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ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E VS ROG MAXIMUS IX Z270

ferdzxc
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just returned my previous mobo (Asus Z170-A) because of incompatibility issues.

i7-7700k

Corsair H100iv2

16GB Ram

 

im not really on a budget since its the last piece for my build, so again witch mobo should i buy?

if you could give me a small info about your pick that would be great!!

 

TY LTT Community <3

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Need to be specific on the Maximus

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1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

Need to be specific on the Maximus

its the Asus Rog Maximus IX Z270 

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1 minute ago, ferdzxc said:

its the Asus Rog Maximus IX Z270 

You're not specific enough

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1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

You're not specific enough

ohh yeahh. LOL 

HERO 

totally forgot about that 

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2 minutes ago, ferdzxc said:

ohh yeahh. LOL 

HERO 

totally forgot about that 

Between the 2, the Hero will be a better pick. Strix with that dual LED on the I/O shield looks nice compared to the single color found on the Maximus, but Maximus has one feature that's not available on the Strix. That feature is the USB Bios flash back, a great tool for recovering a corrupted bios, since it can still update it, when there is no CPU and the board isn't POSTing.

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38 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

 

What batch number did you get?

 

What does that affect?

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17 minutes ago, Pohernori said:

 

What does that affect?

 

It may not affect anything at all, but L639Fxxx and L639Gxxx are on fire right now with high overclocks.  Silicon lottery still applies with these batches, but those two are where the 5.2 and higher chips are coming from.

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8 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

 

It may not affect anything at all, but L639Fxxx and L639Gxxx are on fire right now with high overclocks.  Silicon lottery still applies with these batches, but those two are where the 5.2 and higher chips are coming from.

 

Well shit. Lets hope I'm lucky.

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I looked into this while CES 2017 was still on-going.

 

Apparently, according to ASUS representative(s) on their forums, the StriX line of motherboards is the "new" mainstream line...replacing...like the -A / -K / -E.

 

They will still have the "ROG" marketing (because ROG attraction reasons), but is not on the same tier / level at the 'usual' ROG motherboards.

  • Lower VRM phase count (e.g. 4+2 or...6+1 vs 8+2 or 16+4, etc)
  • Lesser VRM / chipset cooling (on certain boards)
  • Available in Z270 / H270 / B250 forms

Basically, a Z270-A or H270 with RGB lighting, and "ROG" branding to make you buy it that much more.

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6 hours ago, -rascal- said:

I looked into this while CES 2017 was still on-going.

 

Apparently, according to ASUS representative(s) on their forums, the StriX line of motherboards is the "new" mainstream line...replacing...like the -A / -K / -E.

 

They will still have the "ROG" marketing (because ROG attraction reasons), but is not on the same tier / level at the 'usual' ROG motherboards.

  • Lower VRM phase count (e.g. 4+2 or...6+1 vs 8+2 or 16+4, etc)
  • Lesser VRM / chipset cooling (on certain boards)
  • Available in Z270 / H270 / B250 forms

Basically, a Z270-A or H270 with RGB lighting, and "ROG" branding to make you buy it that much more.

Strix is the cheaper version of rog. Those who can't afford a rog, but still want one. Their mainstream still exist like the z270-a. It's now their prime series, Prime z270-a.

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If money doesnt matter ROG.

Simply because better board, better vrm implemention,

higher quality components etc.

Strix line is formally known as Pro game line, which is basicly a very midrange line of boards.

ROG boards are upper mid tier to highend depending on the exact model.

Tobad that we dont have seen a Maximus 9 Extreme yet.

 

Also tobad that Asrock has not show their Z270 OC Formula yet.

Which allways have been great value for money.

Looking forward to take a peak at that one.

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