Asus ROG Maximus V Formula Motherboard Overview Unboxing Part 1

[@Gamedevisnogame]

Btw Lauren, I just found your channel a few days ago, and I'm glad I did. You're one of the few people who actually really tries their very best to review material as objective as possible with all the little details. I'm planning to build my own pc (for the first time), and in my search for the right hardware you've already helped me a lot :). I know you're having a hard time atm with your sponsors etc., but I'm still hoping to see some similar informative reviews in the future :).

[@BMOCroc]

my favorite thing about your videos is how complete your descriptions are of everything! no detail left out. keep it up :)

[@TastyPC]

You are correct that they are for temp probes, and combined with the fans headers next to them you can have better fan control. But there are no temp probes included in the box, you have to buy them separately.

[@bdfun1]

Your reviews are getting better every time. Nice camera work on the board, I was able to see every connection very well and I liked the fact that you put up the little balloons on the small errors. Bring on the next part soon, Thanks.

[@Thelach1]

Just got this board yesterday and i can say it is the best looking and one of the best performers out there. Simply amazing

[@Barnacules]

This is going to my next motherboard!

[@TastyPC]

Don't watch my older videos, they're cringey lol.

[@Saradomian]

I'd wait the new z97s and h97zs are rumored for release this year or next year

[@233kosta]

TastyPCTV I don't know, I quite like the old videos for some reason, can't quite put my finger on it yet though

[@233kosta]

Lelion Moddeur That must be it then :D

[@NikeySunfire]

Extremely well done review, dont worry if you made mistakes on the parts or features. Your explanation of everything was amazingly done :)

[@TastyPC]

Depends on your budget and what features you're after. The Formula definitively has more features but If your not going to use them then the sabertooth is still a beautiful board.

[@tredfxman]

You have very nice voice to listen to, & its very easy to follow your reviews. Also i want to say you explain in a perfect pace :)

[@_-Ruki-_]

I'm in the middle of watching all your videos from oldest to newest, job well done thus far :)

[@TastyPC]

Good luck on your marathon young warrior. :P

[@TastyPC]

This is just a motherboard. An operating system (like windows) can be installed onto a hard drive or SSD after a full system/PC is built.

[@jerrybarnacules7756]

I could listen to you all day Lauren... :P

[@adamtajhassam9188]

i just most times come here 4 her lol

[@APhreshCarrot]

Nice review, really in depth especially going over all the fan headers, it's very important for people with cases with 5+ fans like me :)

[@233kosta]

One issue I've had with this motherboard would be the built in water block. Note, it IS just me being silly with it, but it's really easy to overlook (as I did). If you're using the built in block, don't leave the barbs unsecured. I had a blowout a few months ago and it literally scared the crap out of me. I was fortunate to have been saved by the backplate on the graphics card, but seriously, if your loop is sealed, you will get pressure build up through thermal expansion, and if you've got an unsecured barb (like I did) - you might not be as fortunate. Hose clips are 50p each and can save you a fortune :)

[@darith27]

A thorough assembly would be to run the pump through the system with no power to the components (power only to the pump) for about a week to see if there's an expansion. How long was your system running for until your blowout?

[@233kosta]

Darith Yim About a year. I tested it with just the pump for 48 hours, and then under prime + furmark load for another 24. The system could handle it with the custom fan profile, but I'd turned them down to 800 rpm that night. After 3 hours under gaming load (Bioshock Infinity), my computer just shut down. Took 2 minutes to notice the blowout, but it's fine now. Literally no component damage too :)

[@TastyPC]

I agree, It's something I plan to work on in future videos.

[@CustomComputing]

this is an intense board! I cant believe its watercooling ready along with all the other stuff you pointed out!! I wouldn't even use half of those features but excited to see you up and running with it... what open system watercooling are you going to use?

[@ImaginaryPersonThe]

Woa, this top makes you look like you're emitting an red / rose aura. Nice choice. Aside from that, nice reviews. The only thing I'm missing is technical / graphical charts / overviews blended in from time to time - that would make it perfect.

[@TastyPC]

I absolutely recommend this board but can't comment on how it'll stand up against Haswell.

[@TastyPC]

But quad channel memory doesn't even make that much difference and It's easier to overclock with just 2 sticks of memory anyway.

[@turbofox1980]

This board is amazing. Recently did a build with i7 3770k and it oc's very well with an h80i. Great review

[@TastyPC]

Because of the angle the top connectors were hidden behind the heat sink and I had no way to levitate my camera directly over the top of the board

[@dadgamez]

Keep up the good work! Great to see your views and subscriber numbers growing :)

[@TastyPC]

You can use it with or without, it's up to you :)

[@bezzaboy1234]

Great video Lauren, Now we just need Asus to make the red bits interchange like the Corsair series of fans do! This board would look great in white or blue

[@master00sniper]

This mobo only supports dual channel memory, which you did mention in the video but didn't seem to say anything about it. IMHO, a brand spanking new motherboard designed for gaming should support quad channel. Everything else on the board seems top notch, but why not quad channel? Is there a more expensive model that has it? Is there a reason to not have it? All questions I'd love to see addressed in a review. I'm a fan of your video's, but sometimes it seems like they are too positive.

[@LaBestiaHumanaMX]

How do you manage to get your hands on all this cool gear?

[@Ardonn]

Gj fixing the mouth sounds Tasty, and a very great first time overview of a MB, you'll be somebody great :)

[@TastyPC]

They are not removable. I wish they had just used standard G1/4" holes for you to install what ever fittings/barbs you want.

[@TastyPC]

I watch star trek. In fact i recently had a photo taken with Jeri Ryan! :)

[@gulllars]

I noticed the lip/mouth smaking sounds are less pronounced lately. Did you try out a low-pass audio filter as i suggested, or find some other way to improve it? I think the audio is perfectly decent. I'd put money and effort into other things. Keep doing good work :)

[@IDGODROAR]

LOL, I didn't expect you to say that the motherboard "looks tasty". On a serious note, I'm having trouble deciding between the Max V Formula/Thunder and the Max V Extreme. This build will be a serious gaming/serious workstation pc (high-end 3D stuff, game design, etc.) Which do you guys recommend?

[@Niels_K]

Because the memory controller is located on the CPU, not the motherboard. Since this is LGA 1155 it's dual channel. If you want quad, you'll need to buy a LGA 2011 motherboard. It currently won't give you any extra performance in games though.

[@enessou]

Hm. Good camerawork, sensible editing, someone who actually seems to know what she's talking about, and heck, a very lovely voice to boot (yes, that matters, at least to me ;-)). Yeah, I can subscribe to this channel, if that's ok.

[@Biotrin]

Getting this motherboard for my build. Can't wait!

[@bobsmith4902]

you have a very good channel, actually very cool and quality videos. subbed.

[@Vigi1anty]

Thanks for the review. I'm torn between this and the Maximus V Extreme. Any word from ASUS as to why they decided to go with such a small barb in the Fusion Thermo? Would have been nice to a nice G1/4 thread or at least 1/2 inch barbs.

[@theGoldenDiaper]

Nice review :) Does z77 chipset work with x79? Because it looks as though the CPU socket is the same even though they have different names :/

[@BLSoldier00]

You're gaining subscribers so quickly!

[@braisxchao]

This is your best review, great job!

[@iAmThatGuyJohn]

My next build is going to be an 8350 paired with a GTX 690, is the "Formula" line of boards still the top of ROG line? If so, are you aware if they are working on releasing a different line anytime soon that isn't being discussed directly on the ROG forums?

[@TastyPC]

I'd love too but I don't think i'll be getting another tasty board like this for a while. But then again I didn't know i was getting the formula until about 4 days ago so who knows :)

[@TastyPC]

LOL annotation coming up, I was filming this at 5am, it was starting to show. Thanks.

[@victorbart]

Yes thats a important feature what make this board better then standard Z77 boards :)

[@christopher4636]

This is Z77 not X79, all Z77 boards have dual channel. You'd need a X79 chipset board with a Sandybridge-E processor to get quad channel, and like Lauren has stated you will not get any noticeable difference (none at all in gaming). If you want better ram performance ditch the four sticks and get just two of equivalent size that way you can run @ 1N instead of 2N. However this is still just a very small performance increase.

[@intronaut8582]

Very nice motherboard. Nice spacing on the card slots. Nice positioning on all the inputs. Red and black aren't my thing (my rig is white and silver with small amounts of black and gold) but it's nice looking. No dual 16x PCI kills it, though. I need my SLI.

[@Paultrotter]

You missed out the PLX chip. the plx chip itself utilizes all 3 pci-e lanes so anyone who uses alot of there usb ports etc can without loosing any power to the gpu lanes. this is one of the expensive parts on this board. the ethernet port is from intel otherwise great review. and i thought you looked really good in matching colours of the board. thanks for your info youve really helped me in building my new pc i find your video's easy listening and you always give us all the info we need thx

[@TastyPC]

Yes, if you can get your 3570k to 5ghz with a h100.

[@Discussd]

Nice! I hope more motherboards comes with an installed waterblock and removable (!) barbs with G1/4 threading.

[@TastyPC]

It was packaged in that black cellophane stuff not inside another box. I know that it's the 5th one lol I honestly sat there and went "5 or V?... V sounds better, I'll go with that"

[@Pianoguy32]

loving the colour co-ordination :)

[@TastyPC]

It's ASUS!!!!!!!!!!!! That could one day mean graphics card reviews and maybe even laptops and tablets :)

[@johnnystone93]

no, both of them are 2 different chipsets. On the x79 the CPU socket is larger- to fit the 2011 :) and the z77 is for the 1155

[@YasumotoUS]

That can be solved, in part, by adding just a few more camera angles. That means more editing and post-production work, of course. I thought that the black pedestal on which the motherboard sat was an excellent mechanism for rotating the motherboard and bringing it up off of the table surface, by the way.

[@TastyPC]

Yes, all you have to do is go online and buy the Maximus V Formula motherboard :P

[@rebbaby1]

whats the ram specs on that board? i like how you look at as if its a car much detail in hardware specs, as kid i worked on cars too, also bikes, than i got into cpe

[@stonep11]

You've done this? OCLab.ru set benchmark records with an 3770k only clocked up to 6.834 Considering that was done with subzero cooling I'd be interested to see how much more "extreme" your cooling was, because despite having an H100 and this board in my own system (in a high airflow HAF X case), I would never dream of clocks that high.

[@jonppenny]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but the "V" is actually 5, not the letter V. So it's Maximus 5, not Maximus V.

[@00Big00Shadow00]

Nice job lauren, keep up the good work.

[@RKTGX95]

i have a question, should i go on my build, which includes this Motherboard, with the Corsair Force GT that will match the color scheme or with the Crucial M4 that has better performance (as a boot drive) and allegedly better reliability ?

[@MrLeejc73]

What happened to the box!!!! Took a bit of a whack in the bottom right corner. It's Asus 5 maximus, but V or 5 what difference does it really make?? Asus have been using Roman Numerals on the ROG boards since version 2 of the Striker/Formula days.

[@TheCem01]

lauren is there any point in me getting this motherboard if it is £239 without thunder FX, if i won't be using more than 2 video cards, isnt the maximus V gene just the same except its smaller and supports only 2 way SLI

[@joesaiditstrue]

tell asus to build a blue and black version of this board, not everyone wants a red and black themed build :( awesome video lauren

[@OKcheesusTV]

Where do you have the information from? Many people pronounce it differently.

[@PCMAXTech]

I like the mobo, but I wish it had some PCI expansion slots for older hardware, guess I could always upgrade my old hardware though.

[@TastyPC]

He was just suggesting what's possible (and rounding up) not that they had actually done so personally.

[@MrLeejc73]

Bugs the crap out of me when they package £250+ boards in nothing, I know the rog packaging is pretty tough, but for the price you're paying how much would another box and a couple of air bags cost??? Review is cool, only thing I would suggest is when you do the motherboard close ups could you orient it so top's top please? I had a horrible feeling that the 24 Pin Power was on the bottom edge of the board for about a millisecond. :o)

[@himselfe]

Nice review, you still come across as being a bit nervous but that'll go the more reviews you do. Also, yay no buttons! :P

[@wowKOMA5118]

when is the reviews about MSI coming? ;) thats the only thing i miss.

[@TechteamGB]

Damn right, but how did you know?

[@Flojani]

That ROG Cable... Exactly what kind of info can be gained from other PC? Like will it allow me to transfer data from one computer to another? Can it tell me what's wrong with the PC it's connected to for easier troubleshooting? Or what? Thanks! :)

[@natho11420]

what part of the uk are you from you seem to combine 3 accents?

[@JovisPlays]

4k SUBS WELL DONE :D

[@tommy2832]

I have a question. I build my new computer and i have a extra power supply that I want to install in my new computer. But my problem is my computer already has the Power Supply inside of it. Can you make the how to video on how to install the second power supply? Thanks!

[@andytruong2464]

Does this have window 7 install or do you need to install it your self

[@SupremeGamingStyle]

Will you review Asus Maximus V Extreme later?

[@TastyPC]

Klingon?

[@DeadlyDefoe]

So i want to use the TT Frio. But the problem i was wandering is that will the Dominator ram i want to use get in the way of the cooler? i have seen previously this happen with big coolers and The TT Frio is pretty big tbh Also im planning to use the Asus Maxiumus Formula Thunder FX

[@Andiotic]

Lol, I like how you are wearing red to go with the motherboard concept colour :)

[@MaryDemolitionLover]

try heating the tubing with some really hot!! water, this will make it flexible enough to push it on to your 3/8 fitting, then put a hoseclamp on it

[@impera_x]

would you recommend this or the SABERTOOTH Z77?

[@DTA_Crypto]

great video, this is the mobo I am getting in my new build

[@LordNickleBottoms]

forgot to add that going AMD is not a wise move at the moment. no am3 boards support pci-e gen3 which will hurt the performance of the 690 considerably. the 690 will easily saturate a gen2 slot.

[@eldad12345]

i have maximus v formula ( not thunderfx) i can buy the audio system controler and use if for this board ? i i need the version of maximus v formula thunderfx? if yes where i can buy this but without the motherboard

[@hibrian9]

Which is a better platform? Z77 or x79

[@TastyPC]

Said five in part 2 for those who couldn't understand that I only said V because it sounded better.

[@MrLeejc73]

I've got spares kicking around from my Extreme-z if you wanted to use them.

[@void-abb-initio]

ROG GOT EVEN MORE TASTIER ... :P btw 10/10 product no wonder why reviews drooling over formula lately definitely on my watch list!

[@monirddr3]

can you compare it with asus sabertooth z77? also , can you compare the on board sound quality with other sound solutions , e.g. creative recon3d, or asus xonar ?

[@BlackHokage]

Why don't you ever wear a jumper ?

[@MrLeejc73]

Appreciate what you're saying, but the box under the top edge might have tilted it up enough for you, wasn't a dig though. :oD The thermal connectors you mentioned after the walkround are for the 3 temp probes included in the box, monitored by AISuite you can tie them to the PWM connectors next to the probe points. :-)

[@evilego1015]

can u tell me if this motherboard will fit in the corsair c70 or the corsair 650d i know its atx but it says extended so i was wondering if u can anwser this for me cause i really need to know thank u

[@robiscool09]

so detailed, well done :D

[@zsunsetz]

Are the 3/8 inch barbs removable. I wish to install 1/2 inch barbs.

[@abgersaurus]

the 4-pin power is for additional power for the Intel HD Graphics 4000 :) (my 3770K is running at 4.6 GHz)

[@fly4fun123]

Good review, thanks for upload. I'm still holding out on my p55 chipset .. for now :)

[@بلالعلي-ه7ذ]

first girl i've seen talking about pc hardware..keep forward...

[@WalkerTexasRanger45]

What motherboard?

[@LewisStuart]

Great vid, Linus has some competition.

[@TastyPC]

I know, I just thought it sounded better.

[@alexd191923]

does the non thunder fx version come with the software bundle