ASUS Maximus VI Extreme Review

8 Pack said:
The board is excellent.

My evidence is 8 out of the 9 awards at Computex Main event OC Competition, the most prestigious OC competition was using this board. Gigabyte took the other with the OC which in its price range truly excellent.

The M6E holds 32m, Pifast, 05,06,01 world records already!!! Mine can do DDR4000 easy!!! oh and 6.7ghz CPU!! with 5.9+ Uncore. DDR3200 on AIR!!!

As Kap points out TTL kicked me off that website for showing a customer a 3930K can indeed do 2400 mhz memory stable oh and infact I also showed them 2500+ Stable.

To cancel your order of the best Z87 board at the high end is mistake!!!
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I don't doubt for one minute that what you are saying is not true, but on the other hand, how do we know that the M6E boards you had or were using were not cherry picked or somewhat modded from what the general public get to buy. I have at present an M5F and am very happy with it. I would not change my purchasing decision however on the back of one review which could at least be a bit dubious/spurious.

To the OP - I would say stick with your M8E choice, and if it does not work out you can always return it, or buy something else.

Mark
 
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I have actually tried almost all the Z87 boards from all the manufacturers. The extreme is actually more compatible and less troublesome than almost all the rest and atleast equal to the best of them. If your a gamer and you want some easy clocking with multiple cards the Xtreme would still be my choice or the OC from Giga in the mid priced section.

I have tested all on air too so its a educated view even for non- LN2 clocking!!!

We have 20 boards arriving 28th/06/13 for the guys who asked!!!
 
8 Pack said:
I have actually tried almost all the Z87 boards from all the manufacturers. The extreme is actually more compatible and less troublesome than almost all the rest and atleast equal to the best of them. If your a gamer and you want some easy clocking with multiple cards the Xtreme would still be my choice or the OC from Giga in the mid priced section.

I have tested all on air too so its a educated view even for non- LN2 clocking!!!

We have 20 boards arriving 28th/06/13 for the guys who asked!!!
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How does this memory go in the board

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-361-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Can it be tuned or is it better to use the cas 9 2400mhz sticks.
 
whyscotty said:
Are we getting one? :D
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I keep thinking about it, benching a single card on Z87/4770k could be fun. I think a single watercooled Titan on this setup could be interesting. I don't think this setup is good for 3 or 4 GPUs though as the CPU speed is too low unless you are going to use exotic cooling.
 
Kaapstad said:
I keep thinking about it, benching a single card on Z87/4770k could be fun. I think a single watercooled Titan on this setup could be interesting. I don't think this setup is good for 3 or 4 GPUs though as the CPU speed is too low unless you are going to use exotic cooling.
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Been toying with the same idea, I'm getting a Bench off Pgi.

Trying to decide between Haswell or a 3820/3930k set up :confused:
 
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Kaapstad said:
I keep thinking about it, benching a single card on Z87/4770k could be fun. I think a single watercooled Titan on this setup could be interesting. I don't think this setup is good for 3 or 4 GPUs though as the CPU speed is too low unless you are going to use exotic cooling.
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Somthing i'm also contemplating doing, building a 4770k setup for a play around.
 
whyscotty said:
It would be

Just don't fancy the delidding of a Haswell

Then again, good excuse for a chiller :D
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If I get one I won't be delidding, there is nothing in it for me. 4.7ghz is plenty fast enough for a single Titan, delidding would never be fast enough for 3 or more cards unless exotic cooling was used.
 
I know this is slightly off topic but would an upgrade to my 7970 be any benefit to gaming (Skyrim, Flight Sim X) using 3 24" monitors?
 
I thought it was a good review

I have a lot of time for TTL's reviews - I think in general hes more than fair

that plastic thing did look odd ... seems to add additional cost - to what worth ?

btw - this is from a Gene V owner (a motherboard I think is superb)
 
Ive been out of extreme benching for a long time, however.

What i can see from this board is that it is like any extreme board, you must have the knowledge to maximize its use. There is a lot of things on that board that i would utilize whilst benching, the price is high but thats understood when you have the options available.

To win WR, you need the best and most flexible board. This board is aimed at those people, therefore i see the cost justified for that use. Im still playing the review video, the poster is reflecting on a general buyer and not for the more experience extreme clockers.
 
to be fair though - those doing WRs etc would choose the Extreme versions of any of the boards anyway ?

do they pay for them or are they sponsored ?

would the "VI Extreme" - get better results/better overclocks in a CPU and memory (which is what is being talked about) WR event than say a Gene VI - for almost half the price ?
 
Buckster said:
I thought it was a good review

I have a lot of time for TTL's reviews - I think in general hes more than fair

that plastic thing did look odd ... seems to add additional cost - to what worth ?

btw - this is from a Gene V owner (a motherboard I think is superb)
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I agree he was just giving his honest opinion and sharing he's experiences with the board. Given the the price tag Asus has slapped on it I think it's more then fair that any problems no matter how small should get pointed out and now he will most likely get black listed by Asus because he dared to criticise them.

Also it should be pointed out that TTL is no noob, he has years and years of experience of modding, reviewing and building he's own systems so I don't see why he's opinion are less valid then OCUK staff (which BTW who has a more vested interested in this? A reviewer or someone who's job depends on selling this kind of gear?). Somehow this makes his opinions less valid? Asus makes great gear but that doesn't exclude them from criticism when things go wrong or they mess up.

And for all those who are defending Asus and think they can't do no wrong try sending something back to them for RMA and see how you get on.
 
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