I'm sure many of you must have come across Newegg customers reviews where after reading it might feel like you lost some I.Q. points. I was screaming at the screen after almost every sentence I read. Check out this Gem concerning the ASUS Maximus IV Gene ROG MATX Mobo:
He's complaining about the ROG features when it's an ROG board. Why did you buy it? And so what, the fan headers are 4 pin. I'm just nerd raging here but come on. The part that was really tragic was 3 out of 5 people found this review helpful. So that means 3 out of 5 PC component shoppers are Stoooopid. Has any one else had a chuckle over customer reviews they read?
Edit: I love his numbering system too in the pros, 1,2,a,b,c,d,3,4,5,6,7. I never went to a real school, maybe that's the college way of doing it.
Pros: 1. Nice form factor for any tower: not problems fitting inside the case.
2. Very full featured especially for a Micro ATX Form Factor (FF).
a. 7.1 SUPREMEFX X-FI 2 audio.
b. Video (HDMI) video port.
c. Rear USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports.
d. etc. etc. etc. Look at the screenshots and product specs to see the rest.
3. RAM is duel channel and supports of 2200 Mhz.
4. Intuitive UEFI BIOS (for those new to computers, that's the interface for navigating through the BIOS settings. BIOS is how you adjust the motherboard to do various things like setting the clock speed for your RAM or setting the boot priority for your drives).
5. Future Proof your CPU by getting a 1155 socket type: that's the new chipset Intel will be releasing called the IvyBridge.
6. All PCIe slots can boot from a PCIe Solid State Drive: very effective for those enthusiasts, like myself, that like love to get the absolute most out of their system.
7. 2 PCIe x16 slots (PCIe 3.0). However, like all motherboards, it downgrad
Cons: 1. The board, despite being fully featured, has an above average failure rate. I confirmed this with 3 separate local vendors. It does not overwhelming fail like some MBs, but it does fail enough to get the attention of Brick and Mortar locations.
2. The Micro ATX form factor leaves quite a bit to be desired when using SLI: there is not enough room to put two decent video cards into both the PCI 3.0 slots. This is a problem with most Micro ATX Motherboards and not a fault of the mani. Know what you're getting into before your purchase.
3. The motherboard I got worked partially. The LAN Port was not functional (even using the latest and greatest drivers directly from Intel, the ethernet port did not work). Also, the CPU socket had a few bent pens when I got mine: I was able to bend the pins enough to get them in place to work with the CPU (a hilariously difficult task).
4. This motherboard was too bent, literally, to get it securely connect to the tower. Unsure why.
Other Thoughts: Conclusion: If you're going to get this board, make sure you are not going to run SLI mode, even if you can do so. if you have thin video cards that do not need much cooling, SLI should be fine.
The board did not have what I would consider "common" case fan connections: it uses the 4 pin Molex connectors. Sure, that allows variable control but the 3 pin Molex connectors these days offer the same. Just found it a waste.
The ROG connector and tools are nifty but a fairly big waste for such a motherboard. It is simply not the type of motherboard a n extreme enthusiast would purchase that would go the lengths of employing the ROG tools: it is there so people can say they have it and have used it (once) to sound cool, in my opinion: an unnecessary feature for such a tiny board.
Overall, it is a decent motherboard but the Micro form factor is probably a bad idea for these features. A high failure rate is apparently common. Buy this with caution and only if you don't want to run SLI
2. Very full featured especially for a Micro ATX Form Factor (FF).
a. 7.1 SUPREMEFX X-FI 2 audio.
b. Video (HDMI) video port.
c. Rear USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports.
d. etc. etc. etc. Look at the screenshots and product specs to see the rest.
3. RAM is duel channel and supports of 2200 Mhz.
4. Intuitive UEFI BIOS (for those new to computers, that's the interface for navigating through the BIOS settings. BIOS is how you adjust the motherboard to do various things like setting the clock speed for your RAM or setting the boot priority for your drives).
5. Future Proof your CPU by getting a 1155 socket type: that's the new chipset Intel will be releasing called the IvyBridge.
6. All PCIe slots can boot from a PCIe Solid State Drive: very effective for those enthusiasts, like myself, that like love to get the absolute most out of their system.
7. 2 PCIe x16 slots (PCIe 3.0). However, like all motherboards, it downgrad
Cons: 1. The board, despite being fully featured, has an above average failure rate. I confirmed this with 3 separate local vendors. It does not overwhelming fail like some MBs, but it does fail enough to get the attention of Brick and Mortar locations.
2. The Micro ATX form factor leaves quite a bit to be desired when using SLI: there is not enough room to put two decent video cards into both the PCI 3.0 slots. This is a problem with most Micro ATX Motherboards and not a fault of the mani. Know what you're getting into before your purchase.
3. The motherboard I got worked partially. The LAN Port was not functional (even using the latest and greatest drivers directly from Intel, the ethernet port did not work). Also, the CPU socket had a few bent pens when I got mine: I was able to bend the pins enough to get them in place to work with the CPU (a hilariously difficult task).
4. This motherboard was too bent, literally, to get it securely connect to the tower. Unsure why.
Other Thoughts: Conclusion: If you're going to get this board, make sure you are not going to run SLI mode, even if you can do so. if you have thin video cards that do not need much cooling, SLI should be fine.
The board did not have what I would consider "common" case fan connections: it uses the 4 pin Molex connectors. Sure, that allows variable control but the 3 pin Molex connectors these days offer the same. Just found it a waste.
The ROG connector and tools are nifty but a fairly big waste for such a motherboard. It is simply not the type of motherboard a n extreme enthusiast would purchase that would go the lengths of employing the ROG tools: it is there so people can say they have it and have used it (once) to sound cool, in my opinion: an unnecessary feature for such a tiny board.
Overall, it is a decent motherboard but the Micro form factor is probably a bad idea for these features. A high failure rate is apparently common. Buy this with caution and only if you don't want to run SLI
Edit: I love his numbering system too in the pros, 1,2,a,b,c,d,3,4,5,6,7. I never went to a real school, maybe that's the college way of doing it.
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