Question 1

I see that with the cross-chill, it has the water cooling feature for the board itself. Would it be okay to run without the extra water cooling for long periods of time? I really don't want to over clock or anything, I just really like the board and the specs. A water cooled cpu is about as far as I'll go. Any of you guys running without the water and experiencing problems?

Accepted Answer

I have the exact same setup as you describe, cpu water cooled only.

Hey I have been running this board for a couple months with my ram oc'd to 2400 mhz and my processor oc'd to 4.3 ghz with no stability problems.

You can run this board without water cooling just fine. Linus Tech Tips has a video review of the board on youtube. Search for Maximus VI forumla, his vid is at the top of the page, and go to 5:45 in the vid.

This is truly the sexiest board I have seen. It's a great choice!

Question 2

Will this Fit in my mid tower or do i need to get a full tower Case?

Accepted Answer

Its an ATX form factor. It should fit in most mid-towers, but it never hurts to double check. Just look at the specs of your case and it should tell you if it is ATX or not. I have mine in a Corsair 600T.

Question 3

can i run amd processor with this mother board?

Accepted Answer

Sorry, but this is a Intel Z87 motherboard. It take a 1150 socket size processor. A i7-4670k or a i7-4770k would be a great Intel processor to use with this motherboard. If you want to run a AMD CPU you would need to get a ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z motherboard and a AMD AM3+ CPU. I hope this helps with your question.

Question 4

can you water cool this?

Accepted Answer

Yes you can, but since the vram heat sink is made of aluminum, you will want to use some kind of anti corrosion solution in your waterloop. Since I'm not doing massive overclocking I don't even bother since I won't see any performance changes.

Question 5

does it come with a sound/audio card?

Accepted Answer

Yes, there is an onboard sound card. Most, if not all, current mobo's will come with an onboard sound card. As you can see, this mobo has 6 channels (the six different colored ports in the back) for sound. This means you can have I think a 5.1 surround sound system running off of just the built in card alone.

Question 6

Why no case sticker?

Accepted Answer

There is actually a case sticker. I built my own comp with this mobo and it came with it. Looks pretty cool, the ROG symbol, and I enjoy having it. So to answer, it does come with a case sticker.

Question 7

Hey there !! I was wondering if this board will fit 2 290x r9's and a internet card ?

Accepted Answer

It seems to me yes it will support 2 R290xs. It will do 3 way X fire and 2 way SLI and I believe if the GPUs are only 2 slots each then you shouldn't have a problem as long as your case supports it. I have a single Asus GTX 680 Top witch is a 3 slot card and it pretty much covers the second PCIe slot so in the last slot I have a Asus ROG RaidR SS. I hope this was helpful!

Question 8

It says it is blutooth 4.0.  I a a newb, and building my first computer with the help of a few insanely computer savvy friends, but I feel like it is time i stop asking them so many questions.  Does this mean that as it is, it is blutooth ready, or that it is capable of becoming blutooth ready?

Accepted Answer

yes it's both Bluetooth V4.0 Bluetooth V3.0+HS. It comes with a little Bluetooth / wireless transceiver. It will be a small unit, that is packaged separately from the motherboard it's self. No worries a small phillips screwdriver will be all you need.

If your not on a real tight budget I would defiantly purchase this MB, I seriously doubt there is a better option at it's price point. The other 'goodies' this MB comes packaged with (including software) are top notch.

Question 9

this board doesn't include a cpu does it?

Accepted Answer

No it does not, you'd have to buy one separate. If you're buying this I'd recommend an Intel i7 4770k with at least a corsair h80i closed loop water cooler to cool it.

Question 10

This board states it is ATX, however I have seen it elsewhere listed as eATX. Newegg states it is 12 x 9.6 inches, however I have seen it other places listed as 12x10 inches. My concern is if it will fit in an Antec Nine Hundred case and still be able to access the STATA ports?

Accepted Answer

I worried about that myself, but it fit the ATX threads of my case. I got a NZXT 630 and the top of the board was right up to my radiator on top but no problem by width. By the way just a side note there are so many fan headers on this board it is amazing. I put my 4770k in this board with a Coolermaster Neptune 280L and it runs 32C at 4.6Ghz after playing Titanfall for hours. I set the auto set overclock feature to 4.6 and my G.Skill Trident 2133 RAM runs right at its desired speed. I am almost sad that I did this out of the box in about 15 minutes without any major tweaking. Truly the nicest board I have ever owned and I have owned many. The onboard sound is also very good.. I highly recommend this board. Tom's Hardware winner for 2013.. If it didn't fit in my case I would have ordered a new one by the way. It is that good.

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