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Maximus VIII Extreme

I don't see many posts regarding the VIII extreme. Would it be a good alternative to the Hero (if Alpha isn't available soon)? Is it worththe cost difference? I would only do minor overclocking but all the other features seem cool.

Maximus Hero VIII Ram problems

Hallo everyoneCPU i7 6700KGPU GTX 980RAM HyperX Fury (2x, 8GB, DDR4-2666, DIMM 288) (on the list by Kingston for this Motherboard)Board Maximus Hero VIIIWIN7BIOS 0902 (Updated same results)I have problems to get any boot at all. So I do not even get ...

Polyp by Level 7
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PCIe 1X firewire card in Maximus VIII Hero

I am adding a PCEe 1X firewire card to my hero board. I am looking at page 1-20 of the manual and trying to determine if I need to adjust the PEG settings if I just use PCIEX1_1. I totally understand about the shared slots. however I don't underst...

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Maximus VIII Hero - optical drive

Hi there so I recently built myself a rog system and ended up deciding to go against a new optical drive instead to use a early sata drive I had from a previous build back in 2006?. The problem is it wont boot or fire up at all. No power light on or ...

Buying new motherboard

Hi,After giving up on Asus Z170 Pro gaming ( audio problems) I thought buying a new one.Both Maximus Ranger and Gene look great but are still using that ALC 1150 chip. Do they all do that ,,pop** sound before and after music/ sound plays?If so then t...

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ASIO Audio on Maximus VIII Hero?

I have audio setup and working just fine in most apps. Blu-Rays play in 5.1, the speaker setup is 5.1, games are OK, all good.However I also do some audio editing with Adobe Premiere Pro and Audition in 5.1. I had an old SoundBlaster sound card in m...

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Need Asus' help with my Maximus VIII Hero mobo

I got my Maximus VIII Hero mobo in September. In October I got a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2 ssd for it. I went to put the M.2 ssd onto the mobo and found that the M.2 mount and screw kit was missing.COME ON ASUS, I NEED THE M.2 mount and screw kit mai...

VIII Hero with external DAC

I would like to know if buying an external DAC (e.g. Creative Sound Blaster E5) would be a nice addition to the onboard soundcard of the VIII Hero.I would use this soundcard mainly for my Sennheiser HD598 headphones.Or does someone has other suggesti...

Ronayke by Level 7
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Maximus VIII Extreme - m.2 and SATA RAID

I know there are issues with this on the Hero, but does the Extreme allow you to set up SATA RAID and use a non-RAID m.2 at the same time?