"Asus whip out their latest R.O.G board - the Maximus II Formula. Exclusive pictures inside."
ASUS Maximus II Formula Pictures
ASUS Maximus II Formula Pictures
OC3D Exclusive: Asus show off their latest R.O.G board - the Maximus II Formula
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Rastalovich
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It does look mean doesn`t it.
I smell some1 doing a review in the future ...
I smell some1 doing a review in the future ...
16 phase? wtf? Hi, and welcome to unnecessary town?
The bios idea is nice, looks like if you totally **** one up it'll be a very easy swap out too. look like the old 8 pin PICs we used to use in school.
Im guessing this boards going to have a price something equivalent to 'Your soul' taped to it though :-/
The bios idea is nice, looks like if you totally **** one up it'll be a very easy swap out too. look like the old 8 pin PICs we used to use in school.
Im guessing this boards going to have a price something equivalent to 'Your soul' taped to it though :-/
Great, all theat extra tweakery and they still don't have the bloody common sense to use SATA ports that support cable clips.
Just added a second RAID to my rig yesterday and it was a pain in the bloody arse. Stupid sideways ports that will release the cable if it's even slightly pushed - try getting 6 cables in there while it's still inside a case.
Just added a second RAID to my rig yesterday and it was a pain in the bloody arse. Stupid sideways ports that will release the cable if it's even slightly pushed - try getting 6 cables in there while it's still inside a case.
Rastalovich
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I freakin h8 SATA cables, period!
DDR3 support (Maximus II Extreme...)
No news of a version with DDR3 support? Asus seem to have skipped that on the Rampage (their ROG X48 board), also - the only options for DDR3 being the ultra expensive X48 P5E3 Premium...the even more expensive nvidia 790 Striker II Extreme, or the X38 Maximus Extreme - which seems to be the best option for price, since it performs as well as the X48 by all accounts - but seems to have disappeared off Asus' and gradually most retailers websites.
I know there's also the "consumer" P45 motherboard coming out from Asus, which is on overclockers.co.uk for preorder (£158 for something that matches motherboards £100 more?!) which supports DDR3 but lets face it - the low profile and black colourscheme of the Maximus does look rather good (not to mention the CMOS reset buttons and other ROG features....)
Nordic Hardware have a review of the P5Q3 Deluxe, sounds good.
Does anyone know why you'd pick a more expensive X48 motherboard over one of these if you don't intend to use two graphics cards?
No news of a version with DDR3 support? Asus seem to have skipped that on the Rampage (their ROG X48 board), also - the only options for DDR3 being the ultra expensive X48 P5E3 Premium...the even more expensive nvidia 790 Striker II Extreme, or the X38 Maximus Extreme - which seems to be the best option for price, since it performs as well as the X48 by all accounts - but seems to have disappeared off Asus' and gradually most retailers websites.
I know there's also the "consumer" P45 motherboard coming out from Asus, which is on overclockers.co.uk for preorder (£158 for something that matches motherboards £100 more?!) which supports DDR3 but lets face it - the low profile and black colourscheme of the Maximus does look rather good (not to mention the CMOS reset buttons and other ROG features....)
Nordic Hardware have a review of the P5Q3 Deluxe, sounds good.
Does anyone know why you'd pick a more expensive X48 motherboard over one of these if you don't intend to use two graphics cards?
FarFarAway
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There may well be 
That looks great, really like the removable NB sink so you can leave on the board the mosfet an SB cooling and water block the NB. Great. tbh, the mosfets don't get hot enough to warrant water blocks, only the NB and maybe the SB.
I'd only put water blocks on what you push more voltage into.
I'd only put water blocks on what you push more voltage into.
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