ASUS ROG Maximus VIII EXTREME motherboard hits shelves at $500

[HEXUS]

Flagship E-ATX board offers "comprehensive package for gamers and overclockers".

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[Moogly]

This is a board that I admire from afar. I think it looks awesome but even if I had the money, I'd probably kick myself for spending so much more for not a lot more features than the Asus Z170 A. Which I also think looks awesome.

[Roobubba]

Looks great, but only 1 ethernet port???? Also, no firewire for our (not particularly legacy) music devices. Bah

[Froggywoggy]

It's undoubtedly a good board, but is it really worth $500?

[jnutt]

It's undoubtedly a good board, but is it really worth $500?

Nope!

[tomthum]

worth $500? nope maybe $300

[qasdfdsaq]

Still no Thunderbolt...

[Worms]

This motherboard is a beast! But still waaaay to expensive sadly

[aidanjt]

$500 for a gamesumer Z170 board? Whatever you're smoking Asus, please do pass it around.

[GoNz0]

This would be good but you get Asus's poor support and flawed BIOS thrown into the mix. Money would be better spend at MSI.

[zoomee]

I've had nothing but Asus ROG products over the past 5 years. Spend $500 to get a product which they will stop supporting as soon as the new version is released 6 months later. Its appaulling.

Currently got a Black Edition Rampage IV which is still on a BETA bios (latest version) from 2014!!! - not worth the premium these boards command tbh. Hell I just got a Phoebus Solo and theres still to be any proper Windows 10 drivers oh and guess what - the strix soundcards are out now so guaranteed Asus won't be interested in supporting us Phoebus users anymore with anything.