ASUS Maximus

[cubies1982]

Hey guys,

 

I've been thinking about purchasing an ASUS Maximus board and curious if any of the boards support an i7 4790k 1150 socket and 1866Mhz RAM speed.

 

[CoolaxGaming]

Which Maximus?

If the maximus vii then yes

[cubies1982]

Do all the motherboards have to be overclocked?

[cubies1982]

Which Maximus?

If the maximus vii then yes

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Intel+Socket/Socket+1150+-+Intel+Z97/Asus+Z97+MAXIMUS+VII+FORMULA+Intel+Z97+%28Socket+1150%29+DDR3+ATX+Motherboard+?productId=61503

[CoolaxGaming]

Do all the motherboards have to be overclocked?

Have? No motherboars HAVE To be overclocked. Only Zxx chipset can overclock. The Formula overclocks REALLY good, thats why its a rog board. But you dont have to oc on it.

 

 

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Intel+Socket/Socket+1150+-+Intel+Z97/Asus+Z97+MAXIMUS+VII+FORMULA+Intel+Z97+%28Socket+1150%29+DDR3+ATX+Motherboard+?productId=61503

It will work

[cubies1982]

Have? No motherboars HAVE To be overclocked. Only Zxx chipset can overclock. The Formula overclocks REALLY good, thats why its a rog board. But you dont have to oc on it.

 

 

It will work

So it'll work by default settings? Because it says DDR3 1866 (O.C) on the website and I am assuming it stands for OverClocked. So I'm not sure if it means the board or the RAM

[CoolaxGaming]

So it'll work by default settings? Because it says DDR3 1866 (O.C) on the website and I am assuming it stands for OverClocked. So I'm not sure if it means the board or the RAM

It means you CAN oc the ram to 1866mhz. It will work with default settings

[DirkW]

So it'll work by default settings? Because it says DDR3 1866 (O.C) on the website and I am assuming it stands for OverClocked. So I'm not sure if it means the board or the RAM

RAM. Any RAM speed above 1600 (on DDR3) is considered overclocked (XMP Profile).

[Coombzy]

Have? No motherboars HAVE To be overclocked. Only Zxx chipset can overclock. The Formula overclocks REALLY good, thats why its a rog board. But you dont have to oc on it.

 

 

It will work

The Formula does not "overclock REALLY good" from the launch of Haswell even low end Z8/97 boards can overclock to the same speed.

[cubies1982]

I'm thinking about getting these components and now looking for a nice motherboard to house them all.

 

CPU; Intel i7 4790k (BX80646I74790K)
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Processors/Intel+CPUs/Core+i7+-+Socket+1150+Haswell/Intel+Core+i7-4790K+4.00GHz+%28Devil%27s+Canyon%29+Socket+LGA1150+Processor+?productId=60941

GPU; EVGA GeForce GTX 970 (04G-P4-3975-KR)
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/NVIDIA+GeForce/GeForce+GTX+970/EVGA+GeForce+GTX+970+SSC+rev2.00+ACX+2.0+4096MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+%2804G-P4-3975-KR%29+?productId=62794

RAM; Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 16GB (CMY16GX3M2A1866C9B)
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/RAM/DDR3/Dual+Channel+1866MHz/Corsair+Vengeance+Pro+Blue+16GB+%282x8GB%29+DDR3+PC3-14900C9+1866MHz+Dual+Channel+Memory+Kit+%28CMY16GX3M2A1866C9B%29+?productId=55955

[cubies1982]

RAM. Any RAM speed above 1600 (on DDR3) is considered overclocked (XMP Profile).

I checked out the ASUS Maximum VII Formula and it's WAAAAY too expensive.

[DirkW]

I checked out the ASUS Maximum VII Formula and it's WAAAAY too expensive.

Just like I told you in the other thread.

[CoolaxGaming]

The Formula does not "overclock REALLY good" from the launch of Haswell even low end Z8/97 boards can overclock to the same speed.

Really good meaning the power phases and other vrm stuff. I actually have a asus z97 (deluxe I think) overclocking sheet that I did with a 4790k. I was able to get 4.7 with less voltage on the formula.

[cubies1982]

Just like I told you in the other thread.

What about the Hero or the Ranger?

[DirkW]

What about the Hero or the Ranger?

 

Well... definitely cheaper than the Formula. Still many will argue that these are too expensive as well.

 

Basically you can't do much wrong with pretty much any Z97 board from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI or Asrock. Choose one that has the features you like, the looks you like and the price you can afford and are willing to pay. Done. There is nothing more about it any more (used to be different in the past).

[cubies1982]

Well... definitely cheaper than the Formula. Still many will argue that these are too expensive as well.

 

Basically you can't do much wrong with pretty much any Z97 board from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI or Asrock. Choose one that has the features you like, the looks you like and the price you can afford and are willing to pay. Done. There is nothing more about it any more (used to be different in the past).

Couldn't a cheaper motherboard cause my hardware components to bottle neck?

[DirkW]

Couldn't a cheaper motherboard cause my hardware components to bottle neck?

 

No. Your motherboard should not have any measurable effect on performance whatsoever (at least on Intel Haswell based systems).

[cubies1982]

No. Your motherboard should not have any measurable effect on performance whatsoever (at least on Intel Haswell based systems).

Most people refer to the i7 as Haswell but mine is called a Devil's Canyon, whatever that means.

[DirkW]

Most people refer to the i7 as Haswell but mine is called a Devil's Canyon, whatever that means.

 

The whole generation is code-named Haswell by Intel. Intel updated this generation (I think because Broadwell was delayed) with what people usually call "Haswell Refresh" processors. Of which both, the top i5 (4690K) and top i7(4790K) model for socket 1150, were given yet another name: Devils Canyon. Why the devil (terrible pun, I know) they did that... I don't know. But despite its name, it's still Haswell architecture (and die size), they only changed the TIM and added like to capacitors (? - can't bother to memorize it), but the chip itself is still as Haswell as can be.