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Advice on Using and Choosing a M.2 Socket 3 storage device on my Hero VIII

I am considering setting uo a clean install of Win 10 OS so thinking of adding a M.2 Storage Drive..Is it worth it over a SSD?If so what is the best Drive & use.. to buy and run for OS and possibly Gaming? Model, Brand, size? Gabby09

Thermaltake riing rgb fans connected to the motherboard are not remembering settings

I have a set of Thermaltake riing rgb fans, complete with a controller unit that allows you to change the LED colour, and also the LED mode (constant colour, cycle colours, off). Basically the controller unit has 2 fans plugged into it, and then the ...

Exreme VIII samsung 950 m.2 raid Win 7 help

I've seen alot a lot of scattered problems out there but was hoping someone would be able to help me out. I have 2 samsung 950's. One on the mobo and the other on a asus hyper mini x4 pci card. I have created the raid volume and followed the raid gui...

VIII Hero Microphonejack consistent noise

Hi Guys,i got a problem with my new Asus ROG Z170.When I'm talking in any Game Teamspeak etc. there is a consistent noise and it's very annoying for everyone. (My old z87 Asus Deluxe didn't had this problem)Is there a way to fix this?Hardware Info:I7...

Maximum Hero VIII - Help Diagnosing PC Freeze - HW or SW?

Dear ROG Members & ASUS ROG Team, I have been reading threads here and trying to diagnose the cause of my PC freeze ups. I am well "stuck".Symptom(s): In order of probability:1) Usually when exiting a game (RUST, Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider...

Memoery XMP Boot Failure

Hello Everyone,My build is:CPU: 6700KMOBO: VIII GENERAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 3200MHZPSU: AX860iGPU: 980TISSD: 850 Pro---------------------------------The problem I am having is that I have to boot my computer twice whenever the XMP enabled bec...

Cpu voltage higher than set in BIOS

HelloSo i've just finished building my new PC (i7 6700K and Maximus 8F), went into bios and set CPU voltage override to 1.250, yet in windows, CPU voltage goes up to 1.4 under load, and it fluctuates too!So i have 2 questions:1-Why is the voltage hig...

RamCache master drive?

I've been wondering on how you are actually supposed to use this utility properly. Do you supposed to select a drive as a master drive with your system on it or a drive with your games on it? My system is installed on an SSD but i use normal 2tb disk...

ROG Ramcache causes high latency with storport.sys driver

I've noticed that Asus updated ROG ramcache software so i downloaded it and used it just to check out how it works on games. It actually made Fallout 4 loading times almost instantaneous but after a few hours it causes huge latency spikes with storpo...

Sonic Radar Availability

I am hearing impaired (100% deaf in my right ear) and am looking at upgrading my computer. While looking into something that can help me compensate in FPS and stealth games, I came across some info on Sonic Radar. I am thinking about the Maximus VI...

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