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

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With ROG's Aura RGB Strip header, it's quick and easy to cast brilliant colors across your rig and room: Just slide standard 12V RGB strips onto the 4-pin Aura RGB-strip headers, then weave your lighting any way you like. ASUS also paid attention to the smallest details of the audio on the Maximus VIII Hero; they added a dedicated oscillator for the DAC, and they used a relatively quiet relay for the de-pop circuit. The LN2 mode jumper is located right near the end of the last PCI-E 16x slot, and it will provide higher voltage levels and LN2 capabilities if enabled. connector with plug-and-play ease to experience data-transfer speeds of up to 32Gbit/s — and free up a PCIe slot for another expansion card!

Whether you're a hardcore gamer or a business professional, you'll feel the benefit of the ASUS-exclusive Turbo App every day. Using PCIe slots, you can connect different components to your motherboard, such as graphics cards and RAID cards. Offering support for a pair of graphics cards in addition to high-speed storage, Asus is clear in its targeting of gamers who are willing to spend a little more on a motherboard that comes equipped with a solid supply of features. The board looks more like the Hero than the Formula, though, and while RGB lighting is included on the board itself too, Asus hasn't done away with the red detailing like it did on the Formula, so the latter is still worth considering if you want a blank slate as far as colour matching is concerned. SupremeFX 2015 also features intuitive Sonic Studio II, so you'll apply and enjoy different audio effects for perfect entertainment — plus Perfect Voice noise-cancellation technology for team conversations with total clarity!

Multi GPU solutions from AMD and NVIDIA are supported to give you the best possible gaming solutions, along with the usual laundry list of high end hardware to provide a long lived motherboard.

ASUS ROG Z170 Maximus VIII Hero Skylake ATX Motherboard ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, Intel Z170, S 1151, DDR4, SATAe, M. High gaming performance – 5-Way Optimisation with Auto-Tuning, second-generation T-Topology and OC design. Clearly the goal here should be for all the colour details to be customisable, either with lighting or removable decals - not just a single LED, but it does mean the Hero is one of the most customisable motherboards we've seen in this regard. There are two other ROG labeled ICs, and they probably are extra ICs for USB BIOS Flashback and overclocking.This custom solution works in tandem with the ASUS Turbo Processor Unit (TPU), to enhance voltage and base-clock overclocking control — granting an exciting new way to boost performance to extreme heights. Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. From here you can adapt fan controls, mess around with your LED lighting and apply overclocks and performance increases based on your needs.

They have made all their fans PWM and Voltage mode capable, and they have customized controls even more in the UEFI. The topmost 1x slot is directly routed to the PCH, but the last 16x slot (4x electrical) and the other two PCI-E 1x slots share 4x of bandwidth.At Crucial®, we ensure that the higher amount of RAM is rigorously tested and is backed by our compatibility guarantee. The advantages of having PRO Clock embedded within your motherboard are a reduced boot up time, lower jitter under extreme conditions and enhanced stability under heavy overclocking. There is a significant improvement on fan control in comparison to Z97/X99 boards (as mentioned above).