Maximus V Gene Preview/Review 8 Pack style

I keep swaying between the Asus Maximus v Gene and the Asrock Z77 FATAL1TY Professional-M, my heart says Gene but my brain says the bang for the buck lies with Asrock, what is a girl to do?
 
Are you sponsored by ASUS 8 Pack? Also, how do you find so much time to do all this testing:- you must have access to a Tardis, or just never sleep:)?

Great work though. You convinced to buy an MVG, and it is a trully awesome mobo.
 
No I am not sponsored by ASUS no. I am on the ROG forum and help out as support but I am not sponsored. When I am home I do the testing while gaming but your right it does take a lot of time up.

I do sleep, but not much!!! lol

I am in a lot at the moment though as I am dieting for a competition.

You need any help with getting the best out of the board when you get it let me know.
 
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Which Trident X do you have?? I am presuming your sig shows improved timings.
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I have the G.Skill DDR3 F3-2400C10D-8GTX TridentX kit. Them in my sig is the best i can get out of them 2600 is a no go. There single sided thou and looking on forums single sided dont clock has much. Will wait for 2800 kit to come out.
 
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You need any help with getting the best out of the board when you get it let me know.
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Already got it, setup and running a 2500K @ 5GHz with 16GB Samsung Green ram at 2133MHz 9-10-10-24 1T @ 1.5v. I can even run the ram at 2400MHz (almost unheard of on Sandy Bridge), but that needs relaxed timings which make it bench slower than 2133MHz.

It is a great mobo and I am well happy with it. It makes for a very powerful system within my tiny TJ08 MATX case. I may take some piccy's later.
 
A few pictures of my new MVG build.

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*Silverstone TJ08-E M-ATX case
*ASUS Maximus V Gene Z77
*i7 2500K @ 5GHz coolerd by a Noctua NH-D14
*16GB (4x 4GB) Samsung Green @ 2133MHz 9-10-10-24 1T
*Powercolor 7850 with Accelero Twin Turbo II cooler @ 1275 / 5800 (benches @ 1325 / 6100 and temps never go above 50deg)
*Corsair HX850W PSU
*128GB Crucial M4 SSD + 2TB F4 HDD + BD R/W

Picture #3 shows just how tight a Noctua NH-D14 fits next to the first PCI-E slot. I had to custom mod the Noctua's fan clips with insultation tape becuase they touch the graphics card. SSD is also custom fit (stuck to the single drive case at the bottom with black Duck tape).
 
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can anyone explain cpu fan speeds for me please ? - see below - I've suddenly managed to drop 6-7C off my Ivy load temps ... but don't understand what the mobo is trying to do:

I'm officially confused .... the motherboard DOES seem to be affecting the fan speed -

top - is smart mode, bottom rpm fix. Note reported rpm (orange dot ?) seems lower than the requested speed ? Then when you change to Fixed RPM mode - you suddenly hear the cpu fans spin up notably .... and cpu temps drop a lot too ....

2nd note - in both smart mode and fixed rpm mode - the reported fan speeds (not shown in screenshots) are the same ... 1100rpm - but you can quite clearly hear the cpu fans spin up when yo move from smart mode to fixed rpm. Any ideas whats going on please ?

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Buckster said:
can anyone explain cpu fan speeds for me please ? - see below - I've suddenly managed to drop 6-7C off my Ivy load temps ... but don't understand what the mobo is trying to do:

I'm officially confused .... the motherboard DOES seem to be affecting the fan speed -

top - is smart mode, bottom rpm fix. Note reported rpm (orange dot ?) seems lower than the requested speed ? Then when you change to Fixed RPM mode - you suddenly hear the cpu fans spin up notably .... and cpu temps drop a lot too ....

2nd note - in both smart mode and fixed rpm mode - the reported fan speeds (not shown in screenshots) are the same ... 1100rpm - but you can quite clearly hear the cpu fans spin up when yo move from smart mode to fixed rpm. Any ideas whats going on please ?

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Do you have standard or PWN fans plugged into the CPU Fan slot? The two CPU headers only work properly with the 4 pin PWN type.
 
555BUK said:
Do you have standard or PWN fans plugged into the CPU Fan slot? The two CPU headers only work properly with the 4 pin PWN type.
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standard fans - its a Noctua NH-12UP SE or whatever cooler - only come with 3 pin fans :(

comes with 2x120mm fans - one I have plugged into the CPU fan header, the other the CPU_OPT header
 
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