ASUS Maximus VIII Extreme Motherboard Review

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   Balthazar2k4 on August 8, 2016 at 4:45 pm

   “Holding the “Flagship”
   “Holding the “Flagship” moniker for the ASUS ROG Z170 board line, the board is shock full of features and accessories including the latest edition of their OC Panel device.”

   Try chock-full instead of shock full.

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     Sebastian Peak on August 8, 2016 at 4:51 pm

     I’m shocked by this comment.

     I'm shocked by this comment.

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     Morry Teitelman on August 8, 2016 at 5:58 pm

     Thanks, fixed…
     Thanks, fixed…

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   quest4glory on August 8, 2016 at 5:34 pm

   Test System Setup shows GTX
   Test System Setup shows GTX 780. Pic shows a Palit GTX 570 label? I don’t really care, just thought that was inconsistent.

   Also, can we not get great CMOS battery placement with a $500 motherboard? This doesn’t seem like too much to ask.

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     Anonymous on August 12, 2016 at 12:49 pm

     I agree, the CMOS battery
     I agree, the CMOS battery tech hasn’t changed since the conception of integrated circuits…what gives..?

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   larry345 on August 8, 2016 at 5:47 pm

   I would call that a clever
   I would call that a clever play on words Mr. Dictionary. If not a little callous don’t you think?

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   Anonymous on August 8, 2016 at 6:44 pm

   Doesn’t make much sense to
   Doesn’t make much sense to have such an expensive board on a socket that can only use midrange CPUs

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     quest4glory on August 8, 2016 at 8:02 pm

     Fastest possible single
     Fastest possible single threaded performance out there. It matters for some people and some apps.

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       Anonymous on August 9, 2016 at 12:35 am

       How much more performance are
       How much more performance are we talking for spending two or three times the amount for this board instead of something else?

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       Anonymous on August 9, 2016 at 8:00 am

       Fair enough, although I
       Fair enough, although I wonder if LGA2011 can clock higher than mainstream chips when good cooling is used (custom water or better), as the lack of soldered heat spreader on mainstream chips should cause a heat bottleneck that reduces scaling with improved coolers

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   brucek2 on August 9, 2016 at 2:58 am

   I get that there’s always a
   I get that there’s always a market for the best of the best (even if small.)

   What’s confused me though about this and previous similar offerings from ASUS is the timing. The Z170 chipset is nearly a year old. Are there really people who want the best of the best, cost no concern, but were twiddling their thumbs for a year? I would have imagined that set of buyers upgraded their rigs long ago.

   Or are there really people that rebuild their already top-end rig at this point in the cycle? Even disregarding cost, seems like a lot of hassle for little performance returns left on the table?

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   Zaxx on August 10, 2016 at 1:04 am

   Man….this thing has ALL the
   Man….this thing has ALL the bells and whistles…as well it should. At $500 it better gimme a chubby every time it posts…lol

   One thing that doesn’t make sense…an ASMedia 1061 (from 2012) for the 2 additional sata 6gbs/usb 3 ports…pretty much a turd on an otherwise nice lawn. I guess if u can afford a $500 non-X99 mobo, you’ll prolly be pimpin a $300 raid card too…lol

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   Anonymous on August 19, 2016 at 8:30 pm

   Why is a board almost a year
   Why is a board almost a year old just now being reviewed?

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