The Asus Republic of Gamers Maximus VII Formula Z97 motherboard is in South Africa, and it is one sexy piece of hardware.
The Maximus VII (Watch Dogs Special Edition) is retailing for R5,705 locally, and is worth the money even if you only plan to hang it on your wall as a piece of avant-garde art.
If you do plan to put it inside your gaming PC, though, you will not be disappointed.
The Maximus caters for for the 4th and 5th generation Intel i3, i5, and i7 processors, can handle up to 32GB of DDR3 RAM, has 2 PCI 3.0 slots, 8 USB 3 ports, ROG high-definition audio output, and a whole lot more.
The full spec sheet, which goes into great detail, has been posted at the bottom of the article.
ASUS ROG Maximus VII Formula Z97
The Maximus is focused on “gaming rather than over-clocking”, features a hybrid cooling solution – CrossChill Copper hybrid-cooling solution – and the ROG Armor.
Here are some more pretty pictures of the motherboard.
ASUS ROG Maximus VII Formula Z97
ASUS ROG Maximus VII Formula Z97
ASUS ROG Maximus VII Formula Z97
Spec sheet
Chipset
- Intel Z97 Express
- LGA 1150 for the 4th, new 4th, and 5th-generation Intel Core i3, i5, i7, Pentium, and Celeron processors
Memory
- Dual-channel memory architecture; 4 x DIMMs, up to a maximum of 32GB, DDR3 3300+ (O.C.)
- Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Expansion slots
- 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (Single at x16, dual at x8/x8 mode)
- 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (Maximum at x4 mode)
- 3 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
- 1 x mini-PCIe 2.0 x1 slot on mPCIe Combo III card
Graphics (VGA)
- Integrated Intel HD Graphics processor
- DisplayPort 1.2 with maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 (4K x 2K) at 24Hz and 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz
- HDMI with maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 (4K x 2K) at 24Hz / 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz
- Intel InTru 3D/Quick Sync Video/Clear Video HD Technology/Insider
Multi-GPU
- Quad-GPU Nvidia SLI and AMD 3-way/Quad-GPU CrossFireX Technology
Storage
- 10 x SATA 6.0 Gbit/s (4 shared with SATA Express)
- 2 x SATA Express
- 1 x M.2 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2260 storage devices supported (on mPCIe Combo III card)
Networking/LAN
- Intel I218-V Gigabit LAN with GameFirst III and ASUS LANGuard
USB
- 8 x USB 3.0 ports (6 on back panel, 2 mid-board)
- 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 on back panel, 4 mid-board)
Audio
- ROG SupremeFX Formula 2014 8-channel high-definition audio
- SupremeFX shielding technology
- Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC (SNR: 120dB)
- WIMA film capacitors
- Texas Instruments LM4562 high-fidelity audio operational amplifier
- ELNA premium audio capacitors
- Sonic SoundStage/Sonic SenseAmp/Sonic Studio/Sonic Radar II
- DTS Connect, optical S/PDIF-out port on back panel
Dimensions / form factor
- ATX, 12-inch x 9.6-inch (30.5cm x 24.4cm)
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