Without a doubt, the ASUS Maximus VIII Extreme Assembly is a true high-end motherboard. If you're planning on overclocking your Skylake CPU, no matter whether it's extreme overclocking or aircooled OC, this is an ideal platform. Apart from that this board is also a great choice for powerful gaming system as well as workstations, which pack a good punch. We appreciate that many different storage devices can be attached no matter if they feature an M.2, SATA, SATA Express or even U.2 connector. Apart from that there is a high-quality power design, which is more than capable of handling extreme overclocking. It's almost self-evident that this much high-end is not cheap. Unlike the classic red and black model, the version tested here provides a couple of additional features like the ROG 10G EXPRESS network card and an external sound card of the Supreme series. The ASUS Maximus VIII Extreme Assembly sells for no less than 400 Euro these days. We're pretty sure there are quite a few users might be asking why there is no PLX chip on this board in order to avoid any lanes sharing. The reason for that is pretty simple: PLX chips are insanely expensive (a PEX8747 costs approximately USD 70) and that would have pushed the cost for the entire motherboard above 500 Euro. That in the end is more than what the Rampage V Extreme costs.

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