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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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Tokens210 wrote:
You can plug them all in, the big one is your atx 24 pin main power that's needed
The next is the 8 pin CPU power that's also needed

The 4 pin CPU power and the ezplug 4 pin molex power are both supplemental powers but you can plug them all in as long as you have a power supply with enough connections


Tks

I have fear to burn......
You connector how in your Motherboard ???

P.S.I: what are the advantages of connect 24 + 8 + 4 Pin ????

P.S.II: my power supply is Corsair TX950W...view signature 😉

Hugs Man

Hugs
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Marcusnofear wrote:
Tks

I have fear to burn......
You connector how in your Motherboard ???

P.S.I: what are the advantages of connect 24 + 8 + 4 Pin ????

P.S.II: my power supply is Corsair TX950W...view signature 😉

Hugs Man

Hugs


The 24 and 8 pin are both needed, no choice there, if you don't hook one of them up the PC won't work

The 4 pin CPU and the extra pci-e power(if u have one) are both optional, usually only needed if you have issues over clocking or if your using extreme cooling like LN2

Any modern power supply should have enough connections, I'm currently on my phone heading to work so I can't really search stuff effectively but it should have enough

The benefit to using them all is there isn't a downside so using them all would remove steps during trouble shooting if you were to have issues, also if there all connected and u have a power hungry processor like mine you can feel assured its got plenty of power and the ability to pull whatever it wants or needs


Also my apologies but I don't get what ur asking with the "your connector how in ur motherboard"
CoolerMaster HAF 932 Advanced/ Maximus VI Formula/ I7-4770K/Swiftech H320/ Corsair HX850/ G.Skill Trident X (2x8) 16gb 2400MHz/ 2x 840 EVO 120gb(Raid 0)/ WD 1TB HDD (Backup/Storage)/ EVGA GTX 1gb 560 TI/ Asus 12x bluray combo

Tokens210 wrote:
The 24 and 8 pin are both needed, no choice there, if you don't hook one of them up the PC won't work

The 4 pin CPU and the extra pci-e power(if u have one) are both optional, usually only needed if you have issues over clocking or if your using extreme cooling like LN2

Any modern power supply should have enough connections, I'm currently on my phone heading to work so I can't really search stuff effectively but it should have enough

The benefit to using them all is there isn't a downside so using them all would remove steps during trouble shooting if you were to have issues, also if there all connected and u have a power hungry processor like mine you can feel assured its got plenty of power and the ability to pull whatever it wants or needs


Also my apologies but I don't get what ur asking with the "your connector how in ur motherboard"


Tks again.... 😉

"your connector how in ur motherboard" = How start your Mobo ??
HAF-X / i7-4770K@4.7Ghz / Cooling CrossChill-CPU Swiftech H2O-320 Edge HD BK / ASUS Maximus VI Formula / Mem 4x4GB@2200MHz Dominator GT / SLI MSI N580GTX Lightning / Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Prof / Sony BDV-E2100 / HD1 WD Caviar Black 1TB 1002FAEX / HD2 WD Caviar Black 2TB 2002FAEX / SSD Corsair Force GT (2x120GB RAID0) / ASUS VG278HE / Corsair TX950W / SO Win7 Pro / Razer Tiamat 7.1 / Logitech G19 / Logitech G700 / Kit NVIDIA®3D Vision™ 2 / Blu-Ray LG WH12LS39

Tokens210
Level 10
Originally I was unsure on the power so I only attached the 24 pin and the 8 pin, started the PC normally with the cases power button ran fine, then I shut it down unplugged it connected the extra power and turned it on again

Starts like normally, no like semi start reboots or anything like that, push the cases power button once and I just sit back till my desktop appears
CoolerMaster HAF 932 Advanced/ Maximus VI Formula/ I7-4770K/Swiftech H320/ Corsair HX850/ G.Skill Trident X (2x8) 16gb 2400MHz/ 2x 840 EVO 120gb(Raid 0)/ WD 1TB HDD (Backup/Storage)/ EVGA GTX 1gb 560 TI/ Asus 12x bluray combo

Hentur
Level 7
Hiho everybody,
I have extreme Microphone Problems with my new Maximus VI Formula. It has a loud noise floor and the Microphone output is not loud enough. I have the Problem in the front and rear Connection, both seem to have the same bad input quality. I can't aktivate Noise Gate and Noise Reduction when I set the hock I still can't move the controllers.

System Infos:
no OC atm
Win 7 64bit all updates
Bios 1402 - Cmos already reseted
Audio Driver Realtek 6.0.1.7023
CPU i7-4770k
Memory G.Skill F3-19200CL10Q-32GBZHD, RipjawsZ-Serie
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Classified Hydro Copper
Power Enermax Revolution 1050W
Headset Sennheiser PC 151 - 3.5 mm connection - worked perfekt with my old MB Asus P6t Deluxe v2
Case Lian Li PC-V2120X

Sorry for any mistakes, english is not my first language.

Friends i know i'm posting my question in wrong thread but there is no maximus vi hero thread. So sorry for that.
I'm currently planning to buy a decent headset and confused between RAzer Electra, razer timat expert 2.2 and steel series siberia full size.
Now the question is that does maximus vi hero has enough power to drive these headphones or i have to buy a separate sound card.

Antony-rog
Level 8
I "solved" the "boom" sound that used to make on powered speakers when the pc was turned on. I changed the audio out from spdif to hdmi.

Antony-rog wrote:
I "solved" the "boom" sound that used to make on powered speakers when the pc was turned on. I changed the audio out from spdif to hdmi.

When i changed spdif out to hdmi, equalizer in audio manger has no effect, whatever u may choose in equalizer sound remains the same.

Antony-rog
Level 8
I notice the same, and if the volume is higher you can still listen the "boom", so I discovered that I "solved" nothing, as I suspected.
Why this board does this? The two other just doesn't.

CosminXtreme
Level 7
I just bought this Maximus VI motherboard from New Egg, but I'm a little worried, because the box had no seals, no sticker to make sure nobody messes with it, nothing that would help me trust that this is a new board and not a second hand one. I understand why it wouldn't be in a anti static bag, givin the fact that the box is build like a show case, but I don't understand or trust not being sealed at all. Can anybody tell me if this is actually normal ? or should I return it.