Asus Unveils ROG Lineup Of Z170 Motherboards For Skylake CPUs (Surprise: RGB Lighting)

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Asus has launched three new Republic of Gamers Maximus motherboards. The Maximus VIII boards are based on Intel’s new Z170 Express chipset and have support for DDR4 and Intel Skylake processors.

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[SpeedEnforcedByAircraft]

Say it with me everyone: Where's the Maximus VIII IMPACT!?

 

[jimmysmitty]

I am waiting to see the Maximus VIII Formula. Probably coming within the next few months considering that Skylake is not even available to buy yet.

 

[Lee Neighoff]

Say it with me everyone: Where's the Maximus VIII IMPACT!?

I'll definitely grab one when it comes out. It'll complete my Node 304 build.

 

[ern88]

I might pick up the hero!!!

 

[SpeedEnforcedByAircraft]

Say it with me everyone: Where's the Maximus VIII IMPACT!?

I'll definitely grab one when it comes out. It'll complete my Node 304 build.

The Maximus Vii Impact was a beautiful board. My only problem was that Haswell's life cycle was mostly over, and Z97 didn't really have great M.2 support. Not like there were a lot of M.2 PCiE SSDs running at 3.0 x4 to choose from; the only one is Samsung's SM951, and that has no NVME (the refreshed version does, but haven't seen it on the shelf just yet.). I hope Bitspower makes a full cover block for it though.

 

[soldier44]

Time to upgrade the 2600k finally.

 

[TechyInAZ]

Awww so pretty! The Maximus VIII Gene is my favorite of all times now. 😀

 

[game junky]

Lots to look forward to with the ASUS lineup - I myself am a fan of their Sabertooth series though I am not sure if it will be present in this next chip gen. Time will tell, will definitely be time to upgrade with 4.0 ghz stock clock to manipulate

 

[lieutenantfrost]

Do you think its better to buy one of these now or wait a few months to see what comes down the pipe?