ASUS Maximus VIII Hero ATX Motherboard - Grey/Red/Black

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A Qualified Vendor List (QVL) is a list supplied by a system or motherboard manufacturer of parts tested and confirmed by that manufacturer to work in their hardware. However, I believe that ASUS designed this board to be kind of like a barebones overclocker, and overclockers prefer chipset IO to hubs and controllers, and in that regard the USB 2.

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While the Maximus VIII Hero is an excellent overclocking motherboard, it also has some other noteworthy features.

With its gaming-orientated styling and focus on overclocking capabilities, how does Asus' Maximus VIII Hero fair in our test suite? Thunderbolt is a connection that allows you to attach external peripherals to a computer, and can carry both data and display signals. Using PCIe slots, you can connect different components to your motherboard, such as graphics cards and RAID cards. OC), 3600(OC), 3466(OC), 3400(OC), 3333(OC), 3300(OC), 3200(OC), 3000(OC), 2800(OC), 2666(OC), 2400(OC), 2133 MHz. disk drives supported, ASUS moved the socket to the edge of the board instead of keeping it between the PCIe x16 slots.The hardware base is a custom PCB using proprietary fiber weaves to maximize corrosion resistance and signal integrity through the traces in each layer. I then proceed into Windows and use software to increase the multiplier; in this case I opted to use TurboV Core. ASUS-exclusive Turbo App's intuitive tuning panel boosts multiple hardware components to maximize gaming exhilaration, overclocking your CPU, tuning your fans, prioritizing network data and optimizing audio settings — all with automated ease. Four other ASM1480s switch 8x of bandwidth between the first and second PCI-E 16x slots for SLI/CrossFireX.