I can't believe you don't see these. They are small. I have the Asus z690 maximus extreme. Zoom in at the photo and you will see some right of the ram slots. You see one of them with 3 silver pins sticking out on both sides...I rest my case
After all this reading comments about what platform is better, I came to a conclusion on what platform I want to build on. The X99. The board I'm waiting on to back into stock on New Egg is the MSI X99A Godlike motherboard. If you guys think there is a better x99 board, let me know. But for now...