Asus Maximus Hero VII good or bad?

[shido13]

Hi! I'm new on here so I hope you'll forgive me if I'm posting this all wrong. I just bought a brand new Hero VII board from Newegg and I was super excited until a buddy that works for Microcenter told me that they were getting a lot of Hero VII boards returned and now I'm worried I bought a bad board . I took a look at the forums over at rog.asus.com and it seems that are some issues involving the BIOS and the SupremeFX among other things, but everywhere I look it has a four to five star rating.
If anyone here has the board or has worked with the board I'd like to here your opinions on it. Also anyone who has had issues and fixed them I'd like to hear about that too.

Thank you anybody who posts!

 

[Darkbreeze]

Any board made by ASUS is most probably a decent board and boards in it's ROG and TUF lineup all have a history of good performance, usually in one of the top three positions for the category. BIOS isues with newer processors are common for all manufacturers and the need for an update is almost a foregone conclusion during any revision process.

What is the model of the CPU you are planning to use?

 

[shido13]

I'm going to be using a i7 4790k.

 

[Darkbreeze]

The BIOS version that provides support for that CPU was released on 6-5-2014 so the chances are good any board you receive will already have it installed. IF it doesn't, the board does have the ASUS flashback feature so the BIOS can be installed with or without a CPU installed using a flash drive. That should take care of the CPU support question.

Aside from that, there are further updates available up to and including as recently as August 6th and all of the three updates leading up to that one deal with system stability so the chances are good that issues previously discussed on those posts may have already been resolved. I haven't personally come across any recent threads outlining unresolvable issues with that motherboard, which doesn't mean there are none, but it would seem to indicate it's not really a common issue, so I think you should be good to go.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Keep in mind, there are always a lot of folks who for one reason or another are afraid to update the BIOS to correct known issues and will just return the hardware rather than perform a simple update. Many of them may not even be aware that BIOS updates are available to resolve issues.

 

[shido13]

Keep in mind, there are always a lot of folks who for one reason or another are afraid to update the BIOS to correct known issues and will just return the hardware rather than perform a simple update. Many of them may not even be aware that BIOS updates are available to resolve issues.

Thanks for the info and super quick response! I completely over looked that fact.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Thanks for the info and super quick response! I completely over looked that fact.

Not a problem

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I'm running my new HERO build right now , great board.

 

[akula2]

It's a fantastic board if you're quite clear about the build purpose.

ROG is designed for Gamers. This board rocks on single card but SLI will trim PCIe 3.0 bandwidth to x8/x8. There is a performance limitation, as an example. If one adds more devices which share available resources, there will be considerable performance decrease. But how much depends on your purpose or just say try to keep it simple.

One great benefit if you like, there is RAMDisk support on ROG boards. Asus usually ships some cool board turning software and apps. Note that there isn't SATA Express feature on this board, which needn't to be an issue for over 90% folks out there.

For budget-free Gaming builds, you might fall in love with NZXT H440 Black/Red + HERO + G.Skill TridentX + ROG Swift pairing.

Yes, always cross-check on websites about BIOS and other hardware updates.

If you're looking for extreme performance, including in gaming, then go for Asus Z97 WS board. It needs a lot more dough and suck more power for sure.

 

[Darkbreeze]

ROG is designed for Gamers. This board rocks on single card but SLI will trim PCIe 3.0 bandwidth to x8/x8. There is a performance limitation, as an example. If one adds more devices which share available resources, there will be considerable performance decrease. But how much depends on your purpose or just say try to keep it simple.

In most cases, you would never notice the performance drop. Only in the most demanding games at the highest settings would this ever be apparent. And if you plan to use a single card it's a moot point anyhow.

 

[akula2]

True, most folks would never notice. But I do before I splash dough on each build with purpose. It serves to pay attention on each hardware component, not just looking at acronyms and specs.

In some builds, I've rejected PSUs with erratic ripples and hold-up time, so I do thoroughly check on hardware using some devices. I look for performance limitations and bottlenecks too, hence it's advisable to stick with good practices to touch high performance levels, and ultimately derive satisfaction out of the money spent.

 

[shido13]

I've had my board for about 5 days now and I love this board. No issues that an update or some tinkering couldn't fix. I'm also impressed with the features that make it super easy to check for problems and let you know exactly where they are if there are any. Software is also solid. I highly recommend this board to anyone interested in it as I couldn't ask for a better board!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I love mine too , great board.