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Member Reviews: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z - LGA 1155 - Z68 - Republic of Gamer Series - mATX Intel Z68 Micro ATX DDR3 2200 Motherboards

EditeD

Best 1155 bang-for-the-buck motherboard out there?

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Pros: Flawless layout. Breeze to overclock. Lots of connectivity options. Supports 22nm CPU's. Very nice UEFI tools with various applications.

Cons: Bloatware on following CD that makes the PC unstable. A minor issue, but stick to regular drivers from Asus' website. None other.

Introduction The Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z is a great contribution ti Asus' great line of ROG motherboards. This board was a fresh breeze compared to e.g the larger P8P67/Z68 PRO versions from Asus. The UEFi interface is overhauled, which makes the fine tune of this motherboard a breeze, aswell as the boards design and layout wich I myself find very appealing. Bundle A very good manual is included. The manual is thick as a bible, and incredibly detailed in various languages. The bundle also comes prepacked with a batch of stickers ment to sort out your hard drive cables for easy maintaining and great overview. A ROG casebadge, as well as a huge side-panel sticker with the well known...
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Wnivre

#1 Intel m-ATX Gaming Board

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Pros: Compatible with newer 22nm CPUs *BIOS update required*

Cons: No PCIe 3.0

If you are an Intel owner looking for a m-ATX board to do major overclocking, this is the board for you. NOTE: There is a future revision being released: "Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3". I recommend you wait to purchase the newer GEN3 which supports PCIe 3.0.
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