Asus Maximus VIII Impact, Maximus VIII Extreme, and Z170i Pro Gaming

[NumLock21]

Asus has announced their upcoming ITX board for their ROG line up, the Maximus VIII Impact. It features the latest socket 1151 for Intel Skylake CPUs, 2x DDR4 dimm slots, supporting up to 32GB of DDR4 4133MHz (o.c.) memory. 1x PCIe x16 slot @ x16, 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports, Intel gigabit lan, 802.11AC, Bluetooth 4.1, U.2, USB 3.0, as well as USB 3.1 Gen 2 type A, type C, and RGB* illuminated audio jacks. When it comes to overclocking the Maximus VIII Impact can do so via BCLK and is capable of going as high as 400MHz BCLK, but that also depends on your cpu and cooling solution. To help with such a high OC, the board comes with a Power Impact III, a daughter board mounted vertically, that house the full delievery power system you'll find only ATX boards For this power daughter board, this board isn't the first to have it. Other Asus board has it too, like Z87i Deluxe, Maximus VI Impact and VII Impact.
$249.99 at newegg
 

Going from a ITX to a fully size ATX board, the other board from Asus ROG line up is the Maximus VIII Extreme. The board was talked about before, a few months back, but this time Asus has the official specifications. First up, your typical socket 1151 cpu socket for the current Intel Skylake processors. up to 64GB of DDR4 memory at 3,800MHz (o.c). 4x PCIe x16 slots, supporting quad SLI and 4-way CFX** Intel Gigabit lan, 802.11AC, Bluetooth 4.0, 8x SATA 6Gb/s ports, with 2 pairs part of SATA Express, U.2, USB 3.0, USB 3.1 type A and type C.
$499.99 at newegg


 

And here we have a non ROG board that's also ITX, the Z170I Pro Gaming. Supports Intel Skylake cpus like the Core i5 6600K and Core i7 6700K, 32GB of DDR4 @ 4,000MHz (o.c) max. 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports with 2 of them part of SATA Express, a M.2 slot that's located at the bottom of the board, 802.11AC, Bluetooth 4.1, Inte1 gigabit lan, USB 3.0, no type C, and a single PCIe 3.0 x16 slots for your graphic card.



*RGB as in just red, green, and blue to color code the audio jacks (red=mic, blue=line in, green=speaker out)
**PCIe x16 lane configuration for the Asus Maximus VIII Extreme,
-single @ x16
-dual @ x8
-triple @ x8/x8/x4
-quad @ x8/x8/x4/x4
Yep no 3 nor 4-way SLI on this board and there is definitely no PLX chip

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-IMPACT/overview/
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-EXTREME/overview/
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z170I-PRO-GAMING/overview/
http://rog.asus.com/444362015/asus-gaming-motherboards/unboxing-asus-z170-pro-gaming-vs-asus-z170i-pro-gaming/
http://rog.asus.com/445602015/maximus-motherboards/asus-rog-announces-rog-maximus-viii-impact/

[Swndlr]

That Impact board will be mine

[LittleCarrot]

That Impact board will be mine

 

I sense an upcoming Parvum Veer 1.0 build.

[Guest]

That Impact is HOT.

[Guest]

I'm pretty sure that NO Z170 boards support 3-way SLI. That's disappointing. 

[snowComet]

You should also mention the Impact board has no M.2 slot....

[arnavvr]

I'm pretty sure that NO Z170 boards support 3-way SLI. That's disappointing. 

 

Just go X99, 5820K isn't that more expensive.

[Wind]

no more ROG board called Hero anymore? that name is dope.

[Swndlr]

I sense an upcoming Parvum Veer 1.0 build.

Idk what that means

[NumLock21]

no more ROG board called Hero anymore? that name is dope.

They have it's called the Maximus VIII Hero

[Guest]

Just go X99, 5820K isn't that more expensive.

I already did, lmao. It's just sad that Intel couldn't implement more lanes in the "lower end" processors. 

[Lays]

I'm pretty sure that NO Z170 boards support 3-way SLI. That's disappointing. 

 

Z170 Classified probably does, past ones had PLX that supported 4way sli

[Wind]

They have it's called the Maximus VIII Hero

there's a Z170 Hero?

[NumLock21]

I'm pretty sure that NO Z170 boards support 3-way SLI. That's disappointing. 

Their WS model might support it, if it ever exist

 

there's a Z170 Hero?

The Maximus VIII Hero run on a Intel Z170 chipset. Is there a "Z170 Hero" then no.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-HERO/

[Marvzl1357]

Am I the only one interested most by the pro gaming board? Probably would be my preferred board for ITX since I don't push for big overclocks but still want a decent board that won't cost a fortune (at least I hope this one won't)

[Wind]

Their WS model might support it, if it ever exist

The Maximus VIII Hero run on a Intel Z170 chipset. Is there a "Z170 Hero" then no.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-HERO/

noice, yea what i meant is is there a the new Maximus Hero Lineup.

[NumLock21]

noice, yea what i meant is is there a the new Maximus Hero Lineup.

That board is the new maximus hero line up.

[BradH]

I'm pretty sure that NO Z170 boards support 3-way SLI. That's disappointing. 

If i remember right the extreme supports 3 way but at 8 4 and 4 and the 4th slot is meant for a ssd cuz its off the chipset

[Guest]

If i remember right the extreme supports 3 way but at 8 4 and 4 and the 4th slot is meant for a ssd cuz its off the chipset

Read the post. It said that it doesn't support 3-way SLI.

[Wind]

That board is the new maximus hero line up.

yea i know now. btw, they smart, ditch the black and gone with the Grey & Red. Black and Red now on the Gaming Board. am i right?

[LittleCarrot]

Idk what that means

 

It's a case. 

[UnknownEngineer]

Now only if Asus fixed their Z170 line-ups driver issues, the ROG forum is littered with people complaining about their setups freezing and having audio issues, just like me.

[asim1999]

I'm pretty sure that NO Z170 boards support 3-way SLI. That's disappointing. 

Gigabyte G1 does

[razor767]

Video on the Impact:

 

[Master Disaster]

They look sexy tbh.

What exactly is U.2 though?