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September 2015
(86%)
69 Reviews
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Abstract: The Z170-A and Maximus VIII Gene boxes.Today, a pair of Asus Z170 motherboards are up for evaluation. Belonging to the Republic of Gamers series, the Maximus VIII Gene is a high-end model packed into a microATX form factor. The Z170-A is a less expensive...
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Published: 2015-08-05, Author: Mark , review by: overclock3d.net
and Video The Republic of Gamers Gene Series of Motherboard has always been at the pinnacle of what can be achieved in the mATX for any given socket, with very few peers. This version is no exception, offering a significant upgrade from it's predecessor...
Published: 2015-08-05, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
UEFI interface, performance, overclocking, power consumption, price/performance ratio
Asus Maximus VIII Gene is the new mATX ROG motherboard to be used with Intel Skylake CPUs. Just like the VIII son before it, the VIII version made me a very good impression.It offers a solid platform filled with stability and overclocking features. And al...
ASUS’ Maximus VIII Gene proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that good things can come in small packages. It boasts features normally found on much more expensive boards, allows for some impressive overclocking feats and incorporates several elements that ma...
Cutting right to the chase, it's easy to see that ASUS is able to deliver an M-ATX motherboard that has all the overclocking chops the ATX form factor Maximus VIII Hero has, but in a smaller package. First, the performance delivered by the Maximus VIII Ge...
Solid UEFI Interface, Good overclocking potential, USB 3.1 TypeA and TypeC, Good allocation of storage and connectivity interfaces
Expensive, Some overclocking settings is complicated and hard to master
Last year, the previous Gene also had illuminated parts and seeing as the Gene's siblings now included RGB lighting, we were disappointed with the fact that this feature isn't included on the Gene but the Hero, which does include it, although it costs the...
Excellent build quality, Solid performance, Good overclocking options, Good looks, Fullfeatured mATX motherboard, MultiGPU support, USB3.1 Type A and Type C
Nitpicks: New heatsink color may not appeal to all
Skylake has been a very weird launch but despite of that, it is still a new platform and will be the one we will have going forward to 2016. As we've seen throughout the last generations, motherboard technology has reached the point where all brands can c...
Características de gama alta en tamaño MATX, Sistema de sonido SupremeFX 2015, Chip Ethernet Intel de alta calidad, Soporte a memorias ram DDR4 de 3866MHz, Soporta USB 3.1 Tipo A y Tipo C
Nada que destacar
Tanto a nivel características como en su rendimiento, la placa madre es muy similar a las otras hermanas que revisamos, obviamente adaptando sus especificaciones a lo que entra en el tamaño M-ATX de la placa, pero que de todas maneras cumple a la perfecci...
Published: 2015-08-14, Author: Javier , review by: geeknetic.es
No os voy a engañar. No hemos conseguido los ansiados 5GHz en nuestro Core i7-6700k de pruebas. Este procesador no da más con nuestras exigencias de voltajes y temperaturas bajas pero esta placa nos da un juego de overclocking que hemos disfrutado mucho...
