ASUS Z170 VIII Ranger v Hero?

Rezident · 7 Dec 2016 at 09:32

Looking at the Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Ranger (£173)
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-650-as.html

and the Hero (£190)
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-651-as.html

What’s the difference? What extra do you get with the Hero?

It’s for:
i7-6700K @4.5/4.6
32Gb ram
Gaming etc.

I don’t mind paying the extra £20 if it’s useful but I can’t see the difference in the specs.

mickyflinn · 7 Dec 2016 at 11:16

Maximus VIII Hero v Maximus VIII Ranger

http://tech.firstpost.com/product/c...ero-399482-vs-maximus-viii-ranger-399502.html

Rezident · 7 Dec 2016 at 19:42

mickyflinn said:
Maximus VIII Hero v Maximus VIII Ranger

http://tech.firstpost.com/product/c...ero-399482-vs-maximus-viii-ranger-399502.html

Thanks I saw that on one of my searches but it looks wrong - it says the Ranger is LGA 1150 and the Z97 chipset but it should be 1151 and Z170 chipset surely?

Rezident · 7 Dec 2016 at 19:55

OK looks like the Hero has 2 extra SATA ports and better onboard audio.

mickyflinn · 7 Dec 2016 at 19:58

Rezident said:
Thanks I saw that on one of my searches but it looks wrong - it says the Ranger is LGA 1150 and the Z97 chipset but it should be 1151 and Z170 chipset surely?

Yes your right had a look at the spec asus website and just a couple extra sata ports, Q-Code LED and slightly higher support for overclcoked memory on the hero.

Smffy · 8 Dec 2016 at 01:13

mickyflinn said:
Yes your right had a look at the spec asus website and just a couple extra sata ports, Q-Code LED and slightly higher support for overclcoked memory on the hero.

+more community support as i'm pretty sure the hero is the bigger seller... Q-Code is fairly useless I have to say, if you read the translation of the codes they dont help much