Asus Maximus VIII Family

[doubleagent214]

What's good everyone. I am planning a new build for a friend, z170 as of right now, and I am having a hard time understanding the difference between the Maximus 8 Hero and the Ranger. As far as I can tell the only difference is 2 extra sata ports, but that can't be all is it? Please let me know if you know of any more differences as well as any experience with these two motherboards?

 

P.S. I might just go with a Gigabyte Gaming 7 because it's for a friend who is super into audio production and that soundcore 3d would be a great thing to have because it's a quad core sound processor. But I would still love for feedback on the maximus motherboards. I am focus on those two because they are sub 200. Might grab a hero alpha or a formula, but planning between a hero or ranger as of right now. Thank you

[SeanAngelo]

11 minutes ago, doubleagent214 said:

What's good everyone. I am planning a new build for a friend, z170 as of right now, and I am having a hard time understanding the difference between the Maximus 8 Hero and the Ranger. As far as I can tell the only difference is 20 extra stat ports, but that can't be all is it? Please let me know if you know of any more differences as well as any experience with these two motherboards?

 

P.S. I might just go with a Gigabyte Gaming 7 because it's for a friend who is super into audio production and that soundcore 3d would be a great thing to have because it's a quad core sound processor. But I would still love for feedback on the maximus motherboards. I am focus on those two because they are sub 200. Might grab a hero alpha or a formula, but planning between a hero or ranger as of right now. Thank you

go to the asus website and compare them

[doubleagent214]

2 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

go to the asus website and compare them

I did and the only difference I can spot is 2 sata ports.