ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S1150 by leeghoofd @ 2013-11-04

ASUS delayed the release of the Maximus VI Formula till after Computex 2013. We got a glimpse of the board at the ASUS booth and it looked at first glance like a TUF/ROG hybrid. The ROG series are renown as high end motherboards, stunning looks and high performance; however not engineered solely for gamers, but the enthusiast and extreme overclockers get their sweets too. Usually the ROG series had 3 members: the mATX Gene, the midrange Formula and the flagship, the Extreme board. With the Z87 series, ASUS throws an entry level priced ROG in the mix with the Maximus VI Hero board and even a mITX board, the Impact. The Hero is comparable as being the vanilla board of the Republic of Gamers line up. The small mATX Gene VI gives those with small cases the option to install a top class motherboard; the Formula for those that seek a full ATX board packed with features, yet still at an affordable price level. The flagship Extreme board is the most expensive and targeted at those that want either the best of the best or the ultimate board that can push the envelope, no matter the cooling method used.

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Built-in OC Feature

The ASUS board achieved two stable settings with our dud Haswell i7-4770K CPU. 4221MHz and 4423MHz. 4600MHz posted perfectly into Windows7. Nevertheless our CPU is hardly stable then, due to the high temperatures. Hence why it couldn't complete the test suite.

 

  • 4221MHz at 1.15Vcore: Stable  RAM at 2400MHz
  • 4423MHz at 1.25Vcore: Stable  RAM at 2400MHz

 

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