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We had no problems with the final system build, booting up first time.
An overview of the system, showing the processor revision, bios version and default memory speed. Even though we are using 2,666mhz – most bioses have a fail safe post setting, which is why its showing 1,333mhz.
The advanced panel overview, showing various submenus to adjust various areas of the motherboard.
Various options are available in the ‘monitor' panel, confined to voltages, fan speeds and temperatures. An ideal first place to check after building your system.
The ‘Boot' panel, an important place to set up your new system build. I always disable the full screen logo post option.
The tool menu is used to flash and update the bios, as well as for saving and loading configuration profiles.
Overclocking this motherboard is extremely straightforward and we experienced no issues. The first time you manually select the turbo ratios, the board selected a step down setting list for when various cores are active. This is easy to override.
All of the voltage options are at hand, in one easy to access please. Other manufacturers need to take note, this is exactly how you do it.
No shortage of memory options on this board. If you want to see how far we managed to overclock the Corsair Dominator Platinum memory, then visit this page for more details. For the purposes of this review today we are using the native 2,666mhz XMP profile without further tweaks.
We know our Core i7 3770k sample well, and without insane voltage it is pretty much limited to 4.8ghz. The ASUS Maximus V Formula easily holds a 4,800mhz clock speed with a voltage increase to 1.3. There are various power settings to play with, but even at default settings, we experienced no issues.
Above, the Corsair Dominator memory configured via the XMP profile, at 2,666mhz.
System validation at 4.8ghz / 2,666mhz is available over here.
mega stuff. thanks!
I have a view on this which might not prove popular.
I think this motherboard is very expensive for Z77. Reason? Its fine with X79 or Xeon motherboards with quad channel etc, but this is £250 for a mainstream platform? great product as always from ASUS, but I wouldnt pay this for Z77 motherboard. £200 would be my limit.
This is their X79 Rampage Extreme IV for the Z77 platform, right?
What a stunning board, great review too. Love it! ive an asus mobo and i love it to bits. so easy to work inside.
Lovely motherboard, I was tempted to buy this a week ago and bought an MSI one at the same time. Quite happy with my decision, im using a 3570K @ 4.6ghz
This is perfect for a typical system with a 2500k/3570k + 7850 or 650 ti. Would actually be better than using a higher wattage psu as it would peak at around 50 percent load when gaming.