![]() It will control both the onboard LEDs as well as any LED lighting strip plugged into the port on the bottom of the board. One of the main features on this board is the Aura software, designed to control your LED lighting on your rig. There are another two USB 3.0 ports driven by an ASMedia 3.0 chip. There should be plenty of USB ports, as the board has a total of 14! There are six USB 3.0 ports (four mid-board), four USB 2.0 ports, and two USB 3.1 ports (Type-A and -C) all controlled by the Intel chipset. You are able to tweak the setup to your heart’s desires with the included Sonic Studio II software. The audio is handled by ROG Supreme FX 2015 and Realtek ALC1150 CODEC. The NIC and supporting software (GameFirst) include traffic shaping for an optimal online gaming experience by prioritizing traffic for the game instead of other items which may be using the bandwidth on your PC. The LAN is handled by Intel’s latest and greatest NIC, the I219-V. Two additional SATA 6 Gbps ports are handled by the ASMedia chip. These are all controlled by the native Intel chipset. Also, there are three x1 slots sprinkled in between the x16 slots.įor storage, there a total of six SATA 6 Gbps ports and two SATA Express ports as well as a single M.2 slot and U.2 slot. This setup allows for Tri-CrossfireX setups or quad SLI (two dual GPUs). The top two (grey) are either x16 for one or x8/x8 for two. There are a total of three full length PCIe slots. It supports non-ECC buffered memory and of course Intel’s XMP profiles. Our high-level look shows the board supports up to 64GB DDR4 3733 MHz (O.C) using four DIMMs. Let’s dig in and see what else the board has to offer! Specifications and Featuresīelow is a list of specifications from the ASUS website for the ROG Maximus VIII Formula. ![]() Outside of that, there is an integrated waterblock to keep the VRMs cool. The board also has its own RGB LED lighting (28 LEDs in total in 3 locations on the board) controlled by the same software. One of the unique features is the integration of their Aura software and a header on the board to control your external RGB LED lighting strips. Missing are the colored logos, heatsinks, and shrouds, replaced with a basic black motherboard with grey/silver heatsinks and shrouds. Not only does it have gaming centric features, the design theme is also agnostic and will fit in perfect with any theme or color scheme. The Formula is pegged as the flagship gaming board in their product stack. In a change of pace from my previous reviews, today we will take a look at a high-end gaming board from ASUS, the Maximus VIII Formula. ![]()
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