ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z - Layout and Design
Published by Marc Büchel on 19.07.11Fazit
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| At a first glance ASUS leaves a good impression with its Maximus IV Gene-Z. Once more very nice was the ROG color schema. Every time ASUS decides to create another ROG product it's going to be beautiful. Furthermore the board is also very well equipped. There are lots of USB ports - unfortunately only two of them support USB3.0 - and it also comes with two the PCI-Express x16 slots. This makes it possible to run a SLI or CrossFire setup on this small motherboard. | - Design - mATX Gaming Board - SLI/CrossFire possible |
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Generally the ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z's Layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. There also is a debug display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Furthermore the placement of the second PCI-Express slot is well chosen. As a matter of fact, placing a graphics card in the second PCIe x16 slot does not render the connectors at the bottom edge of the board useless which is a big plus especially with a small mATX gaming board. Furthermore the cooling blocks which keep the current converters at adequate temperatures are resonably sized. Therefore one can comfortably install even a big CPU cooler. |
- Angled SATA connectors - Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display - PCI-Express x16 not last expansion slot |
- DIMM slots close to CPU socket | |
| Page 1 - Introduction | Page 4 - Connectors and I/O |
| Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery | Page 5 - Conclusion |
| Page 3 - Layout |
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