Finished Looks

The ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme on the test bench looks great. The full heatsink coverage and mirror-polished finish speak volumes. The design team at ASUS knows what worked well previously and built upon the core design.


The RGB on the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme is exceptional. RGB lovers will enjoy the side glow and additional lights on the chipset and IO sections.

Test System

Supporting Hardware

Testing is performed with the newest available version of the BIOS at the time. All BIOS settings related to the CPU are left untouched. XMP is enabled for the memory. However, if the primary, secondary or tertiary memory timings are incorrectly set by the BIOS, it is tested as-is to mimic a standard user. The same goes for the CPU. Unless it is a bug in the current BIOS—i.e., not present in other versions—any and all CPU boost parameters are left alone.