERTOOTH
also happens to be the X99PRO/USB 3.1 as it retails for
the same price and has at the
least a similar feature set.
Granted, it isn’t built to the same
seemingly meticulous standards
as the SABERTOOTH. These
two merely happen to be within
the same price bracket. This
lineup in a way suggests that
there’s an opportunity perhaps
for ASUS to create a SKU which
combines these two boards in
a way as to make one that may
retail for a higher price, but
require no sacrifice on the end
user part in feature support. A
hybrid SABERTOOTH and PRO
motherboard if you will.
Particularly useful for those
who are not in any way moved by
the colour scheme of the
SABERTOOTH, but lean instead
to the ice white of the PRO board
but remain partial to the idea of
TUF armor.
In closing, the SABERTOOTH
is what you’d expect from an
ASUS motherboard. There’s
an unmistakable attention
to detail. The way in which
features are implemented
(short of the mobile
application) is unmistakably
ASUS as well. The UEFI is
simple to use, detailed and
best of all gives you relevant
information for the most part
and this is carried through with
the various software suites. It is
rare that there’s any
meaningful software
that one needs to install for a
motherboard but in the case
of the SABERTOOTH and one
supposes other ASUS boards;
there are real and tangible
benefits to doing so. It is in light
of this that the SABERTOOTH
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Summary
ASUS has once
again brought forth
motherboard which
caters to those users
which above all value
reliability, stability
and up-time. The
SABERTOOTH is likely
to survive in harsher
conditions than any
other motherboard on
the market and it is an
ideal fpr use in a
variety of home systems
and perhaps even small
server environments. It’s
a further refinement in
the