Packaging

The box that keeps the ASUS Maximus V Formula safe on its trip from the factory to your door is pretty traditional as well, all red with silver lettering. The front is simple and the back goes into detail about everything the board provides.


However, the box also adds two flaps, both of which carry more specific details about the Maximus V Formula's features. Not only that, I also found a huge Diablo III logo staring back at me after I opened the first flap. When I opened the second, I could see the board and a black box that the second flap told me was the ThunderFX audio device. The Diablo III logo is actually a mouse pad that is embedded into the box itself, and I honestly couldn't figure out how to remove it without ripping the box to pieces. Some simple indicator of how to get it out of the box could have helped here.


I tossed the box aside, and placed the two boxes I found inside into my photo background. Notice that the board's inner boxing is twice as deep as normal in order to accommodate the ThunderFX device that is clad in its own plastic clamshell. Packaging the two together also serves to protect the board a bit more. There are a couple inches of cardboard-box between the board and the box front/box rear, the front part of which you can see here.


The rear part of that buffer of protection comes from the goodie-box, inside of which is a whole bunch more than I expected. One section of the goodie-box holds the mess of cables for the ThunderFX, one paper-based stuff, one the board's cabling, and yet another other stuff. Yes, more stuff.

Contents

As I mentioned, there's a lot of stuff here. It's nice to see it so intelligently organized. Finding a cable, or whatever else you need, amidst all that stuff is pretty simple. A full list is below:

• 1x I/O Shield
• 1x User Manual
• 1x Drive Labels
• 1x Door Hanger
• 1x Large ROG Case Badge
• 1x White ROG Connect Cable
• 1x Extended SLI Bridge
• 1x mPCIe Combo Device
• 2x WiFi Antennas
• 1x Driver CD
• 6x SATA 6 Gb/s cables with locking pins
• 3x ThunderFX Cables
• 1x Q-Connect kit