Asus maximus viii impact review
Table of contents:
- Asus Maximus VIII Impact technical characteristics
- Asus Maximus VIII Impact
- Test bench and tests
- BIOS
- Final words and conclusion
- ASUS MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT
- COMPONENTS
- REFRIGERATION
- BIOS
- ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- PRICE
- 9.7 / 10
The Asus Maximus VIII Impact is the best LGA 1151 socket itx motherboard and Intel Z170 chipset. You receive this honor because it is capable of delivering the same performance as a high-end ATX motherboard in a much smaller footprint and allowing enthusiastic overclocking.
We thank Asus for trusting the product for its analysis:
Asus Maximus VIII Impact technical characteristics
Asus Maximus VIII Impact
The Asus Maximus VIII Impact is presented in a small cardboard box. Both in the area as front and rear we have all the most important technical characteristics of the product. Inside we find a complete bundle:
- Asus Maximus VIII Impact motherboard Back plate Instruction manual and quick guide Processor installation kit CD disk with drivers SATA Cable set M.2 disk screw Stickers 2 x Wifi Antenna Fam Ext Header: Expansion with controller for fans.
The Asus Maximus VIII Impact is an iTX format motherboard with dimensions of 17cm x 17cm for the LGA 1151 socket . The first impression is incredible… How can such a tiny thing be so well built? As we can see, it plays very well with the colors red, metallic gray and black on the heatsinks and a matte black PCB. The back is free of components so that we do not have problems in its assembly.
On cooling, it has two heatsinks that keep the 10 power supply phases with 8 digital VRMs and the Z170 chipset. All components are manufactured by Digi + technology, Black Metallic capacitors, PowIRStage Mosfets and MicroFine alloy signed by Asus Pro Clock.
It features 4 32 GB compatible DDR4 RAM memory sockets and speeds of up to 4133 Mhz and XMP 2.0 profile. The board has a USB 3 connection . along with a power / reset button, another to clear the BIOS, ROG Connect and a Debug LED.
Being a motherboard with such a small format we find a single PCI Express x16 slots that allows us to install any high-end card on the market.
In a modular way, it has the SupremeFX III sound card with EMI 110 dBA SNR CODEC technology, a headphone amplifier and special audio capacitors.
It incorporates only four 6 GB / s SATA III connections with RAID 0.1 and 5 support. As we can see we do not have the unused SATA Express connections , but if we want to reach vertigo read and write rates we can install an M disk.two.
It is also important to know that it incorporates a Wifi 802.11 AC connection and the Bluetooth V4.1 connection. Finally I detail the complete rear connections of the Asus Maximus VIII Impact:
- 1 x HDMI1 x Network (RJ45) 1 x Optical S / PDIF output 3 x Audio jack (s) 1 x Clear CMOS button 1 x USB 3.1 (black) Type C1 x USB 3.1 (red) Type A4 x USB 3.0 (blue) 2 x Wi-Fi antenna connector 1 x USB BIOS Flashback button 1 x Q-Code LED 1 x Start button 1 x Reset button
Test bench and tests
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TESTING BENCH |
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Processor: |
Intel i5-6600k. |
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Base plate: |
Asus Maximus VIII Formula |
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Memory: |
2 × 8 16GB DDR4 @ 3000 MHZ Kingston Savage |
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Heatsink |
Corsair H100i GTX. |
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HDD |
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB. |
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Graphic card |
Nvidia GTX 780. |
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Power supply |
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 |
To check the stability of the processor and motherboard we have stressed with Prime 95 Custom and air cooling. The graphics we have used is an Nvidia GTX780, without further delay, let's see the results obtained in our tests with a 1920 × 1080 monitor.
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BIOS
When we have reviewed the BIOS we see all the options that its older sisters can have. The updating of the same is constant and the stability is according to the brand.
Final words and conclusion
The Asus Maximus VIII Impact has become the best ITX motherboard on the market. Because it offers us everything a high-end ATX motherboard could be asked for: aesthetics, excellent components, quality power phases, RGB design, very stable BIOS and excellent overclocking.
We want to stop a bit in the overclock and tell you that with our i5-6600k we have reached 4800 Mhz without disheveled, but we have passed all the tests at 4600 Mhz to compare with the rest of the motherboards that we have analyzed. The result is incredibly good.
The incorporation of a Wifi 802.11 AC connection and a ROG Supreme FX III sound card with improved components must also be taken into account.
Currently we can find the Asus Maximus VIII Impact for a price that ranges from 250 euros in online stores . Possibly it escapes the budget that you have estimated but it deserves every euro invested in it. With this analysis we finished analyzing the entire ROG family with the Z170 chipset. Thanks for your reading!
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ADVANTAGE |
DISADVANTAGES |
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+ AMAZING AESTHETICS |
- NOT SO TEMPERING PRICE. |
| + SUPPLY COMPONENTS AND PHASES TOP OF THE RANGE. | |
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+ IMPROVED SOUND. |
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+ WIFI 802.11 AC AND BLUETOOTH CONNECTION 4.1. |
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+ OVERCLOCK CAPACITY. |
The Professional Review team awards him the platinum medal:
ASUS MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT
COMPONENTS
REFRIGERATION
BIOS
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
PRICE
9.7 / 10
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