ASUS Maximus VII Formula Preview

Published by Hiwa Pouri on 24.07.14
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Features

Extreme Engine Digi+ III

Since quite some time ASUS has been equipping its boards with digital power designs. Using the right software it is not only possible to adjust voltages while being in Windows on can now also control impedances. Furthermore this board features high quality 10K black metallic capacitor which guarantee a long lifespan.
 

CrossChill

This features describes the possibility to cool the VRM design of the Maximus VII Formula with water as well as with air. For this purpose, ASUS machined a channel into the VRM cooler and on both ends of this channel there is a G1/4'' thread to attach for example compression fittings.
 

ASUS Fan Xpert 2

ASUS Fan Xpert 2 provides customizable settings for fans that have been attached directly to the onboard fan headers. With the Fan Auto Tuning feature, ASUS Fan Xpert 2 automatically detects and tweaks all fan speeds and in the end reduces unwanted noise.
   

SupremeFX Formula 2014

In case of SupremeFX you get ASUS' interpretation of onboard sound for gamers. Supporting up to eight channels, the SupremeFX 2014 solution received shielding from other onboard components. Apart from that there are high quality ELNA capacitors offering as clear as possible audio. Furthermore ASUS provided the solution with the ROG color scheme. ASUS is also covered the audio chip with black chrome to minimize electromagnetic interferences. Yet another audio feature you get with the Formula is sonic Senseamp wich can detect headphone impedence automatically.
     
ROG RAM Disk RAMDisk reserves part of system memory and turns it into actual storage space, so you can place favorite app and game cache files in it to enjoy high-speed RAM performance while accessing them.
     

GameFirst III

GameFirst is a networt management software, that lets you choose from four pre-defined traffic shaping methods: Optimization, Game, media Streaming and File Sharing. The software has been designed with the goal to make network optimizations as simple as possible.
     

KeyBot

KeyBot allows you to assign macro to specific keys without the need of a special keyboard, that comes with its own proprietary software. With KeyBot you can for example wake up your PC from sleep mode, you can overclock your machine by the simple press of a key or you can load XMP profiles via the keyboard.
 

EPU

EPU automatically detects the current system load and moderates power usage. It offers a system-wide energy optimization and is able to reduce fan noise.
   

mPCIE Combo III

The mPCIe Combo III Slot can be equipped with several different expansion cards. In this case it doens't matter if you use a WiFi/Bluetooth module or even a new M.2(NGFF) SSD.


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