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As noted by another user I would use a DP to mini DP cable for your Thunderbolt display. This configuration may have an issue with the firmware for each device. I will check with our HQ team. The GPUs are designed for non CSM ( native UEFI positing ) along with the board. Some add in card devices can cause an issue I do not suspect it is the USB 3.1 card as this has passed recent validation but the TBII requires more complex initialization. As such it may be where the issue lies. I will reach out to our team and see if we can confirm on this specific configuration. Stay tuned and thanks for your support and consideration.

Thanks for your feedback but we have carefully studied this and this is why many generations ago we phase in more expensive inductors that were fully molded to help to reduce or eliminate coil whine. Additionally PSU do affect the experience but a buzz or whine can be present in both especially under heavier loads which stress the inductor within both the PSU and the GPU. Depending on multiple varibles this can create and or reduce the presence of coil whine / buzzing. You are correct though generally the motherboard will not have any impact in this and furthermore regardless of the PSU if the inductor is not fully molded than it is much more susceptible to coil whine or buzzing. I hope to see the original poster provide the information I have requested.

A couple of important aspects to note no inductor is 100% immune to "coil whine" by moving to a fully molded inductor you can considerably reduce it and in some cases eliminate it. With that noted coil whine can vary from card to card as well as from card to PSU. Some PSU have a higher tendency to produce coil whine ( either within the PSU itself ) or on the card. You can attempt to exchange the card but there is no guarantee you will not possibly have some level of coil whine. Generally though we found with a wide range of PSUs with the current generation inductors used to be inaudible or nearly inaudible in relation to coil whine. I do not have the PSU you show in your video to test but will see if I can have corsair check if time allows and I have a card I can get to them. It would be great if you could send me more details on the PSU specifically part and lot number to PCDIY@Asus.COM

I actually agree. No worries though soon I will be unveiling some very cool limited edition PCDIY shirts designed in house that are really awesome. I will not only sport them but they will exclusives to member of the PCDIY community who earn cred and recognition in interesting ways. If you check out the PCDIY website later this month I will be posting about it there.

I would like to extend my sincere thanks both personally and professionally. I have recently celebrated my 6th year working for ASUS and what has continued to drive my passion, interest, excitement and engagement both internally and externally has been the PCDIY community as a whole and individuals like yourself. This industry can be very difficult to work in and has a high degree of burn out and turn over especially for those who are not passionate about it. At the same time it also has the tendency to have many individuals who far to often know too little or not enough about the products or the community or the individuals their products are targeted towards. This in turn for a long time ( rightfully so ) created a disconnect between marketing and users and the community. As enthusiasts we are looking to be respected and provide quality information and explanation along with products and designs that can at the end of the day "back it up" and work. I do not come from a marketing background actually the opposite. I come from system integration, diagnostic and repair and private consultation. At heart I am an enthusiast and proud to be one. I am extremely to work for a company and management team who realized the value in allowing me to present and discuss our products in a factual, accurate way from the perspective of a user and the perspective of an enthusiast. More importantly it allowed me to provide important information to help understand the features, functionality and design of products while at the same time providing a deeper understanding to aspects of architecture, platform and more. Also I am happy to say a lot of the work and time and effort put into by our RD team was able to be put out in front a lot more than it used to. This has been a personal achievement i am very proud of as some of these guys like myself puts in 15 to 20 hours days at times for month to month and sometimes much much longer. I have been really blown away by the caliber and quality of people I have met and has pushed me to continue to have a sense of humility and curiosity and passion to engage in those and strive to learn. My life motto is I will never know as much as I do not know. I am thankful for this motto especially in this industry and I will always have more to learn and experience. With that in mind this it helped me reach the mindset, that the best content I could produce or we could produce is content I would be interested and willing to read or watch. This comes not only from wanting to know more but also it comes from respecting our users and ourselves. While it can be a lot of work it is extremely rewarding to have such vocal feedback on the products we design and innovate especially when they integrate and improve upon the feedback we collect from the community. From day one to know and even when I was working with technical media as point of contact for reviews I always felt we should be implementing and design features, functionality based on the needs and wants of our users and the community rough 70 to 80% and then 30 to 20% should be our own innovation pushing the envelope on items people have not yet though of. It has been gratifying to see this come to light and be able to discuss this with reviewers and users alike. It is humbling in more ways than one to have such positive commentary from the community and our users and I take it as a point of pride as well as sense of duty to use my position to continue to help push our product and our company to provide the best PCDIY experiences for users and the community as whole. While it may be difficult or not always clear our push forward and messaging has caused competitors to copy or imitate many of what we innovate on. While this can sting it also is clear it has benefited the community as a whole helping to have competitors produce better products with better features and forcing us to out innovate ourselves and those same competitors. I am glad to say that still after all this time there is a lot left to be done and I am still excited to do it. Now more than ever users who are in the PCDIY space are here because they chose to be. This is an awesome time to be in this space and products have never been better and the communities have never been richer, more active, more vocal as well as extremely diverse. I look forward to continuing to try and provide you guys with what support and insight I can provide while helping our amazing internal team to keep doing what we have been doing. In short THANK YOU. As always please enjoy the rest of your day! Take care and take it easy and love live PCDIY! Best Regards, JJ

Software being in accurate is actually in accurate it is a question of the quality of the software and if it supports the sensors or input mechanisms where the readings occur. ( such as the super I/O controller ). Additionally on FIVR based CPUs LLC has zero effect as it cannot change the vid policy as it is controlled by the CPU. Really the only thing that can affect CPU voltage on the motherboard size is the input voltage option. This gets complicated as what you may see you get does not represent all the voltage actually be fed due as their is an input voltage to consider. The voltage reading is more representative of the voltage define for the FIVR. LLC still has value on no FIVR based systems where the PWM is on the motherboard along with the rest of the conversion process. ( Z77, X79, 990FX essentially all other chipsets / cpus outside of Haswell ). Overall everything you have noted looks to be in order.

Technically there is no right? As different applications have different polling polciies and different algorithms on the registering of vid. Even within the UEFI ( BIOS ) this is not 100% but is close. Even since the implementation of a digital PWM on older ASUS boards and no with Haswell which has a native digital controller ( with the FIVR ) the voltage will be pretty accurate in what is reported but their will be some variance between applications based on differences in design. Additionally you should not run concurrent monitoring applications as their polling services can impact each other and affect readings.There will also always be a little of difference in idle to load even with fixed manual vids due to the PCU within the CPU responding to the request. This tied in with some other factors all influence the vid. As such as long as what you are seeing is staying in close proximity or is the same as the defined value you are solid. ( For offset and adaptive voltages though there are number of other differences ).

The assist fans actually do help the board its self has convection holes to allow airflow to go through the board it's self. This is aided when the assist fans are put in place. The additional airflow also helps to keep the VRM assembly and board cooler ( especially when overclocked or when using SLI. The degree it will assist really varies between the usage, ambient temperature and airflow within the chassis. The fans are very good quality for 40mm fans and have control functionality with standard or silent profile they help to provide better cooling with no additional noise impact. As such it is a win win. If you really do not want to use them then of course you do not need to but it comes with the board already. Additionally in the same way the Thermal Armor is pre installed. If you do not want it you could remove it. You would also still have access to the thermal radar feature which gives you real time temperature information across the motherboard. Hope this clarifies some of the questions regarding this. Overall though I would focus on TUF if you want the long term warranty and the advanced monitoring. If not the Z87-PRO is less and will offer same quality and performance overclocking stability while also offering 802.11N wifi on board ( dual band with BT ). The Maximus VI Hero is also at the same price point and will actually offer even higher end on board components than the TUF. Either which you cannot pick a wrong one in regards to quality or performance or even key functions and features ( like fan controls,or USB bios flash back or a multitude of other options ). Really it comes down to the features and functionality you want on the board. Hope this helps and best of luck!

It is very easy I would make sure you have done these two steps before hand. 1. Update the UEFI to the latest version 2. Download the latest version of AiSuite III from support.asus.com From there all you need to do is 1. Load the UEFI defaults in windows. 2. Enter windows and pick the auto tuning. You can pick the fast or custom option Fast will offer an approximate 4.2GHz overclock and the custom option will provide a more extensive cpu and cooling specific result. You can check out the video for more on how it works. It is pretty straight forward Keep in mind the results are defined by CPU quality ( which varies ) Thermals ( your ambient temperature and cooling solution ) The voltage that is required for a specific frequency. Our auto tuning process to ensure safe operation has a defined max limit as opposed to a manual overclock option where users can apply more voltage than can be safe or effectively dissipated. Best of luck to you overclocking! Hope this helps. If you really just want to go a simple route ( you can flip on the TPU swich on the motherboard ) this is equal to the 4.2GHz fast overclock.

The OC Panel is actually an option for all ROG boards like the Front Base is as they both use the OC Panel header. The Front Base does offer a number of functions and features not offered on the OC Panel but so does the OC Panel compared to the Front Base. More so the OC Panel was an tweak and tuners specialized hardware device that could be converted into a 5.25 bay device. This way it could support both normal PC enthusiast`s as well as the tweakers, tuners and overclockers. The Front Base was designed from the ground up to be a normal PC enthusiast product and not have the specialized functionality offered on the OC Panel. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995019 I think I need to work on a WTD ( what's the difference ) write up to help people understand where they may be similar but are different.

The SABERTOOTH Z87 which includes covers for PCIe, DRAM and all the other connections will be very close to "blacked out" look. The main visible portion will be the PCH which is generally covered once the GPU is installed. Hope this helps.

No the RIVE was developed before Z87 and before the OC Panel header used on Z87 boards was designed. This is the same header originally developed for the OC Panel which is another accessory supported on the ASUS Z87 ROG series motherboards. Technically you could still use the front audio cable for the improved HP and MIC connection but that would be a big lose of functionality for all the other aspects of the Front Base.

Not sure if you have checked out the video or the write up at the site. It is there due to the fact most chassis have a low quality cable for front headphone. It can impact the experience considerably with added hum / noise and generally interference. Additionally there is a heavier crosstalk due to the stereo signal not being split. For users that have consider ROG boards many have because they want the SupremeFX isolated audio design. This helps to ensure that the cable is not impacting their experience in this respect. Not sure where this came from but we are trying to target a reasonable price point. We have not released it yet as we are fine tuning trying to have the higher quality cable longer so all of us that appreciate clean cable routing have enough length so that is not flowing across the motherboard. While it does offer some fan control functionality it is not first and foremost target at this. The fan control functionality already offered on the motherboard in most respects is considerably more advanced than any fan controller offer finer multi point granularity, multiple trigger response points and ramping policies along with even a automatic profiling of the fan header. We see less value in offering this on a fan controller as we put those controls already on the board. Power is one of the main advantages along with PWM signal output but both of these are more relevant for very specific types of builds or water cooling enthusiasts. Overall it really serves multi points of usage ( quick charging, fan control, monitoring, oc adjustment, higher quality front connections for improved headphone and mic experience as well as few other items ). I would agree though you should not buy this if you just want pure fan controls ( you should use the controls already offered on the board or via AiSuite III and FanXpert ). If you need more than that you right there a lot of great options from NZXT, Lamptron, Aerocool. Thanks for the feedback. Stay tuned for more information.