ASUS releases ROG Maximus VIII Formula mobo with EK-waterblock and RGB lighting
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antonyfrn
I think I maybe upgrading my hero, to one of these and modding my EK predator.
EspHack
weird how the pcie x1 are cut to allow longer cards but all that plastic padding is blocking it anyway
demented brave
I bet this one costs a pretty penny. Does anyone know if actively cooling the motherboard on anything post sandybridge yields substantially better overclocks? Or is it just more for the wow factor?
Segamon
about time. I love my Formula VII but this does make me drool.
__hollywood|meo
at high vcore you bet your ass the mosfets will heat up quite a bit, no matter how many extra power phases the board has. dissipating that heat quickly ensures the vrms deliver stable voltage to your cpu
its not going to increase your chips OC ceiling, but it will assure that your mobo isnt a limiting factor in your systems stability. its a nice feature. might be overkill, but i like it.
The Laughing Ma
Really I am using a Formula VII and while it is just opinion I think it looks an awful lot better.
It might be the image but the red LEDs on the board look horrible, especially the one illuminating the Formula sign and the illumination of the ROG symbol on the grey / steel coloured Southbridge cover in red? The old ROG symbol all in black with the red LED is just enough.
The Southbridge cover in grey / steel with the ROG logo looks horrible even worse if the red LED backlight.
The FVII doesn't need you to unscrew any part of the armour to mount M2 devices
The FVII is also a clean board, the only logo on it anywhere is the illuminated ROG and the Supreme FX logo is small enough and the right colour that it doesn't stand out at all. That board, the Supreme FX logo is in white, the EK logo is in grey the ROG symbol is in chrome / steel, it has Maximus VIII carved in to the armour. It's a mess.
Lol I know nitpicking the way the thing looks, I am sure that like all the other Formula boards it will perform well and overclock like a beast but the thing is the old boards were nice to look at, the 8 has way to much going on.
