Instead of the four buttons on the Formula, the Extreme takes those buttons from the bottom of the board and puts them to the top corner. Needless to say, during testing it worked exactly as it should. The design is slightly different from the Formula board, as it has less real estate to work with. There does look to be a “super capacitor” type chip in there, but it is hard to identify. It utilizes solid capacitors in the design, but shuns other technology such as DrMOS chips or High-C capacitors. The board features a fairly typical 8+2 power phase array. Some cases may be too tight, but this again is not all that much larger than a standard ATX motherboard.Īnd what a bundle it is! Asus spared no expense on it, and passed those savings onto the consumer! I used the Silverstone Raven 02 for mounting the board, and it features plenty of space to still plug in the SATA plugs, which are parallel to the motherboard. It is a bit larger than a standard ATX board, but unless a case is really tight, it should fit in the majority of products out there. It is not exactly E-ATX sized, but it is getting close.
Results: Cinenbench R11.5, Overclocking, and Power.Results: HD Tach SATA-6G and USB 2 and 3.This board features all the bells and whistles that one would expect on a board of this class, and it also integrates the Lucid Hydra technology for multi-GPU functionality across a multitude of card types and manufacturers. Asus has a strong history of high end and expensive motherboards, and they are adding to that resume on the AMD side with the Crosshair IV Extreme.
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