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impression the Maximus V Extreme from ASUS leaves makes us want more.
Once again we like the ROG design, which meanwhile belongs to the
evergreens in the industry. Furthermore there are four PCI Express 3.0
slots which makes this board future proof. In the introduction we were
talking that with the motherboard ASUS claims that extreme is back and
in this category then, we find for example the OC-key. This little
device lets you monitor all the system readouts onscreen. What you're
also going to find are connectors for professional temperature sensors,
which allow accurate temperature monitoring. This is especially useful
for extreme overclocking where you have tempeture which go all the way
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Design
- 4 x PCI-Express 3.0 Slot
- OC-key
- Professional
temperature sensors
- VGA Hotwire
- VGA Power Control |
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Basically the ASUS Maximus V
Extreme's Layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled
SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. There is also a debug
display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in
your system or the board itself. Even the placement of the PCI-Express x16 is
very well chosen. There is a total of five of these slots, whereas red ones can
access eight lanes each when there are graphics cards in every slot. We also liked the
voltage readouts as well as the possibility that one can deactivate the
different PCI-Express x16 expansion slots via dip switches. The Maximus V Extreme really seems
to be a very complete overclocking motherboard.
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- Angled SATA connectors
- Power/Reset-Button onboard
- Debug display
- Space around the CPU
socket
- Voltage readouts |
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