Maximus V Extreme Official Thread!!

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I have only had this board since Monday so the usual array of tests are not complete due to time pressures but hopefully you can get the feel for this top of the line board from what I have done so far.

Lets start with a link to the offical ASUS webpage for this board. Here all downloads can be found and a detailed overview of the board.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/Maximus_V_Extreme/#download

Here are a couple of pics I took. Ignore the blue coming through the board as I had already started insulating for testing before I took these pics.



and the I/O area:



The layout of the board is very similar to the Rampage IV with a Black PCI ex slot that can run at 16x situated in the middle of the board to allow for three card SLI or Crossfire with 3 slot cooler video cards. The DIY area is top right with poster display, power and reset switches, LN2 mode jumper and slow mode. Also in this area you have VGA hotwire for over volting your cards. This board is supporting 6 SATA III ports, Two native to Intel chipset and the other 4 on two separate ASmedia controllers which can be enabled or disabled separately in Bios. Interesting and different to RIVE we have an extra Esata port near the base of the board and the same mini card and Thunder FX ports as on the Formula.

The bios is very similar layout to the Formula too which I have already posted shots of in the formula thread. Of course the MVE has dual bios chips which can be switched between at anytime so you can test bios at will, The Formula does not have this I have included the main differences in the two Bioses here:



This has a new feature where you can load or save profiles to USB stick so that when you update / change Bios your profiles are not lost. This is a great feature for your average overclocker or extreme user who has a stable system and wants to use the same settings with a different bios.



This shows an interesting feature for the Benchmarker who wants to improve Super Pi 32mb perf. Just enable Super Pi mode!!!! I have not tried this feature yet but will when I get a chance to do further testing. Another setting that comes in useful at top clocks is IMC DRAM offset, controlling the internal IMC voltage;).





Extra on board stuff including blue tooth, Thunder FX!!!
 


The Onboard Graphics can be forced off on this board. Great for those using the PCI EX graphics option as it means no system resources are wasted on the onboard GPU which your not using!



All the PCI ex lanes are configurable too from within bios as is those governed by the PLX chip. Seperate "Menus" or "Bioses" can be enabled at boot to give the user full control.

I have to say the OC key for this board is very well implemented. I have used that throughout testing and had no problems at all with it. It adjusts monitors everything in real time just like RIVE. The feature where you can pause a benchmark mid run "rest hardware" or even change settings and then carry on with the bench with no lose in score is superb and something exclusive to this board even the mighty RIVE does not have this feature.

So far I have run XP, Vista32 and 7 64Bit on the board with no problems at all with drivers or hardware compatibility.

I have also Run GTX 580, 680 and 7970 all without a hitch. Perfectly stable in the odd game and bench. Not done muti GPU yet that comes later today I hope.

Here are some pics of my test system with full insulation for Cascade Cooling:







Best use of a dish cloth ever!!!:D



Pi1mb, Pi32mb (DDR2700!!!) This can be run at higher CPU mhz but this mem speed gives better results. I will improve this a lot when I cool the RAM to -50 here we are on air and Pifast.





 
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Thus far I have found the MVE does not disappoint in any area.

The feature set is excellent and what you would expect from such a Top line premium product. Some features such IMC Offset, Super Pi Setting, OC KEY are unique with the ones I have used so far being very well implemented. I love the OC key and IMC offset allows you to stabalise high mhz ram easily often without added VCCIO.

It runs very stable even when pushed very hard which is most important and this stability will translate into good everyday performance and reliability for the user who is not using Extreme cooling.

When I do more tests I will post them here and add to this conclusion.

Thus far the MVE is proving to be a product of true quality which ASUS has done right.
 
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Got mine coming today at some point. Can't wait! I really hope my RAM is compatible though! UEFI will take getting used to though...
 
That will be fine I would say . The board is compatible from my experience so far. I have used Hynix, PSC and BBSE Dimms with it no problem.
 
Yeah its to stop condensation on the board when you freeze the CPU.

If you have any problems with the dimms XMP mate we will set em up by setting each timing. I do this anyway on all DIMMS.
 
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