Will an ASUS XI Hero "gimp" an i9-9900K In Any Way?

[Inferius]

So, I have a buddy who works at Fry's who will be able to hook me up with an i9-9900K at the $480 'MSRP' (or price per unti for 1000 units or whatever intel calls it) and I am thinking about pulling the trigger on it, as my 3570K can't really keep up with streaming anymore, of if I video chat with friends in Discord. I was looking at pairing it with an ASUS Maximus XI Formula board, but the stock of those seems rarer than the processor its self. That being said, the board I can readily get is the ASUS Maximus XI Hero board, and was wondering if I would be gimping the processor in anyway by pairing it with the Hero? I don't know if I plan to OC the 9900K yet, but in the event I do, would I get less potential performance out of it by being on the Hero board? Or any other performance impacts the board may have? Thanks for any help.

[VinsinityKT]

Formula is more for custom watercooling and Hero is perfectly fine to use. More budget option but still has everything you need.

[Fasauceome]

The Maximus boards are Asus' top end, if it gimps the CPU I'd be very surprised.

[Jurrunio]

All boards in the Maximus 11 series share the same basic components, if the Hero hurts performance than so will the Formula (cooling the VRM can only take you this far). However, The Maximus 11 series are all 4 phase VRM boards (8 phases worth of components, but they work in pairs), so buying for the current $300 price tag it is a massive waste of money. Even if it costs half that I'd still struggle to recommend it when $180 boards get 12 phase instead. It's a massive difference to a CPU this power hungry.

[xg32]

26 minutes ago, Inferius said:

So, I have a buddy who works at Fry's who will be able to hook me up with an i9-9900K at the $480 'MSRP' (or price per unti for 1000 units or whatever intel calls it) and I am thinking about pulling the trigger on it, as my 3570K can't really keep up with streaming anymore, of if I video chat with friends in Discord. I was looking at pairing it with an ASUS Maximus XI Formula board, but the stock of those seems rarer than the processor its self. That being said, the board I can readily get is the ASUS Maximus XI Hero board, and was wondering if I would be gimping the processor in anyway by pairing it with the Hero? I don't know if I plan to OC the 9900K yet, but in the event I do, would I get less potential performance out of it by being on the Hero board? Or any other performance impacts the board may have? Thanks for any help.

the asus boards are a joke for 300bucks (80C load on the vrm, it's within specs, but only fanboys can justify that), grab the aorus masters or taichi if you want dual bios.

[kriegalex]

The board in itself is perfectly fine and will drive an i9-9900k to good clocks despite the fake 8 phase (see GN/Buildzoid video). The problem is the value proposition. Here, it costs a mere 325USD, which is more expensive than an Aorus Master (290 USD).

[Jumper118]

the intel hero boards are always gimped. if you want a board that isnt a meme get an apex.

[lukart]

4 hours ago, kriegalex said:

The board in itself is perfectly fine and will drive an i9-9900k to good clocks despite the fake 8 phase (see GN/Buildzoid video). The problem is the value proposition. Here, it costs a mere 325USD, which is more expensive than an Aorus Master (290 USD).

Better option would be a Extreme 4 for that pricing..

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

8 hours ago, Inferius said:

So, I have a buddy who works at Fry's who will be able to hook me up with an i9-9900K at the $480 'MSRP' (or price per unti for 1000 units or whatever intel calls it) and I am thinking about pulling the trigger on it, as my 3570K can't really keep up with streaming anymore, of if I video chat with friends in Discord. I was looking at pairing it with an ASUS Maximus XI Formula board, but the stock of those seems rarer than the processor its self. That being said, the board I can readily get is the ASUS Maximus XI Hero board, and was wondering if I would be gimping the processor in anyway by pairing it with the Hero? I don't know if I plan to OC the 9900K yet, but in the event I do, would I get less potential performance out of it by being on the Hero board? Or any other performance impacts the board may have? Thanks for any help.

 

Ehhh maybe don't go with asus this time

[Inferius]

19 hours ago, xg32 said:

the asus boards are a joke for 300bucks (80C load on the vrm, it's within specs, but only fanboys can justify that), grab the aorus masters or taichi if you want dual bios.

I researched the stuff around the ASUS boards this time around (GN video, to start) and yeah, ASUS probably isnt the best choice this time around. The Aourus looks really tempting, have you had any experience with them?