ROG-X38 ASUS Maximus Formula Special Edition

[JPxM0Dz]

Recently ordered my new mobo with Intel's latest chipset, the X38!

I had originally ordered Gigabyte's version the X38-DQ6, but opted for the Maximus Formula SE in the end based on feature preference.

R.O.G. http://rog.asus.com/product/product_...a_se_main.aspx

Link: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...50&modelmenu=1

Latest Reviews:

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Giga...ants/5306.html
http://www.cpu3d.com/index.php?optio...2287&Itemid=54
http://www.reghardware.com/2007/10/1..._asus_maximus/
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=156791
http://techgage.com/article/asus_max...ecial_edition/
http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/ind...=481&Itemid=27

Asus Maximus Formula SE X38 - Living Review: http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=124


ETA: 10/16/2007


Quantities are very limited - Order while you can as the SE is a Limited Edition

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=ASUS



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Warning - Heatpipe Removal

Be careful if and when removing heatpipe assembly from the Maximus Formula.
This is a pic that a forum member posted over at xtremesystems forums after he had removed the heatpipe, obviously the IHS came off with it!

[JPxM0Dz]

[JPxM0Dz]

Reserved

[lapopal]

why are you bumping this?

[JPxM0Dz]

why are you bumping this?

I reserved post 2 & 3 for pics as you can only add 10 pics per post.

Do I have your blessing now ?

[B0000rt]

So you bought a Crossfire board for your Nvidia videocard? Why not just get a cheaper P35 mobo?

[JPxM0Dz]

So you bought a Crossfire board for your Nvidia videocard? Why not just get a cheaper P35 mobo?

So you guessed wrong, I also have a pair of HD 2900XT 1GB on order! Pwned

[B0000rt]

So you guessed wrong, I also have a pair of HD 2900XT 1GB on order! Pwned

Nice, what a waste of money, you should've just got the 2900 PROs with the 1GB DDR4 for almost 70% the price. PWNT!

PRO DDR4 = $350 USD
XT DDR4 = $500 USD

[DirtyLude]

I've bought premium boards in the past, but I just can't justify it anymore. I don't need all the crazy extra peripherals and the minor overclocking advantage doesn't justify the price, because for an extra $180 over a P35 board, I can buy a better processor. I guess I'm getting old, but I just want the hardware to work well and I don't care about how pretty it is or how many blue led's are on it. It's nice to be able to clear the BIOS and all with a button, but there has to be something seriously wrong to clear your bios nowadays.

[JPxM0Dz]

Nice, what a waste of money, you should've just got the 2900 PROs with the 1GB DDR4 for almost 70% the price. PWNT!

PRO DDR4 = $350 USD
XT DDR4 = $500 USD

Opps did I say XT's ? My bad! I have a pair of pro's on order LOL

PWNT!!

[B0000rt]

I've bought premium boards in the past, but I just can't justify it anymore. I don't need all the crazy extra peripherals and the minor overclocking advantage doesn't justify the price, because for an extra $180 over a P35 board, I can buy a better processor. I guess I'm getting old, but I just want the hardware to work well and I don't care about how pretty it is or how many blue led's are on it. It's nice to be able to clear the BIOS and all with a button, but there has to be something seriously wrong to clear your bios nowadays.

But that extra 2MHz you can push your FSB makes your e-penis that much bigger!

[JPxM0Dz]

I've bought premium boards in the past, but I just can't justify it anymore. I don't need all the crazy extra peripherals and the minor overclocking advantage doesn't justify the price, because for an extra $180 over a P35 board, I can buy a better processor. I guess I'm getting old, but I just want the hardware to work well and I don't care about how pretty it is or how many blue led's are on it. It's nice to be able to clear the BIOS and all with a button, but there has to be something seriously wrong to clear your bios nowadays.

LOL at has to be something seriously wrong to clear your bios nowadays

I'm guessing you have never o'ced ? If you have but never had to reset cmos, your one of few

[board123]

"Enthusiast" motherboards are a waste. I've been using an Asus P5E3 Deluxe for over a week now and there isn't one feature that I can point to and say "That is really useful!" There's simply nothing to justify its ridiculous price tag of $350.

(I didn't buy this board, btw...)

[JPxM0Dz]

"Enthusiast" motherboards are a waste. I've been using an Asus P5E3 Deluxe for over a week now and there isn't one feature that I can point to and say "That is really useful!" There's simply nothing to justify its ridiculous price tag of $350.

(I didn't buy this board, btw...)

Yeah ur right, I'll play with this one for a few weeks and move onto the Extreme version that utilizes DDR3

You'd be hard pressed to say that's not useful

[board123]

DDR3 is horrible right now. It's true that there are some very good modules out there (Micron Z9), but they all cost an arm and leg. Heck, even crappy DDR3 costs an arm and leg. I'm running 2x1024 OCZ Gold DDR3-1066 in the P5E3 Deluxe, and it sucks. The timings are 7-7-7 running at only 1066 MHz. Even this garbage RAM costs $400.