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Maximus VI Formula Discussion Thread

Raja
Level 13
Maximus VI Formula Overview and Discussion Thread

The Maximus VI Formula should be available to purchase in a few weeks. A motherboard many have been waiting for, and for good reason. Plenty of cool features on offer, we won't go into them all, but have picked out some of the salient ones for you to check out below:

Board layout and features at a glance:



Gaming Features



SupremeFX






The Maximus VI Formula sports a specialized audio solution called SupremeFX. Based on Realtek’s latest ALC1150 chipset, the Cirrus Logic DAC and the TPA6120 headphone amplifier and an optimized PCB layout - isolating PCB layers and spacing sensitive traces away from other areas of the motherboard. Shielding is also utilized to minimize spurious noise from entering signal lines. High quality capacitors are used for power supply decoupling to minimize ripple and provide a low impedance at audio critical frequencies. The end result is a 120dB SNR, placing the Maximus VI Formula's onboard audio solution on par with the best discrete soundcards available.


On the software side, the latest addition to the package is Sonic Radar:






The Sonic Radar GUI


Sonic Radar is a HUD that is useful in FPS games. It shows a visual representation of where sounds are coming from. The location of footsteps, gunshots, explosions and anything else is shown in the 360 degree HUD while gaming:




BF3 – Sonic Radar showing direction of audio effects




The HUD can be made more transparent and its location on the screen changed. Sonic Radar very useful feature when gaming with stereo headsets, where surround effects are simulated and may not be easy to pinpoint.



On the subject of headsets, Perfect Voice has been added to improve the clarity of VOIP calls. It’s a software based filter that uses digital signal processing to remove noise pickup from your mic while making a call:






DSP helps reduce ambient noise for clearer comms



Perfect Voice works with any plug in microphone/headset to clean up voice transmission during calls.




ROG RAMDISK





With high density memory modules and kits becoming the norm, many of us have an abundance of free memory on our systems that never gets utilized. ROG RAM Disk has been coded to take advantage of that free space to help speed up the system.





ROG RAM Disk GUI



Unlike many free RAM drive tools, ROG RAM DISK has no size limitations – up to 80% of the free memory (not used by the OS) can be configured as a RAM drive.


To get you an idea of how fast a RAM drive is, check the screenshot below:





10000 MB/s sequential write speeds



Applications stored on ROG RAM DISK are written to hard storage (HHD/SSD) when the system is prompted for shutdown.



Of course, re-installing games to the RAM DISK would be a painful experience. That's why ROG RAM DISK has a feature know as Junction Mode.








Setting a junction point to a game folder allows critical game files to be transferred to the RAM DISK without interfering with the original installation. Just point the software at the game folder and it will take care of the rest. This way, critical files such as maps can be accessed directly from the RAM DISK, speeding up load times.



Discussing features is fine, but what really matters for many users in knowing a board can overclock and run stable. How about 24 hour stability testing? Here's a few screenies from JJ, showing the Maximus VI Formula running different memory configs and CPU overclocks:




Over 24 hours AIDA64 passed at 4.7GHz DDR3-2800 16GB 4x4




Over 24 hours AIDA64 passed at 4.6GHz DDR3-2133 32GB 8X4





4.8GHz DDR3-2400 AIDA 1 Hour - right at the limits of the CPU and cooling






Use this thread to discuss/share results when you get your boards folks 🙂
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pathfindercod wrote:
Does the new Formula have the secure erase for SSD function in the bios?

Yes, it does. But that function doesn't work with all SSDs. There is a compatibility list available on the Asus website. Please consult it.


matt baker wrote:
Hi Guys,

I have a bit of a strange issue with this board. Where sometimes it will reboot on first attempt to shut down and other times it will not shut down completely. Basically windows will appear to shutdown but the fans continue to keep spinning. It doesn't happen all the time, which is really odd. I'm thinking it may be a driver or system service issue. Has anyone else experienced similar problems?

Windows 7 x64 Pro

CPU: 4770K
Asus Maximus Formula VI (Latest Bios)
GTX680-DC2O-2GD5 (Latest Drivers)
16GB RAM Kingston KHX16C9P1K2/16

Do you have the Intel RST software installed? If you do, uninstall it. See if that solves your problem.

Chino wrote:
Do you have the Intel RST software installed? If you do, uninstall it. See if that solves your problem.


Rapid Storage Technology Sounds like a good thing 🙂 What do we lose turning it off 🙂
October 26 Build
MoBo:Max VI Formula
RAM:16GB Mushkin DDR3-2400 10-12-12-28
GFX:2x Asus GTX780 DCII
HD: 2x Seagate 2TB Hybrid SSHD
SSD:2x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
PSU:Seasonic X-1250
Case:Phanteks Enthoo Primo
OS:Win 7 Pro-64
Monitor:Asus VG248QE Black 23" 144 Hz
Optical:Asus BR Burner
KB: Logitech G19s
Mouse:RoG GX950
Fan Con.: Six Eyes
Cooling:420+280 Alphacool Rads, 35x2 Pump, EK CPU/ GPU Blocks, Acrylic Tubes w/ BP Fit

JackNaylorPE wrote:
Rapid Storage Technology Sounds like a good thing 🙂 What do we lose turning it off 🙂

If you're not doing RAID, not a dang thing. lol

Chino wrote:
If you're not doing RAID, not a dang thing. lol


Do we need RST installed to experience whatever modest benefit comes from NCQ on a single SSD? I'm confused as to whether NCQ is implemented at the software level in the OS or is a feature implemented on the drive.

KenV99 wrote:
Do we need RST installed to experience whatever modest benefit comes from NCQ on a single SSD?

If the SSD's firmware is properly written NCQ is anything but modest. NCQ is what enables parallelism of the data channels.

Chino wrote:
If you're not doing RAID, not a dang thing. lol


I see it mentioned often enuff with regard to cacheing .... and see it recommended often to "turn it off" if not doing that....never see a downside mentioned tho.
October 26 Build
MoBo:Max VI Formula
RAM:16GB Mushkin DDR3-2400 10-12-12-28
GFX:2x Asus GTX780 DCII
HD: 2x Seagate 2TB Hybrid SSHD
SSD:2x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
PSU:Seasonic X-1250
Case:Phanteks Enthoo Primo
OS:Win 7 Pro-64
Monitor:Asus VG248QE Black 23" 144 Hz
Optical:Asus BR Burner
KB: Logitech G19s
Mouse:RoG GX950
Fan Con.: Six Eyes
Cooling:420+280 Alphacool Rads, 35x2 Pump, EK CPU/ GPU Blocks, Acrylic Tubes w/ BP Fit

Chino wrote:
If you're not doing RAID, not a dang thing. lol


Had a question for ya ..... Over the years have loved the "no thought involved" flexibility of the NAS. Our NAS just died after 6 years of service and was thinking of doing a RAID 1 in next M6F build instead of replacing NAS. Since I never did RAID 1 before outside of a NAS was wondering if same flexibility applies ..... if one drive dies, does it auto-rebuild when ya replace ? Can ya add drives and auto rebuild ? Assume since won't be boot drive, can build. Any downside to this route over replacing the NAS ?
October 26 Build
MoBo:Max VI Formula
RAM:16GB Mushkin DDR3-2400 10-12-12-28
GFX:2x Asus GTX780 DCII
HD: 2x Seagate 2TB Hybrid SSHD
SSD:2x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
PSU:Seasonic X-1250
Case:Phanteks Enthoo Primo
OS:Win 7 Pro-64
Monitor:Asus VG248QE Black 23" 144 Hz
Optical:Asus BR Burner
KB: Logitech G19s
Mouse:RoG GX950
Fan Con.: Six Eyes
Cooling:420+280 Alphacool Rads, 35x2 Pump, EK CPU/ GPU Blocks, Acrylic Tubes w/ BP Fit

Chino wrote:
Do you have the Intel RST software installed? If you do, uninstall it. See if that solves your problem.


Is that also responsible for the PCs habit of starting up .... getting a lil way into it rebooting and then continuing just fine ? I have had this with my last 3 RoG builds fior each morning's 1st boot (only cold boots btw) and it went away each time after cupla weeks. It wasn't particularly annoying as yet..... I was still working on tweaking and other issues .... so by the time I was ready to do a post on it , it stopped. But .... for future reference .... would love to know possible causes.
October 26 Build
MoBo:Max VI Formula
RAM:16GB Mushkin DDR3-2400 10-12-12-28
GFX:2x Asus GTX780 DCII
HD: 2x Seagate 2TB Hybrid SSHD
SSD:2x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
PSU:Seasonic X-1250
Case:Phanteks Enthoo Primo
OS:Win 7 Pro-64
Monitor:Asus VG248QE Black 23" 144 Hz
Optical:Asus BR Burner
KB: Logitech G19s
Mouse:RoG GX950
Fan Con.: Six Eyes
Cooling:420+280 Alphacool Rads, 35x2 Pump, EK CPU/ GPU Blocks, Acrylic Tubes w/ BP Fit

pathfindercod
Level 8
Thanks Chino. That is just plain silly. They list the Samsung 840 pro 128gb no other sizes.... Very strange... Makes no sense...

pathfindercod wrote:
Thanks Chino. That is just plain silly. They list the Samsung 840 pro 128gb no other sizes.... Very strange... Makes no sense...


They can't test everything. If one model of a particular range is in there, you can assume with 99% certainty it will be compatible with the other size models in the same range. It's mostly dependent on the SSD controller and its firmware, as long as that's the same it should be compatible.