ASUS Maximus VI Extreme Review

[vorticalbox]

Dude, probably best to let it go. They/He keep(s) making new accounts just to mention the same thing over and over again and when you prove them wrong they ignore your post and continue to bitch over the same thing.

Guess we should just let them be stupid and if it gets too bad (spammy) a mod will have to clean up the thread. Ignoring them would be best

it was more that he took a jab at me more than anything and he ignored me twice now

 

[stargatesg1fan]

i think you need to go back to school and learn to read. the review said and i'll quote it for you

"According to the ASUS website the Maximus VI has five PCIe 3.0 slots, which obviously isn't the case. Someone needs to proof read."

asus said it had 5 PCIe 3.0, anyone can see there are 5 slots but they are NOT all PCIe 3 as asus website said.

Go find a picture through google image search and count versus the review please.

(4 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8 or x8/x16/x8 or x8/x16/x8/x8)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4
1 x mini-PCIe 2.0 x1

source: Review)

BTW that black 3.0 slot, that would be, oh thats right for dual gpu use and is native to the cpu just like the top red slot is native. Now look at the slots and count them 4 red full length, 1 full length black, 1 x4 slot, and the mini slot at the top. Count them for me that would be seven in total, yet the review has only 6 listed, smells fishy. What I can't say that is wrong and inaccurate?

Edit: Now, I have given you all the evidence I can, without you actually holding a board in your hand. How about now, you face facts and admit the review is wrong. Based on this, I have every right to say things, and every right to question not only the review but the results that TTL got. Why? Because when you make statements like that, that are so blatently false, it does call into question things. Either he lied, or he is dumb and blind. The attitude, is pretty much the same TTL has for Asus, so don't like it, meh whatever. So in closing, take a look for yourself and do research and don't just read one review and think you have all the facts. Pictures are worth a thousand words, go look at one. I have responded to you with evidence twice now, will you ignore facts and call names or will you admit that maybe TTL was wrong, at the very least?

 

[vorticalbox]

Go find a picture through google image search and count versus the review please.

(4 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8 or x8/x16/x8 or x8/x16/x8/x8)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4
1 x mini-PCIe 2.0 x1

source: Review)

BTW that black 3.0 slot, that would be, oh thats right for dual gpu use and is native to the cpu just like the top red slot is native. Now look at the slots and count them 4 red full length, 1 full length black, 1 x4 slot, and the mini slot at the top. Count them for me that would be seven in total, yet the review has only 6 listed, smells fishy. What I can't say that is wrong and inaccurate?

site says 5 PCIe 3 slots and you just said yourself right in that there are not FIVE PCIe 3.0 SLOTS.

count them over and over till the end of time if you like but you will never count 5 PCIe 3.0 slots as the website stats.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VI_EXTREME/#overview

go see yourself there only 6 slots in total not 7.

 

[stargatesg1fan]

5 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8 or x8/x16/x8 or x8/x16/x8/x8) *1
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4
1 x mini-PCIe 2.0 x1 *2

*2: The mini-PCIe slot is pre-installed with a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module on mPCIe Combo II expansion card.

Now looking at the board I see 4 red PCIe 3.0 slots, 1 PCIe black 3.0 slot and 1 PCIe 2.0 black x4 slot, and 1 mini-PCIe slot. Is that not what you are seeing in your own link? I think buddy, you just made my point for me? Because by your counting, you forgot to include the full length black PCIe slot. Or does that slot not magically appear for you. 6 down below, 1 up top... 6+1=7 in my book. How about this, let me help you understand it visually here. Here is what TTL has stated basically i DOT imgur DOT com/fkkdEvN DOT jpg and here is what it really is i DOT imgur DOT com/aUL3bHJ DOT jpg

 

[Spiderz]

The confusion here is that there are 5 full length ones (4 red, 1 black) and one short black one. These are all in the usual PCIe area and these are the ones most people are going to quickly spot. Took me quite a bit to find this mystery mPCIe one but it is not where anyone is going to bother looking for a PCI slot: right above the I/O. From the sounds of it too, that spot should always be filled with the Wifi stuff that comes with the board and not used for any much else as I've never heard of anything else using that standard.

 

[SPS]

The confusion here is that there are 5 full length ones (4 red, 1 black) and one short black one. These are all in the usual PCIe area and these are the ones most people are going to quickly spot. Took me quite a bit to find this mystery mPCIe one but it is not where anyone is going to bother looking for a PCI slot: right above the I/O. From the sounds of it too, that spot should always be filled with the Wifi stuff that comes with the board and not used for any much else as I've never heard of anything else using that standard.

You can get mPCIE SSDs.

 

[Spiderz]

My mistake then, only ever really bothered looking at SATA SSDs

 

[Chopper3]

To be fair, and not to feed the troll (creating new accounts doesn't exactly strengthen your argument you know mister troll) but he's right about the slots.

This is from the manual;

5 x PCI Express 3.0*/2.0 x16 slots (single at native x16, dual at x8/x8**, triple at x8/x16/x8, quad at x8/x16/x8/x8)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x4 slot
1 x mini-PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot*** on mPCIe Combo II expansion card

Plus also from the manual (sorry about the formating);

Slot No.
Slot Description
1
PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16/x8_1 slot
2
PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16_A2 slot
3
PCIe 3.0/2.0 x8_B2 slot
4
PCIe 3.0/2.0 x8_3 slot
5
PCIe 2.0/1.1 x4_1 slot
6
PCIe 3.0/2.0 x8_4 slot

That said he's still something of a tw**

 

[Ghosthud1]

Is it me or is everyone missing the real issues and nit picking at shite that doesn't even matter.

 

[stargatesg1fan]

I'll say this one last time, and thats it. This is my first and only account, I am not a troll, and I did not make a new account. Have the mods check my IP, and when they tell you they don't match and aren't even close to matching, will you apologize or will you not say anything?

 

[Josh Weston]

Alright lads, time to calm it down. It's a Sunday, damn it.

Just because a member is new does not mean that they're here explicitly to spam. Just because you think a reviewer has made a mistake does not mean that they are bias in anyway. Things have got too heated here and i'm getting reports chucked in left and right.

Some of the newest among us must realise that mistakes happen and are extremely easy to make. Miscounting a PCIe lane (and I really don't care if your claim is true or false) does not give credence to the entire review being off, and nor does it mean that the reviewer's character should be anyway besmirched.

Tom has been heralded as being either dumb or blind in one of the previous posts and this shall not be stood for. Everyone can speak their mind but that does not mean you can be rude, nor that you're immune from the consequences of what you speak.

To the older members: just because someone's critical of something does not mean they're spammers. Criticism is a part of life and you can't start pointing fingers at people and calling them out. The pack mentality of the site's members is something that's been witnessed on many occasions, and it's as unwanted now as it has been in the past.
We expect the most out of you guys as you're the ones who've been here a while. You know the rule of the roost so we expect an example to be set.

This is not merely a forum. This is a community. A community built of those from all walks of life with a common interest. Your actions have the ability to invite or repel new users from joining us. This is not to say that you're not allowed to speak your mind or defend against those who you believe to be detrimental to the site at large, but it does mean that everyone needs to grow up and start being civil.

Any more shenanigans and punitive action shall be taken. Feel free to message me if you want to discuss this further. I shall be PMing those involved personally but I want this to go on no more.
At the very least, one more recorded PCIe lane isn't going to elevate the end result in any way whatsoever.

 

[McG]

Compare the price of this board to the top end Giga and MSI and its more than competitively priced. The Giga is actually around £480.

Yes, but the competition actually works as advertised. Premium price for a premium product - in Asus' case turned up to be mediocre at best.

The OC panel for me is great. RAM on LN2 and all the buttons on the board freeze up and become unusable. The panel means you can do everything and more without issue. It also allows for two temp probes. Four Fans and VGA hotwire at no extra cost to a comparable High end board.

Give it a rest. WR OCers still use old-school PS2 (cheap) peripherals and you're selling ROG tricorder as a mainstream must-have.

BTW some food for thought...

Asus and Pegatron are headed for a complete split as far as motherboards and notebooks are concerned. Following reports of ASUSTek divesting in its former part and partner after split, Pegatron, ASUS plans to end manufacturing of its motherboards by it. ASUS will find other ODMs, such as Cal-Comp, ECS, Global-Brands Manufacture, and Info-Tek Corp.

 

[murphy7801]

Think ultimately people will vote with there wallets if doesn't sell well Asus will re think it because they run a business.

 

[bigusdickus]

The board has achieved many world records at computer 2013.

Can the reviewer explain why this is and why he has failed to deliver in his review?

 

[Ghosthud1]

Do you have any non LN2 results, air specifically?

As a gamer im still having trouble recognizing asus's standpoint on gamers.

 

[stargatesg1fan]

Do you have any non LN2 results, air specifically?

As a gamer im still having trouble recognizing asus's standpoint on gamers.

The Extreme isn't really Marketed towards gamers, though it carries the ROG label. That's a misconception, though gamers that want the best of the best can use it without issue. While it can be used for gamers, their gamer Mobos would be the Formula and down. (The ones with Supreme FX audio.) All motherboards that can run, IMO, 2xGPUs and a PCI soundcard is a gamer Mobo.

 

[Ghosthud1]

Honestly i stopped reading into platforms just before ivy's launch, think im going to get some reading done about haswell as that seems to be the main issue, that people don't fully understand it yet.

 

[McG]

The point made by the poster above is correct why did the board deliver so well at computex. When others did not?

Others didn't use thoroughbred Pegasus for cooling?

I have just posted 6.45 CPU,5.9Uncore nearly DDR2600 C6 oh and BLK 129 easy! So have indeed backed up my point!

Quite. Still the majority of potential buyers/end users are going to end up using nothing-special retail CPUs combined with standard air and AIO water cooling assembled in a desktop case. Feel free to tell them how you can get Haswell running on 8.0GHz using the exact same motherboard in only 5min.^_^

 

[Undermoose]

I love my MVIE!

Gotta say, I think this review was from someone who got pissed off at ASUS for some unknown reason and stuck it to them as best he could.

The review is worthless.

I love my ASUS MVIE, simple install, everything works, and great build quality.

 

[Deejeta]

Excellent post Mr Josh Weston my thoughts exactly.