Any Asus Maximus Formula owners?

[AndyD2k]

Pretty much set to go with this board. Hoping to get comments before I finally pull the trigger on the 14th

 

[RanDum72]

Is this the X38 chipset board? Been eying this mobo too, going to set-up a quad rig this December.

 

[AndyD2k]

yeah same here - and yeah it's a x38 board

 

[Nurn]

It's working well for me...

Q6600
2 x 2 GB Mushkin ddr2800 4-4-4-12 RAM
2 x Diamond Radeon 3870's in CF
2 x WD 500GB SATA
2 x Pioneer DVD SATA burners
Ultima90 cooler
Corsair 620W PSU

I got 16995 in 3dmark06 with my quad running at 9 x350, and the 3870's OC'd to 840/1300.

Lots of options for overclocking.
Great for a DDR2 Crossfire platform.
Futureproof (at least from the point that it supports Penryn)
Two full PCIx16 slots for lots of GPU bandwidth

I updated BIOS to 802 (beware of 901/902... bad reports coming in from early users).

Good thread here..... http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...1&posted=1#post2590431

 

[AndyD2k]

Thanks for the info Nurn! I'll definitely keep that in mind. I see you're using ATI cards. I'll probably just use one of the new gts cards when they finally release

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I've also got an eye on Maximus. I tend to hang back and watch the BIOS revisions unfold, read the complaints on the forums and watch for insightful reviews.

If someone wants to give me a "pure research" budget, I'll do it now. Otherwise, I invest less money in firsthand hardware research, more time in second-hand leg-work, and the money is an investment under a reduced-risk strategy . . . .

So in this poker-game, I "check" for now.

 

[darkxknight]

Originally posted by: AndyD2k
Thanks for the info Nurn! I'll definitely keep that in mind. I see you're using ATI cards. I'll probably just use one of the new gts cards when they finally release

if ur not gonna fully use crossfire with the x38, u might as well wait for the new nvidia chipset.

 

[Arcanedeath]

I just purchased one of these (the non SE version) from newegg, Paypal recently had a 20% cashback offer (up to $50) that I took advantage off to pickup the this board for around $210 shiped after papal gives me some cash back I've read that whole XS thread, overall it seems to be a good board but it can be kinda picky w/ quads. the 802 bios seems to be the most recomended one atm although 902 seems to offer the same performance and just takes a bit more tweaking along w/ some bug fixes based on what I've read. in the XS thread theirs a link for a 1.2b beta Version of OCCT (around page 90) that seems to be a good indication of stability as prime 95 blend stable doesn't seem to be the whole story w/ this board. Also the Anandtech review of the board has some recomended bios settings that seem to work well for clocking quads. Also if you still want DDR 2 support this looks like it could be the last great board as it looks like X48 is going to be ddr 3 only for the most part. And I would not touch an Nvidia chipset Intel Board w/ a 10ft pole w/ all the issues they've had. Nvidia makes great video cards and amd chipsets but I'd stay away from their intel ones IMHO.

 

[AndyD2k]

Yeah, that's what someone else mentioned in one of my other threads. I currently have a nvidia chipset board and I have no problems with it but it was from a couple of years back. Looks like I should be avoiding them altogether this time around