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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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Teletha wrote:
am i the only one that have broken USB 3.0 ports?


I have documented severe issues with USB 3.0 on this mobo. I have gone through registering this officially as an issue through the ASUS support system. USB 3.0 is worthless crap on this board and there is no solution from ASUS or any user.

md

michaeldowns wrote:
I have documented severe issues with USB 3.0 on this mobo. I have gone through registering this officially as an issue through the ASUS support system. USB 3.0 is worthless crap on this board and there is no solution from ASUS or any user.

md


what issue you have? I only experience slow transfer speed under windows 8.1 USB 3.0 boost not working

Praz
Level 13
Hello

The M.2 (NGFF) SSD goes on the back side of the mPCIe Combo II card after the metal cover is removed. This info can be found in the user manual for the motherboard.

Tokens210
Level 10
make sure you dont buy one too long, there is a maximum length before itll start hitting things

what the length is im not sure manual may say but youll see when searching those ssd's that there are long ones and short ones
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

Cool, thanks. So if I install 64 or 128 Gb SSD in there does it worth it to use it as system boot drive or should I avoid that for particular reasons like reliability or read/write speed? Or is there better uses for M.2 form factor drives? Any particular models that you can reccomend?
Right now my Win7 (x64) located on Kingston 128 Gb SSD.

Tokens210
Level 10
from what ive seen and read the performance come close to a regular SSD on the intel sata port, maybe a wee bit better

but most ppl also say if your running or going to run ssd's in raid 0 that that would be faster then the M.2 (NGFF) anyway

the only thing i saw that had an improvement over both a single ssd and the ngff ssd's was the asus raidr 240gb pci-e ssd, but its faster because it has 2x120gb ssd's in raid directly on it

only problem is the only way to run one on a maximus vi formula board would be to run a single GPU setup then still just the GPU and raidr would take up all the electrical lanes if the gpu was nvidia anyway cause both require atleast x8 connection and the board maxes at x16


as for advice on one, im not even sure there, i did see however other companies like plextor and such are now releasing PCI-e cards with NGFF ssd's mounted right on them for alot better prices then previously

as for you question on size and windows, im not sure on windows 8 but in know both XP and 7 like ya to have around 10-20gb for best outcome
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

kangk81
Level 7
Hi everyone,

I recently bought a M6 Formula after getting tired of MSI GD65. I planning to build it with an Enthoo Primo with water works.

I was reading the enclosed manual and saw that the M6F has connectors for external temperature sensors. However, the manual did not specify which type of sensor is supported.

Majority of the temperature sensors that are available for watercooling are those 2-pin 10K resistance type.

Anyone knows if these sensors are compatible to the M6F?

It has been 10 years since I used ASUS products, my previous desktop was a C2D with E6750 on a ASUS mobo that died after 10 years because of a burnt cap.

kangk81 wrote:
Hi everyone,

I recently bought a M6 Formula after getting tired of MSI GD65. I planning to build it with an Enthoo Primo with water works.

I was reading the enclosed manual and saw that the M6F has connectors for external temperature sensors. However, the manual did not specify which type of sensor is supported.

Majority of the temperature sensors that are available for watercooling are those 2-pin 10K resistance type.

Anyone knows if these sensors are compatible to the M6F?

It has been 10 years since I used ASUS products, my previous desktop was a C2D with E6750 on a ASUS mobo that died after 10 years because of a burnt cap.


I bought a three pack from the Asus eStore, but they aren't listing the now. Here's an ebay listing for them http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-Thermal-Sensor-Temperature-Monitoring-Cable-10G090101035-ORIGINAL-PART-....

Corsair_Riker
Level 10
So bit of a noob-ish question here:

I just recently built my machine (specs in signature).

On checking the BIOS - I'm running version 0804.

Do I need to update my BIOS? (everything appears to be running smoothly on my machine at the moment)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Maximus VI Formula (BIOS 0804)
CPU: Intel i5-4670k
HDD 1: Samsung SSD 250G 840BW EVO
HDD 2: Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB Caviar Blue 7200rpm
RAM: 16gb (2x8) G. Skill RipJawsX DDR3-2133
PSU: Seasonic X-Series 750W 80 Plus Gold
GPU: Gigabyte GV-N770OC-4GD
CASE: Fractal Design Define R4
OPTICAL DRIVE: Pioneer BDR-209DBK
MONITOR: Samsung S24C300HL; BenQ E2200HD
OS: Windows 10 Professional
Other: MS Wired 600; Logitech MX 310; Sennheiser PC 151 & Logitech Z150

Raja
Level 13
As your build is a few versions back I'd advise to update. The general rule is not to update UEFI (BIOS) unlss one needs to, but I also advise one should stay reasonably current.

Be sure to follow the instructions to flash the newer builds as they have ME FW update - needing USB BIOS flashback or the BU updater method.

-Raja