I like this board a lot. It just may be the thing to get me to build a system more modern than the one in my sig.
I like this board a lot. It just may be the thing to get me to build a system more modern than the one in my sig.
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+1 to bob
I have ditched discreet sound and use toslink to an external DAC or AVR or use a USB DAC.
This board has seriously peaked my interest in ITX. For the past couple years I have been a big fan of mATX and was happy to see the Maximus Gene boards. I never use even half the capabilities of most higher end boards as I do not run multi GPU's.
Heck this could be the end of my LC'ed lian li tower...
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Sorry I meant the Xonar Essence One. Though for that price, I'd rather have a DacMagic Plus or my separates.Originally Posted by eXa
I already have the Essence STXBut i need 1 x16 for the gfx and 1 1x for the Xonar...
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with competitive pricing... this could make quite an excellent media center or lanbox… or both!
im interested!
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AWWWW..Now isn't that cute..an almost grown up motherboard..
Can we be PC and say it's both horizontally and vertically "challenged?
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lol you racist ol fart...AWWWW..Now isn't that cute..an almost grown up motherboard..
Can we be PC and say it's both horizontally and vertically "challenged?
Actually I think it's cute but decided to toss a little levity out there..lol you racist ol fart...
I have an old, very old Lian LI PC30 case that this would be perfect in as long as I used a low heat cpu.
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I love baby motherboards. I can build two PCs with the size of one PC with such a gargantuan board (like the one I assume you own). Half the cost, same performance, same footprint... :pAWWWW..Now isn't that cute..an almost grown up motherboard..
Can we be PC and say it's both horizontally and vertically "challenged?
To be serious though, it's great news to see ASUS back in the ITX arena, she was missed (now let's hope that the board would be as good as it looks).
pretty nice piece of hardware.. although, I didn't like the position of sata/usb3 connectors.
Anyway, it's nice to see mini-boards with high eng specs and the market.
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with the right gpu it'd make a great low power folding machine, plus IB should be relatively good thermodynamically wise.
Looks like I need to start planning for MAX11Lv4
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Now that is awesome. I've been using the Maximus IV Gene-Z(which ising awesome) and judging by the Gene-Z I think I'll pick this little guy up. Now I just hope the price isn't something insane to offset the expected low volume.
I love the layout, but why must nearly every matx/itx board be blue?
i7 2600k, 8GB 1866Mhz DDR3, GTX560 Ti, Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4, CM Cosmos 1000 Case, and some green crap everywhere.So you're saying I could use my own pee as coolant?
Gene series arn't blue...
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yeah, that's not a lot of color options lol
I'd love to see some basic black/black matx/itx boards so I can match any accent I feel like, but even the ones that are close to that throw white/gray/red/blue connectors on them.
i7 2600k, 8GB 1866Mhz DDR3, GTX560 Ti, Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4, CM Cosmos 1000 Case, and some green crap everywhere.So you're saying I could use my own pee as coolant?
Less than that,nope, probably..
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It should not be too bad on pricing and I bet it clocks better than anyone can imagine.Now that is awesome. I've been using the Maximus IV Gene-Z(which is
Why do people claim to know something they do not and then write about it.
Wonder what would happen if I stuck a E5-2687W into it?It should not be too bad on pricing and I bet it clocks better than anyone can imagine.
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babies are cute, and this is a baby. It should OC well it has the proper VRM, but better it has a PCh so close to the socket, meaning much better signal quality between CPu and PCH=blck good. memory is close too. of course that also means many more signals might interfer.
Hmm, yeah I forgot that there is no LGA 2011 ITX boards. Still -in theory- I will be able to get my Ivy-bridges north of 5Ghz with proper cooling. Not too shabby for such tiny boards (my Z68 itx does 4.7Ghz by comparison). But I guess it would be severely lacking on the RAM department, oh well .... still if I put separate workload to each of these (theoretical at this point of time) machines I won't be far off behind you...Less than that,nope, probably..
Fear the wrath of minuscule machines, I say
Exactly! Why do they miss out on targeting the "small server" crowd? Only 4 SATA and still some estate on the board..oh well. I have my old Gigabyte ITX stored away in a separate confinment, it does everything for me...torrenting, FTP, Mediastorage, gaming and WEB host. ITX is the best solution for all those needs for me. I wouldn't mind having 2 LAN ports as well, then I could throw in OpenWRT or Pfsense in virtualization and throw away my router/firewall.
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You'd destroy a cute board with a useless chip. You might as well give me those E5-2687Ws.Wonder what would happen if I stuck a E5-2687W into it?
Well. I might but I don't have any..
I mean those bastages are EXPENSIVE so how could a po white boy like me afford them?
Besides, you got a new toy to play with!
LOL, just looked again, I thought this was a socket 2011 board.. DUH!
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I think u have socket 2011 in your mind too much, kinda reminds me of that ol SImpsons episode where Homer hear's everyone mention the name moe.Well. I might but I don't have any..
I mean those bastages are EXPENSIVE so how could a po white boy like me afford them?
Besides, you got a new toy to play with!
LOL, just looked again, I thought this was a socket 2011 board.. DUH!
"what did you say socket 2011!?!... oh no its just an Amiga"
I do admit that when I get my mind on a subject or build I am like a horse with blinders.I think u have socket 2011 in your mind too much, kinda reminds me of that ol SImpsons episode where Homer hear's everyone mention the name moe.
"what did you say socket 2011!?!... oh no its just an Amiga"
All I want is to build and test and any obstacles in the way are just that, small roadblocks to be kicked down or gone around.
Don't worry, I'll be back to normal in a few weeks..
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