ASUS Maximus VIII Hero ATX Motherboard - Grey/Red/Black

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ASUS's Z170 UEFI is very similar to their offerings from Z97 and X99, there isn't much difference in overall styling except in the background. The heat sinks are very nice, and I like how ASUS tries to tease you with the slight cutouts on the shield around the audio. ROG's uniquely-intelligent technology effectively caches an entire storage device so that favorite games and apps launch at breakneck speeds, getting to work the moment it's activated. The chokes are even slanted a little to add style, and the PCH lighting and ROG symbol are also very nice.

ASUS-exclusive Turbo App's intuitive tuning panel boosts multiple hardware components to maximize gaming exhilaration, overclocking your CPU, tuning your fans, prioritizing network data and optimizing audio settings — all with automated ease. This gives you the freedom to adjust CPU frequencies and ratios for optimized performance and the ability to unlock the potential from your graphics card*. Scan Computers International Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Register no.

But what ASUS have done on the isolated audio PCB of the board is included numerous technologies to get the best possible audio experience. As always, the nice bonus is that if you screw things up a lot like me, there are easy ways to reset the board. Unlock the full potential of your storage with NVM Express (NVMe), the revolutionary specification that lets your SSDs scream at top speed.

Next to it we have a set of smaller buttons which include a reset switch, a retry button and a safe boot button. For the astute gamers, you sure as hell better have a window in your case for some of their products. An IDT6V41538NLG is used as a secondary clock generator to provide much higher BLCK margins than the clock generator Intel provides. The anti-surge features of LANGuard is designed to withstand higher ESD for better protection, while the use of SMT components reduces transmission loss between 130 KHz ~ 300 MHz when compared to a traditional LAN port," according to ASUS.They mention that it oozes quality, is an excellent board complemented by great BIOS, and is a great motherboard for gamers. The Hero uses two additional ASMedia controllers - one adding two SATA 6Gbps ports in black to the six available from the Z170 chipset with another providing USB 3. ports (the lowest one below the PS/2 connector is for USB BIOS Flashback), PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse, BIOS Flashback button, Display Port, HDMI port, 1x USB 3. I imagine perhaps people on limited bandwidth could find this useful, but I always take networking software with a pinch of salt. If you are looking for one of the best motherboard on market for Intel Skylake (i5 6600K, i7 6700K and all the other 1155 socket cpu) then this ASUS motherboard is for you.

Steven details products down to the component level to highlight seldom explained, and often misunderstood architectures. Even though this is a mixture of the original VIII Hero and VIII Formula, one can’t help but feel that 2 x USB 2. Keep in mind that the majority of the heat from the VRM goes into the PCB as it is a giant soldered on copper heat sink.Additionally, ASUS uses ESD Guards to cover the PS2, USB, audio, and LAN ports, offering a 2x uptick in ESD protection. I’d recommend investing in a water cooler for overclocking purposes and really unlocking the potential in this processor/mobo combo. Maximus VIII Hero Alpha includes the amazing Aura lighting-control utility to cast stunning multi-color glows across your gaming rig, via the motherboard's powerful built-in RGB LEDs or attached RGB strips, or both — and in perfect synchronization!