Asus Maximus XI Code

AwakeN · December 23, 2019

Does anyone know is this motherboard good or not price is about 360$ and reviews are like 3.5/5 some of them say its bad and after 3 4 5 months start freezing etc . Other say its perfect and they have their i9 up to 5.2 5.3 speed

Is this motherboard worth buying i use I5 9600K

Kalm_Traveler · December 23, 2019

I had one for my last Christmas 9900k + Titan V (then Titan RTX) rig. It has a weak VRM, relative to most other Z390 boards, but I had no problems with a daily 5.2ghz all core OC.

However, given the heat those poor VRMs generate, it wouldn't surprise me to see failures after a while (I only had the rig together for 7 months).

Now that I'm making a new gaming rig, I went for the Maximus XI Extreme because it has a better VRM config and better VRM cooling.

AwakeN · December 25, 2019

Im not into overclocking i just want to play games without problems

Falkentyne · December 25, 2019

2 hours ago, AwakeN said:

Im not into overclocking i just want to play games without problems

As far as I know, the Code, Formula and Hero are all the same board, just with different features, connectors, ports, etc. So among that tier, you just get the one that has the features you need. Overclocking is pretty mediocre on them, but long term stability for gaming, I know nothing about. But I can't see a 9600k causing problems.