Asus Maximus V Extreme Review

When it comes to high-end gaming motherboards, Asus has established themselves as a key player with their huge fleet of Republic Of Gamers (R.O.G) models. Today we have with us their flagship Z77 motherboard — the Maximus V Extreme. This ultra high-end motherboard is packed to the gills with features and is targeted towards enthusiasts, especially those who participate in competitive overclocking. Most of the features are lifted straight out of their X79-based Rampage IV Extreme that we previewed last October.Design and layoutThe motherboard comes well packaged with the board and the accessories securely packed in separate boxes. The Maximus V is a full ATX motherboard that uses Intel’s Z77 chipset. This means you have Socket 1155, which is compatible with new Ivy Bridge CPUs as well as the previous generation Sandy Bridge CPUs. The design of the board itself is very striking with a black PCB and a mix of black and red heatsinks and expansion slots. There are also plenty of debug LEDs for the GPUs, memory, BIOS, etc., scattered all over the board. Click here for full story