Review: ASUS Maximus V Extreme
Published by Marc Büchel on 05.07.12Conclusion
| Allgemein | + | - | |
| The first 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 make this board future proof. On the "Extreme" side 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 tempetures which go all the way down to -196°C or even lower. | -
Design - 4 x PCI-Express 3.0 Slot - OC-key - Professional temperature sensors - VGA Hotwire |
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| Layout | + | - | |
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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. This is possible because of a PLX bridge chip that splits the incoming 16 lanes to 32 lanes. 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. |
- Angled SATA connectors
- Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display - Space around the CPU socket - Voltage readouts |
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| Performance | + | - | |
| With the Maximus V Extreme, ASUS has a motherboard in its portfolio, which shows exceptionally solid benchmark results. The performance was very good concerning 3DMark 11, 3DMark 01, SiSoftSandra, SuperPi 1M, SuperPi 32M and wPrime 1024M. You can find only one performance glitches with Resident Evil. A closer look at the power consumption on the other hand shows that this is a board with a lot of features. High power consumption is typical for this kind of motherboard. Therefore it is no surprise that you can find this board almost at the bottom third of our comparison tables when it comes to power consumption. | - 3DMark 11 Total - 3DMark 01 - SiSoft Sandra - SuperPi 1M - SuperPi 32M - wPrime 1024M |
- Resident Evil | |
| BIOS / Overclocking | + | - | |
| These day ASUS is also a byword for exceptionally good BIOS'es. It has everything it needs to have and even more. There is a very nice design, an easy to understand structure and setting for everything you might want to adjust or change. Even overclockers find a lot of new settings to play with. There are for example all the memory presets, which are great if you want to achieve good results quickly. In the end it has been childrens play to reach the clock wall of our test CPU. | - Well structured BIOS
- UEFI-BIOS - Overclocking - Too many options/settings, we love that! |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| If you want to build an absolute high end comptuer or an overclocking rig, which is based on Intels Ivy Bridge CPU then the Maximus V Extreme is one of the very best choices for this purpose. | - High-End - Gaming - Overclocking |
- Normal people | |
| Rating | |||
| We give the Maximus V Extreme excellent five out of five stars. | |||
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