Tuesday, June 4th 2013
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ASUS Unveils ROG Maximus VI Impact Mini-ITX Motherboard
ASUS announced its first Republic of Gamers (ROG) motherboard in the mini-ITX form-factor, the Maximus VI Impact, which could go on to become choice number one for SFF gaming PC builders. Arguably the most feature-rich mini-ITX motherboard ever made, the Maximus VI Impact is a socket LGA1150 motherboard based on Intel Z87 Express chipset, which supports 4th generation Core "Haswell" processors.
The board draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS connectors, and conditions it using a 10-phase VRM that off-shoots into its own little PCB, with heatsink. The other three daughterboards on the Maximus VI Impact include the SupremeFX Impact, a sound-card with an audiophile-grade 115 dBA DAC, OPAMPs, and audio-grade capacitors; and an mPCIe combo card that lends it 802.11 ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0; and an ImpactControl card that gives overclockers POST diagnostic readouts and CMOS reset/restore at the push of a button, right from the rear panel.On the connectivity front, the Maximus VI Impact gives you four SATA 6 Gb/s ports, an eSATA 6 Gb/s port, six USB 3.0 ports (four rear, two by header), six USB 2.0/1.1 ports, HDMI, DisplayPort, gigabit Ethernet (Intel controller), 6-channel SupremeFX Impact audio with 8-channel digital output, a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot, and two DDR3 DIMM slots supporting up to 32 GB of dual-channel DDR3 memory. Most ROG-exclusive features from the Maximus VI Extreme and Maximus VI Hero are carried over. ASUS didn't finalize pricing.
The board draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS connectors, and conditions it using a 10-phase VRM that off-shoots into its own little PCB, with heatsink. The other three daughterboards on the Maximus VI Impact include the SupremeFX Impact, a sound-card with an audiophile-grade 115 dBA DAC, OPAMPs, and audio-grade capacitors; and an mPCIe combo card that lends it 802.11 ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0; and an ImpactControl card that gives overclockers POST diagnostic readouts and CMOS reset/restore at the push of a button, right from the rear panel.On the connectivity front, the Maximus VI Impact gives you four SATA 6 Gb/s ports, an eSATA 6 Gb/s port, six USB 3.0 ports (four rear, two by header), six USB 2.0/1.1 ports, HDMI, DisplayPort, gigabit Ethernet (Intel controller), 6-channel SupremeFX Impact audio with 8-channel digital output, a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot, and two DDR3 DIMM slots supporting up to 32 GB of dual-channel DDR3 memory. Most ROG-exclusive features from the Maximus VI Extreme and Maximus VI Hero are carried over. ASUS didn't finalize pricing.
17 Comments on ASUS Unveils ROG Maximus VI Impact Mini-ITX Motherboard
That is an amazing Mini-ITX!!!
I for one will get this at some point. I just love how you can build a killer gaming rig using very little space.
Although the case I will put this in wont be as tiny as some other m-ITX cases out there.
:toast: ASUS for this beautiful product.
My itx dreams just keeps on getting more expensive the longer I put it off
though I miss my XtremeGamer sound card from my previous setup... :ohwell:
there is huge difference (at least to my ears) between the onboard audio (ALC889A or ALC898) and el-cheapo sound card such as XtremeGamer... and that on Roccat Kave, a 'normal' gaming hadset...
so I'm kind of curious how this "SupremeFX" sounds? :confused:
they listened to me!!!
3 emails i sent them about a ROGitx (r oh jih tics)
yeah, im a mover and shaker....(i wish)
Mini-ITX needs support like this. You could easily build a PC (Steam Box or HTPC even) that could play any games on the market today, and for some time to come, at 1080+ high to max settings with this board at it's core.
I have been looking for this level of support in this form factor for a while now. I can not tell you how often people ask me "how small can you make my PC?". But they still want it to game like a full "gaming" desktop. That task just got a lot easier.
Kudos to ASUS!
O.M.G :cool: +1
or poster just missing it?:nutkick:
i can't imagine a mpcie combo card with only one side socket!!!
:banghead:
Well, after an exact look of motherboard, i'm sure it also support ngff ssd!!!!