Review Asus Maximus VI Extreme Live-in Review :)

Hey Guys
Recently i posted the Unboxing over here and it can be found at this link :- http://www.techenclave.com/community/threads/asus-maximus-vi-extreme-unboxing.149522/

So i am making this a live in review

Too Much stuff to post at one time and im still getting to grips with this platform.
Will keep posting as i keep Benching/Learning this awesome motherboard. This thing is truly truly insane when it comes to settings !! The ease with which i can clock this cpu and memory is nothing short of stunning. If i were to describe this board in a few words .. id say Very Fast , Extremely Easy , Ridiculously Stable , and Super Efficient !!

So here are my quick test results guys.. On win7x64 and no tweaks at all. Board is Asus Maximus 6 Extreme and using the Corsair Vengeance 2400 Cl10 Non-Pro kit. The Psu is the brand spanking new Cool Master V1000 . Cooling it all is a Mo-Ra 3 Radiator with a Swiftech Apogee Cpu Block.


Cpu- 4.5Ghz , Uncore 3900 , 1.65Vdimm ( Bios ) , Vccsa - 1.15v , Vring - 1.18v
Super Pi 1M and 32M :-

Mem At 2400 - Cl 10-12-12-31-1T








Mem at 2666 - 11-13-13-32-1T








Cpu- 4.7Ghz , Uncore 3900 , 1.65Vdimm ( Bios ) , Vccsa - .95v , Vring - 1.18v
Super Pi 1M and 32M :-

Mem At 2400 - 10-12-12-31-1T








Mem at 2666 - 11-13-13-32-1T








Mem at 2800 - 12-14-14-35-1T








I will push over 1.75Vdimm and check what i can get. So far all this was done at 1.65Vdimm Tried for 2933 till 1.75 and it was a no go
Think i need better ram

Cheers guys

 

[rdst_1]

That's an awesome mobo. Asus have outdone themselves this time especially memory overclocking is insane.
I am very torn between this board or the ASRock Z87 OC Formula.

 

[BIKeINSTEIN]

Nice. I am awaiting numbers from M6H, M6F and especially M6I.

 

[rdst_1]

A very important question, I am looking the answer for.
This board like many other high end boards has a manual on-off switch for the PCI-Ex slots. Now everyone knows that the 4770k comes with an integrated GPU. Is it possible that I can switch to using the integrated GPU by switching off the PCI Ex slots and then just switch back to the GPU when gaming. It isn't a perfect software solution for hybrid graphics but can still be used to lower the power draw of the system drastically while idling or under normal, non-gaming use.