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The included backplate is nicely labeled and has a soft pad on the back to make board installation fairly easy. It also contains mountings for the WiFi attennas.


For multi-GPU support, the ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME includes bridges for every possible occasion, with rigid tri- and quad-SLI bridges as well as flexible Crossfire and dual-GPU SLI bridges found inside the box. Each has the ROG logo on it, which is a nice touch that will definitely helps solidify thematic builds. ASUS includes a new case badge, a red and black badge I like a heck of a lot better than the previous design, with their Z87 ROG products.


There is also a ROG magnet that can be attached to various metal parts on your case or desk, or elsewhere. I also found Shamino, renowned ASUS OC master, to report that this magnet can even be used to release PCIe clips on most normal VGAs as it is just the right length and width to slide between cards after you have filled all the PCIe slots and cannot reach those clips with your fingers.


ASUS has a new add-on mPCIe device, the mPCIe COMBO II. This new version features an NGFF slot rather than the mSATA slots seen on past iterations, while the other side of the removable card has the WiFi/Bluetooth card, just like before. The mPCIe COMBO II card attaches to the board at the top of the rear I/O, through a solid plug built into the board's surface. The ASUS mPCIe COMBO II card stays in place by means of a bracket on the card itself, a screw that attaches it to the rear of the board, and another screw attaching it through the rear backplate, which you must screw in after mounting the board into your case.


ASUS has a new antenna design to go along with the new mPCIe COMBO II card. The magnetic antenna can be twisted into an upright position or kept flat. It can also be attached to the side of your case to save on desk space.


There is a white USB cable in the box. It is meant to be used with ASUS's ROG CONNECT feature to enable remote hardware-level OC and monitoring features through another PC, when plugged into the other PC and the proper port as indicated by the sticker on one of the USB towers.


The usual ASUS Q-CONNECT wiring blocks are also here, this time in black to match the board's color scheme, which makes case wiring a fair bit easier and more subtle. There is also that OC PANEL device and a few accessories to go along with it, but I will show you those in more detail momentarily.