Asus Maximus Formula preview

[saaya]

Anodized Aluminium...??

nope, its so hot its glowing red

[strange|ife]

Just bring back active cooling on the NB, SB, and Mosfet area instead of using all of this passive heatsinks that will eventually take up half the board.

rumour is Abits ix38 will have active, and iam sure DFi's when it comes out. Grey hair

[BulldogPO]

I want that fusion block..

[BulldogPO]

No info about availability or new previews?

[XSAlliN]

Don't like the PCi Slots position, it's plain stupid.

[oohms]

Its all aluminium... the only piece of copper in that is the heatpipe itself, and you can see how different it is in both colour and texture to the rest of it

[dinos22]

i was surprised to find actual copper in the P35T-DQ6 Gigabyte i got for testing

wonder if the X38 board arriving soon will have copper
knowing how hot the chipset will get it sure as hell needs it :

[G.Foyle]

Excellent, more copper colored aluminium and heatpipes connecting hot elements with other hot elements. Won't they ever learn?

[JoeBar]

Very nice m/b. Hope it actually will be released on time, unlike Blitz which still can't be found.

As for the heatpipes, someone from gigabyte must got a job @ asus...

[bulledeaux]

hi

[BulldogPO]

Wut!! Does it have block afterall?

[kingfearon]

So freaking cool, its def my next board then

[STaRGaZeR]

Yeahhh, WB! Now the only thing I´d like to know is retail price, and DDR3 version too.

[BulldogPO]

BTW, those "copper" heat sinks look totaly different color in this water block image than in those previous photos at XF site...

[Spawne32]

Look at these women arguing over the color of the heatsinks

[sxs112]

Maximus Extreme

[Charles Wirth]

That is a nice board, love the layout with the exception of the pci slot in line with the memory. But hey, gj fitting it in and clearing the pcie and memory better.

All 90 degree sata and ide is the best way to go with the way graphics cards have been growing.

Thanks for sharing the image.

[[XC] gomeler]

Can I get that board with no heatsinks and $150 off? Sheesh.

[BulldogPO]

Well, old pictures seem to be anodized aluminium not copper, and this one looks like real copper:
ftp://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/s...nBlock_QIG.pdf

I don´t care about motherboards color, but I care about difference between copper and aluminium.

[jagt]

I hope there'll be boards available at launch date. I've been waiting for this long enough now, and I'm literally itching for some quad core action.

[Baron]

Asus Maximus Formula

Now this looks a hell of a lot better.





http://www.vadim.co.uk/ASUS+Maximus+...-+1333+FSB-bq_

29th apparently.



**thanks to clone for this. **

[BulldogPO]

Looks good indeed

[matomatala]

Totally Cool!

[WeaponX]

I hope the picture correct because it looks really good but on the vadim site it lists one of the features as Crosslinx Technology which is something not required on the X38 Chipset so everything on that site might not be 100% correct.

[gonx_me]

Asus Maximus Formula

Now this looks a hell of a lot better.





http://www.vadim.co.uk/ASUS+Maximus+...-+1333+FSB-bq_

29th apparently.



**thanks to clone for this. **

Looks like a clean pcb.