ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO (Intel LGA 1150)

Grnfinger · Jul 15, 2013

crazy hot here in eastern Ontario

Great review and great board
Glad I went with Asus

PopcornMachine · Jul 15, 2013

I'm very happy with my ASUS Gene-Z.

Nice to see ASUS offering ROG quality boards at a decent price.

Farmer Boe · Jul 15, 2013

I've been eagerly anticipating this review for a while! Excellent stuff all around I see.

Edmonton = Rainmonton lol

cadaveca · Jul 15, 2013

Farmer Boe said:
I've been eagerly anticipating this review for a while! Excellent stuff all around I see.

Edmonton = Rainmonton lol

I've been vacuuming water up in my basement since the last post I made in this thread. Came down pretty hard for quite some time (I'm in holyrood); it's still raining, but at least I can see across the street now !

3.5 hours of cleaning up water, and not done yet. damn. Today's a wasted day. Thanks, MOther Nature! :eek:

Farmer Boe · Jul 15, 2013

cadaveca said:
I've been vacuuming water up in my basement since the last post I made in this thread. Came down pretty hard for quite some time (I'm in holyrood); it's still raining, but at least I can see across the street now !

3.5 hours of cleaning up water, and not done yet. damn. Today's a wasted day. Thanks, MOther Nature!

Yeah mother nature can quite unusual sometimes. Luckily I don't have a basement to deal with where I'm at.

I hope nothing was too damaged at your place. Good luck and try stay dry :toast:

MxPhenom 216 · Jul 15, 2013

cadaveca said:
I've been vacuuming water up in my basement since the last post I made in this thread. Came down pretty hard for quite some time (I'm in holyrood); it's still raining, but at least I can see across the street now !

3.5 hours of cleaning up water, and not done yet. damn. Today's a wasted day. Thanks, MOther Nature!

Or is it an issue with the way the house is built? Like where is the water coming in?

VulkanBros · Jul 15, 2013

cadaveca said:
[page=Introduction]

1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Nouse port <br />

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ASUS has apparently invented something new - a Nouse port

Just silly me - thorough review as always Dave

McSteel · Jul 15, 2013

Great review, Dave. I wonder how Asus made the audio so good, though, as it can't just be down to good isolation/EMI filtering... We're really encroaching into "stay with onboard unless shelling out $150+" territory. Apart from that, looks to be a very nice board. Wonder who actually made (manufactured) the board, as I can't bring myself to believe this could be ECS' work.

Oh and in MSI's defense (as if they need it), beta BIOSes for all their higher-end boards (gaming, enthusiast, OC) are available at their forums. I've been jumping to betas as soon as each of them appeared, and they've proven as stable as retails, while quickly introducing fixes for irritating issues... At least that's my personal experience for a friend's Z77-GD65 and my own Z77 MPower. I suspect that Haswell-oriented products will receive even more attention now, so there should be a beta every two weeks or so.

PolRoger · Jul 16, 2013

What?

No voltage readout points on an ROG board?

sc · Jul 16, 2013

PolRoger said:
What? No voltage readout points on an ROG board?

Now that the "entry level" ROG is called Hero, I hope the Gene boards will become more hardcore - as they should be - and have features like that.

RCoon · Jul 16, 2013

That sir is a saucy board, and one thing I like, is the red accent. There isnt TOO much red in the colour scheme.

Nirutbs · Jul 16, 2013

sanadanosa said:
nice board actually, but here in Indonesia, it cost about $360. Asus products always overpriced here

same as Thailand frd

I bought it 300$ very bad I will change when formula comes :roll:

springs113 · Jul 16, 2013

Nice review, but those lower priced MSI boards have truly shined against all competition. I normally would consider the Asus board here but I was tired of the color scheme and every1 doing the same ol same ol...withouta doubt it packs a punch though.

Anusha · Aug 1, 2013

cadaveca said:
Audio on this board is stunning. ASUS managed to hit the target audience directly in all aspects, but the lack of BIOS profiling for easy OCs was a bit disappointing. IF you know how to tweak memory and such, and don't need the profiles to try to break records, there's no reason to choose anything else. OR is there?

How would you rate its audio side by side with a X-Fi Titanium?

cadaveca · Aug 1, 2013

Anusha said:
How would you rate its audio side by side with a X-Fi Titanium?

NO idea, I don't have the X-FI Titanium.

Anusha · Aug 1, 2013

cadaveca said:
NO idea, I don't have the X-FI Titanium.

Doesn't matter. I bought the Hero and I'll figure it out myself. XD

springs113 · Aug 2, 2013

Anusha said:
How would you rate its audio side by side with a X-Fi Titanium?

well it seems to me all these boards use the same underlying codec and if that holds true... not a chance in competing with a dedicated sound card, my zxr is a night and day difference from my onboard

Anusha · Aug 2, 2013

springs113 said:
well it seems to me all these boards use the same underlying codec and if that holds true... not a chance in competing with a dedicated sound card, my zxr is a night and day difference from my onboard

I guess it depend on your speakers as well. Hero's audio is the best onboard audio currently available. If it is only slightly inferior to the X-Fi Titanium but the drivers are much more stable, I would use the onboard audio. We shall see tomorrow.

Anusha · Aug 3, 2013

hey Dave, on the 6th page in the test system table, you say Z77 chipset instead of Z87. (Motherboard row)

cadaveca · Aug 3, 2013

Anusha said:
hey Dave, on the 6th page in the test system table, you say Z77 chipset instead of Z87. (Motherboard row)

Whut you talking about, Willis?

:laugh:

Anusha · Aug 3, 2013

cadaveca said:
Whut you talking about, Willis?

The review, 6th page, test system table.

McSteel · Aug 3, 2013

Movie reference humor is lost on this one...

cadaveca · Aug 3, 2013

McSteel said:
Movie reference humor is lost on this one...

Ha, try 70's TV. :laugh:

Anusha said:
The review, 6th page, test system table.

Must be a ninja somewheres...

Nabarun · Aug 4, 2013

So looks like the GD65 is gonna be replaced by this HERO on my wishlist. But the thing is, other than the ROG stuff and slightly better audio than the Realtech 1150, this one hardly brings a lot to the table (for me, that is). What would you recommend - the Asus Z87 Deluxe, this one, or some cheaper board like the Asus Z87-K/Pro/A/MSI-G43 with discrete LAN (I do need dual LAN), a discrete sound card like the Asus Xonar DX ? Have you tried any of these cheaper boards (particularly the Asus Z87-K and MSI G43)? I wanna know how they overclock and what the temps/wattage is like. I'm pretty much decided on the Corsair H100i (but probably there won't be push-pull, since hardly any decent, affordable mid tower supports that. My eyes are on the Corsair Carbide 500R). I won't be going for multi-GPU.

cadaveca · Aug 4, 2013

Nope, I have not had the opportunity to use any of the more affordable boards yet. The "cheapest" I have is the ASUS Z87-A.

System Name	Tahiti Treat
Processor	i7 4770K @ 4500MHz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus VI Hero
Cooling	Custom H20
Memory	Patriot Viper 8GB @ 1866MHz
Video Card(s)	2X Sapphire 7870XT (Tahiti Core) @ 1150/1500 CrossFire
Storage	2 x Intel 120GB 520 Series SSD Raid0 # 2x Seagate 1TB Raid0 # 1 WD 2TB EARS
Display(s)	3 x 22" Eyefinity
Case	Cosmos S Custom
Audio Device(s)	Asus X-FI
Power Supply	Corsair AX860i
Software	Win7 64Bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6848547

System Name	Vulcan
Processor	i6 6600K
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Z170X UD3
Cooling	Thermaltake Frio Silent 14
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Video Card(s)	ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage	Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 1TB SSD
Display(s)	QNIX 27 Inch 1440p
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750
Software	Win 10 64-bit

System Name	Prime Shiz
Processor	Intel i7 4770K 4.4Ghz 1.31v
Motherboard	MSI Z97A Gaming 6
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866MHz 16GB @ 2200 CL10
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX1070 GAMING X 8GB
Storage	Crucial BX100 250GB, Corsair Force 3 240GB, Crucial BX100 500GB
Display(s)	Asus VS24AH-P
Case	Silverstone Fortress FT02 USB3.0
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essense STX
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2
Mouse	Mionix Naos 3200
Keyboard	CM Storm Quickfire TK reds

System Name	Prime Shiz
Processor	Intel i7 4770K 4.4Ghz 1.31v
Motherboard	MSI Z97A Gaming 6
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866MHz 16GB @ 2200 CL10
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX1070 GAMING X 8GB
Storage	Crucial BX100 250GB, Corsair Force 3 240GB, Crucial BX100 500GB
Display(s)	Asus VS24AH-P
Case	Silverstone Fortress FT02 USB3.0
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essense STX
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2
Mouse	Mionix Naos 3200
Keyboard	CM Storm Quickfire TK reds

System Name	Ryzen Reflection
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master
Cooling	2x EK PE360 \| TechN AM4 AMD Block Black \| EK Quantum Vector Trinity GPU Nickel + Plexi
Memory	Teamgroup T-Force Xtreem 2x16GB B-Die 3600 @ 14-14-14-28-42-288-2T 1.45v
Video Card(s)	Zotac AMP HoloBlack RTX 3080Ti 12G \| 950mV 1950Mhz
Storage	WD SN850 500GB (OS) \| Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (Games_1) \| Samsung 970 Evo 1TB (Games_2)
Display(s)	Asus XG27AQM 240Hz G-Sync Fast-IPS \| Gigabyte M27Q-P 165Hz 1440P IPS \| Asus 24" IPS (portrait mode)
Case	Lian Li PC-011D XL \| Custom cables by Cablemodz
Audio Device(s)	FiiO K7 \| Sennheiser HD650 + Beyerdynamic FOX Mic
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum 850
Mouse	Razer Viper v2 Pro
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Plus 75% Wireless - USB Mode
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit

ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO (Intel LGA 1150)

Grnfinger

PopcornMachine

Farmer Boe

cadaveca

My name is Dave

Farmer Boe

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

VulkanBros

McSteel

PolRoger

sc

RCoon

Nirutbs

springs113

Anusha

cadaveca

My name is Dave

Anusha

springs113

Anusha

Anusha

cadaveca

My name is Dave

Anusha

McSteel

cadaveca

My name is Dave

Nabarun

cadaveca

My name is Dave

System Name	Commercial towing vehicle "Nostromo"
Processor	5800X3D
Motherboard	X570 Unify
Cooling	EK-AIO 360
Memory	32 GB Fury 3666 MHz
Video Card(s)	4070 Ti Eagle
Storage	SN850 NVMe 1TB + Renegade NVMe 2TB + 870 EVO 4TB
Display(s)	25" Legion Y25g-30 360Hz
Case	Lian Li LanCool 216 v2
Audio Device(s)	Razer Blackshark v2 Hyperspeed / Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2e
Power Supply	HX1500i
Mouse	Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition
Keyboard	Scope II 96 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 23H2 / Fedora w. KDE

System Name	Chaos
Processor	Intel Core i5 4590K @ 4.0 GHz
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPower MAX AC
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer i30 + MX4
Memory	4x4 GB Kingston HyperX Beast 2400 GT/s CL11
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1070 Dual @ stock
Storage	256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD + 1 TB WD Green (Idle timer off) + 320 GB WD Blue
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Case	Fractal Design Define R3
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX750 Platinum
Mouse	CM Storm Recon
Keyboard	CM Storm Quickfire Pro (MX Red)

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Processor	Ryzen 5900X in ECO-mode.
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X570-I Gaming
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9B SE2
Memory	GSKILL Flare X F4-3200C14D-16GFX
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC 1660Ti AMP
Storage	WD Black SN750 500GB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 24" SD590 Series
Case	NCASE M1
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	CORSAIR SF750
Mouse	Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
Keyboard	KB Paradise V80 Olivette TKL
Software	W10

System Name	HP Omen 17
Processor	i7 7700HQ
Memory	16GB 2400Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	GTX 1060
Storage	Samsung SM961 256GB + HGST 1TB
Display(s)	1080p IPS G-SYNC 75Hz
Audio Device(s)	Bang & Olufsen
Power Supply	230W
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD+
Software	Win 10 Pro

System Name	Blackwidow/
Processor	Ryzen 5950x / Threadripper 3960x
Motherboard	Asus x570 Crosshair viii impact/ Asus Zenith ii Extreme
Cooling	Ek 240Aio/Custom watercooling
Memory	32gb ddr4 3600MHZ Crucial Ballistix / 32gb ddr4 3600MHZ G.Skill TridentZ Royal
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6900xt/ XFX 6800xt
Storage	WD SN850 1TB boot / Samsung 970 evo+ 1tb boot, 6tb WD SN750
Display(s)	Sony A80J / Dual LG 27gl850
Case	Cooler Master NR200P/ 011 Dynamic XL
Audio Device(s)	On board/ Soundblaster ZXR
Power Supply	Corsair SF750w/ Seasonic Prime Titanium 1000w
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate wireless/ Logitech G Pro X Superlight
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL/ Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Win 10 Pro

Processor	Intel Core i7 4790K
Motherboard	Asus Z97i Plus
Cooling	Antec Kuhler 620 + Gentle Typhoon 3000RPM
Memory	A-DATA XPG V2 DDR3-2400 16GB
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Storage	Samsung 850 Ev0 500GB
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Case	Silverstone SG13
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone SX-500LG
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Lux
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Not interested in benchmarks

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Processor	Intel I5 4670K @stock
Motherboard	Asus H81m-cs (nothing else available now)
Cooling	CM Hyper 212X (in push-pull)
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance Dual Channel 1866MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus RX 580 4GB Dual
Storage	WD Blue 1TB, WD Black 2TB, Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
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Case	Cooler Master CM 690 III (Transparent side panel) - illuminated with NZXT HUE RGB
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Power Supply	Corsair RM 850
Mouse	Redragon M901 PERDITION 16400 DPI Laser Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy FPS Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Cherry MX Brown)
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