Asus CROSSHAIR VI confirmed for Zen!

[KarateHottie93]

Saw this on the Asus forums and thought it was pretty cool as it's their highest end AMD board series. I had the CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z. Nice board indeed.

 

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?88980-AM4-Socket

 

Also here's a little visual history on the second greatest motherboard line ever...after the WS series!

[KarateHottie93]

Just now, wrathoftheturkey said:

K???????????????????

I mean, it's just a MoBo

Just a mobo?

 

The mobo is only the foundation of all builds.

[Simon771]

2 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

K???????????????????

I mean, it's just a MoBo

Say what?

It's time we teach you some manners!

[Aytex]

Its 2016, wheres the damn rgb and io shield

[KarateHottie93]

5 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Nah, that's the GPU for most gamers and the CPU for editors. The MoBo only has to be good enough to work fine with the rest of the build

The motherboard is still the foundation for those things...well technically the case. Then again you don't need a case to have a working rig so motherboard wins.

 

But to your argument. Motherboards matter a lot. If a board was simply just a board than they would all cost the same. Some boards can't OC. Some have dual gigabit lan vs internal wifi. Board selection is important.

[Simon771]

2 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Its 2016, wheres the damn rgb and io shield

 

And I'm still waiting for more companies to do layout like this:

 

 

That's how I want to plug my 24pin cables!

 

[KarateHottie93]

5 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Its 2016, wheres the damn rgb and io shield

Those are all past gen boards lol

[KarateHottie93]

1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

 

And I'm still waiting for more companies to do layout like this:

 

 

That's how I want to plug my 24pin cables!

 

It's also about time EVGA stops putting red on all their highest end products.

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, KarateHottie93 said:

Those are all past gen boards lol

Indeed. RGB PCB solder, thermal paste, display cables and wifi antennae are very in right now. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

9 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Its 2016, wheres the damn rgb and io shield

Nope, It's 2012 or 2013, as that's the newest of the motherboards in the pics. 

Also, why would they ruin a motherboard with silly, ugly, tacky, Las-Vegas-instant-marriage-like, meaningless lights?  

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Also, why would they ruin a motherboard with silly, ugly, tacky, Las-Vegas-instant-marriage-like, meaningless lights?  

Cause apparently people buy them

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 minute ago, Spork829 said:

Cause apparently people buy them

Indeed. The future isn't what it used to be

Still, "people" is just part of the market. No reason for every model to target the same segment. Why sell to some, or even most, if you can sell to all?

 

[Spork829]

Just now, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Indeed. The future isn't what it used to be

Still, "people" is just part of the market. No reason for every model to target the same segment. Why sell to some, or even most, if you can sell to all?

 

Well yeah, I don't think there's a single company that sells exclusively RGB stuff (yet).

[SpaceGhostC2C]

Just now, Spork829 said:

Well yeah, I don't think there's a single company that sells exclusively RGB stuff (yet).

Luckily. But, remember, I was just replying to the logic "2016=>rgb leds".

[Energycore]

22 minutes ago, KarateHottie93 said:

Just a mobo?

 

The mobo is only the foundation of all builds.

Nah most features on a high-end motherboard go wasted and so is people's money on it.

[Energycore]

Just now, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Luckily. But, remember, I was just replying to the logic "2016=>rgb leds".

You can bet that the Crosshair VI series will have RGB, at least some of them.

[Spork829]

Just now, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Luckily. But, remember, I was just replying to the logic "2016=>rgb leds".

Yeah. I mean it certainly contained more of them than ever before, though.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

You can bet that the Crosshair VI series will have RGB, at least some of them.

I don't remember now, but they may have already done it to the Sabertooth R3. Ah, who am I kidding, there is no chance their flagship AMD motherboard for gamers doesn't come with flashy things all over... 

[KarateHottie93]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

I don't remember now, but they may have already done it to the Sabertooth R3. Ah, who am I kidding, there is no chance their flagship AMD motherboard for gamers doesn't come with flashy things all over... 

The highest end Z170 board and best, depending on what kinda user you are doesn't have all that junk. It's another reason I've always loved WS boards. Beautiful quality without the ugly flash ruining them.

 

[Spork829]

5 minutes ago, KarateHottie93 said:

The highest end Z170 board and best, depending on what kinda user you are doesn't have all that junk. It's another reason I've always loved WS boards. Beautiful quality without the ugly flash ruining them.

 

Definitely agree. Though if we're being picky, Asus totally ripped that heatsink design for the VRMs off from ASRock's Z97 boards  

[KarateHottie93]

1 minute ago, Spork829 said:

Definitely agree. Though if we're being picky, Asus totally ripped that heatsink design for the VRMs off from ASRock's Z97 boards  

This Asus Z87 begs to differ

 

But then this ASRock Z77 concurs ...

 

[Spork829]

Just now, KarateHottie93 said:

This Asus Z87 begs to differ

 

But then this ASRock Z77 concurs ...

 

TIL. Also that heatsink fan on the Z77 is adorable.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

15 minutes ago, KarateHottie93 said:

The highest end Z170 board and best, depending on what kinda user you are doesn't have all that junk. It's another reason I've always loved WS boards. Beautiful quality without the ugly flash ruining them.

 

 

But WS=WorkStation. The Crosshair line is targeting gamers (isn't it a RoG board?), and judging by the latest Aura models, I think Asus' current views on the gamer market are pretty clear

 

Let's see what else they do for AM4, in any case

 

[KarateHottie93]

43 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

But WS=WorkStation. The Crosshair line is targeting gamers (isn't it a RoG board?), and judging by the latest Aura models, I think Asus' current views on the gamer market are pretty clear

 

Let's see what else they do for AM4, in any case

 

I'm sure the CROSSHAIR will have all the garbage cause as you mentioned...it's a RoG board.

 

Just saying that there are other ultra high end options. WS boards are really just as good for gaming though. They overclock well and are of the highest quality.

 

The big difference is of course in the feature set and bios. The way I look at is that the RoG boards don't offer much extra that I actually care about.

 

I pretty much take advantage of everything on my WS boards though. Whether the dual gigabit lan, on board USB ports, extra storage options, or other goodies...I just find them perfect for my needs

[Sintezza]

5 hours ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Nah, that's the GPU for most gamers and the CPU for editors. The MoBo only has to be good enough to work fine with the rest of the build

 

Comments like this give me a bit of a headache really....

there are 2 important things you shouldn´t cheap out on.

And that are the Motherboard and the PSU.

Those are the fundament for a good working system.

No offense of course.

 

I do have to say that motherboards in general are getting better and better now days.

Its not like back in the days with ECS motherboards that components litterly fell off the pcb,

if you just stare to long at it.

However there are still quality diffrences.