fantastic MB.
great options especially if you want fan and separately water pump control. fans controllable by DC voltage or OEM methods whether 3 or 4 pin.
over clocking pretty good.
got a quirk where upon shutdown it will only show the bios a screen on its onboard HDMI only. not it's onboard DP or the GPU.
however it will wake up once in windows.
if you reboot from there it will show the bios screen and everything else as normal.
maybe it's just my combination doing weird stuff!
anyway audio is really good , decent DAC and will drive him impedance headphones with the decent amp they have onboard.
it's got everything and more to be honest.

onboard Bluetooth and WiFi. sound electronics on a separate path ground shielded and isolated.
good provisions for us over clickers with many fans and a water pump. and can plug in additional temp sensors. lots of rules around which fan does what and when.
for example I have a fan near my GPU. and a temp sensor on it. so my fan reacts with the GPU temp. another fan near the CPU, with rules set to react we both CPU temp.
anyway enjoy guys.

​?

Maximus heatus added Frankus :laughing:

nice find op, great brand, heat added :smiley:

yup seen this so had a look and got the news its Arriving tomorrow wow .. :smiley:

​Just had dispatch email, arriving Saturday :smiley:

Me too. Expected delivery on 21st. Still no news...

​That's a nice case. I was wanting a window this time but not full size. Will seriously consider it, ty.

Mine was supposed to be dispatched on the 17th but hasn't. Delivery is estimated at 20-22nd tho and I've seen items sent next day delivery before now. I'm hoping it gets dispatched soon, just gonna wait a few more days and see what happens.

​Mine was delivered today so I would say yes and it's best to call them

Amazon are showing the product is in stock but still have not despatched mine?? Should I be worried?

I don't have the CPU to test it either, but you shouldn't worry about that with amazon, one year they will exchange anything if any problems may happen

I'm kind of looking at the Aerocool DS series mid tower case but not sure if it's too big... :disappointed: Waiting for good deal on an i7, GTX1060, some DDR4 rams and M.2 ssd...

Btw, I've not got a dispatch note yet but got an estimated arrival date of 21 to 23rd Dec. Hope this won't be an unicorn of 2016 for me :smiley:

Henno, i love the nzxt cases, especially h440 model, have a look on amazon maybe you'll like it. The downside is that they don't have space for optical drive(if you actually need one these days).
Doctordeals, if you can, go for i7 skylake, better for future as you'll not want to upgrade in a few years with this mobo and cpu.

I'm actually upgrading from an fx 8320, and I'll go for the i7 skylake (better for future). Corsair 16gb 3000 mhz led version of ram, already have everything else, corsair aio h80igt, samsung 850 evo ssd, 2 hdds of 2 and 3 tb respectively and an asus gtx970 wich suits me very well for now. I'm waiting for a good deal on a case (nzxt h440) as my corsair spec 01 is quite small for all of this.

I've got the mobo (obvz), ssd and mouse so far but this is my build shopping list.
i5 6600K (i7 overkill for my gaming needs)
16 GB Corsair Vengeance 3000Mhz
Crucial MX300 SSD 525 GB (got the £80 deal here)
GTX1070 (whichever brand has a deal on)
EVGA SuperNova G2 550 W Gold Fully Modular
Corsair Carbide Series 400C Mid ATX Case
Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 240mm
3 x ASUS VS248HR 24 inch Gaming Monitor
Razer death adder mouse (got the £40 deal here)
Razer keyboard (missed the £100 deal here boo)

Nice to see everyone getting delivery dates :smiley:.

What's everyone pairing this board with? This will be the first pc I've built myself. Excited but a bit scared at the same time lol.

I was going to go with the i7 6700K but I'm unsure on the type of ram. Obviously will be ddr4 and was going to go for 16gb but not sure what type of ram goes well with it. Any ideas?

Also any recommendations on a case?

Whats the rest of you planning to build with? :smiley:

Due between 30th-3rd now!, Any update on yours bud?

Mine is scheduled to be delivered Tuesday 20th December

looks like mines is set for the 24th and to be lost on the 25th lol ( hope not )

scoot

Any good deals for a skylake i7 and some ddr4 memory? :smile:

Mines been updated to supposedly being dispatched today and being delivered between 20-22 December.

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​Same here!

I just got it today although i was a bit sceptical even when I've seen the amazon delivery box, i thought maybe it's something else, they made a mistake or something. But no, all good, it looks great, can't wait to rebuild my pc.

Yeah a good hour or 2 before it went OOS

Have you ordered when it was in stock?

Mines still awaiting a delivery date, hope they don't cancel it!

Hi any one built a pc with this yet and have you had any prob`s with this thanks


scoooot

Sorry I cancelled it before I saw your message.

Cancelling. Unless someone wants it but need to pay for insured delivery on top...

Not dispatched mine yet but may cancel. Although if I sell my old i3 system wonder if I will get close enough to get a new system built. Lol.

Mine too. Arriving friday

Mine too :sunglasses:

They dispatched mine, ariving Wednesday. Onestly I didn't think they will send it, was after one of these since january and never seen it that cheap, especially now with the fall of the pound against the dollar. Lucky me :smiley:

Send me a message if you don't want it.

Mine doesnt have a delivery date yet but i did manage to place an order for one at that price. Hope it comes through. I dont mind having to wait a little.

Mines showing as "Preparing for Dispatch"

Tempted to cancel as I don't really need it lol, would be a nice upgrade from the fairly entry level Asus Z170- P Though.

I ended up ordering this:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/gigabyte-ga-z170x-ultra-gaming-intel-lga1151-atx-motherboard-amazon-114-73-2573448

Does anyone here know of any other retailers selling this at a remotely similar price at the moment? I've been after one of these for a while :confused: If anyone's got a new one they're looking to sell at a reasonable price, give us a jingle please!

Gutted i missed this. Been on the lookout for a decent motherboard. If anyone decides they don't want it, send a PM my way. :wink:

For gaming the i3 should be more than sufficient. The extra cores may benefit you if you do any video editing and rendering, otherwise you probably won't really benefit forking out the extra.

Thanks again.

Interesting review & benchmarks of the processors here - looks as if the i3 easily keeps up with the i5 in most scenarios. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/71760-intel-skylake-i5-6500-i5-6400-i3-6100-review-10.html

The i3, despite being labelled a budget processor, still offers good performance. In terms of going up to the i5 I've read somewhere that up to the NVIDIA 770/960 or AMD 280X the performance offered by the i3 is enough.

Cheers.

I've been out of the GPU market for a while.... is it worth the extra ££ stretch to go to a Quad core processor like an i5 6400.

Do manyy games make use of the extra cores?

Seems like the Intel Core i3-6100 and Intel Core i3-6300 fall within your budget.
https://elitegamingcomputers.com/the-best-gaming-cpus/

If I was spending around £150ish what would be the best "bang for buck" CPU to go with this MB?

Completely agree. High end mobos are complicated, and most newegg reviewers are savvy, so there are fewer 'Nice board but I shorted it against the case' comments! I've used them to find boards with proper Linux driver support too.

Damn I paid £430 for a rampage V I'd rather have got this and another gpu

​hmmm i get what your saying neg reviews because of user error well its amazon so any issues its replaced any idea if these boards will support the new cpus with a update

It's always down to the context of these review. How many are hardware related? DOA is forgivable provided customer service is good and turnaround is swift. If people are tinkering with OC and mucking things up because they don't fully understand what they're doing, that's another matter. A lot of reviews I've seen elsewhere are written by people who clearly don't fully appreciate what they're doing and get stuck when guides fail them.

Go to PCPartPicker and create a build using this motherboard, it'll keep you right with compatibility and give you everything broken down by price.

Oh, that is quite bad.
Although, having a quick peek most of the midrange Z170 Asus boards gets pretty bad review apart from maybe Z170-A.

​all depends on what you want gaming wise settings ect for ultra 1080p rx 480 gpu for ultra 1440p 1070 nvidia gpu and cpu 6600k depending on the new zen

does't have wi-fi onboard.

You should be able to find a RAM compatibility on the ASUS site.

bought this just now will sell my near brand new Maximus Ranger VIII (rrp 169) for £120 if anyone interested :smile:

Looking to build a £400-500 gaming PC with this motherboard, know nothing about gaming PCs and have looked online and seen so many budget builds but all seem so complicated, any tech wiz's recommend a build??

Think I got the last one. Sorry guys!

​thanks 231 reviews and 105 of the 1 star think am canceling my order now

Just paying for the Rog branding anyway - it's just a psychological marketing effect to make people think they are getting something really good.

The Z170-A or Pro is hardly any different and costs around £130, the reality is, no one would be able to tell the difference between a £100 and a £300 one once the motherboard is in the system and overclocked,

Back up to £201, just missed it :disappointed:

Can anyone tell me the difference between this one in the deal and this one here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B014650MUC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1481279004&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=asus+maximus+viii+hero&dpPl=1&dpID=51WACEOx8vL&ref=plSrch

Only difference I can see is it has ATX in the name but the one in the deal doesn't?

Sorry for being thick this will be my first ever build lol.

Just added to my basket and now it's £201 :disappointed:

I always check mobo reviews on newegg - the price may be good but 231 reviews on newegg and look at the problems ppl have had ... clicky

https://youtu.be/71QSwUi34Ms alook at the specs

Dam... just bought my first motherboard in the last 20 years! :smiley: Now all I need is the processor, RAM, PSU, Cooler, M.2 disk, wifi adapter and a CASE! This is going to be along journey... :smiley:

This motherboard is DDR4, this deal is still available for those who need RAM:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ballistix-sport-lt-16gb-single-ddr4-2400-60-19-amazon-temporarily-out-stock-2567465

Think its just DDR4 compatible dude.

Is this RAM compatible?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008GM2IC2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

not worth upgrading from a 4790k is it?

Nag num it all to hull ! I'm so conflicted. I don't need this board but its so damn good and cheap. Gah !!!

£130 still stands! You have to select ''new from £130'' then select ''Amazon''.
Just ordered mine hot stuff!

They don't really make it clear that it's Z170 do they? lol. Guessing at this price point it probably is.

you have to press the 'new from £130' option.

We can be strong and we shall not cancel the order !

I am really tempted by this.

Maybe of help:

1. Memory QVL for Hero: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/MAXIMUS_VIII_HERO/M8H_DRAM_QVL_20160411.pdf
2. Devices QVL for Hero: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/MAXIMUS_VIII_HERO/M8H_Devices_Report.pdf

ordered thanks

£202 now :disappointed: Amazon OOS .

If only I didn't have to spend another £450 on top to upgrade my memory and CPU :disappointed:

:smile: Heat! Bloody good price.

seems like a good deal but part of me want to see if amd can kick intel in the balls with zen

Great Price.

Whats the cheapest place for the processor and mem now lol. May cancel as was an umpulse buy and my 5 yo I5 still going strong anyway...

Great spot!! Make sure you select from Amazon directly to get price.

If only there were some sort of discount code to make this cheaper.

now I need to buy all the parts to build a PC.

No - it wont be a misprice... imo it will be honoured.

Great - now just need some RAM / Processor / Graphics card to go with it :smile:

​on dispatch

​enigma code lol

also charge on dispatch

Thanks OP went for this will it get the update for the new cpu`s ? thanks

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Bought this, hopefully it does arrive as that's an amazing price.

Maximus heatus added Frankus :laughing:

​sorry for the typos... haven't had my coffee yet and will not allow me to edit my comments.

Amazing deal if honoured and not DOA :smiley:

fantastic MB.
great options especially if you want fan and separately water pump control. fans controllable by DC voltage or OEM methods whether 3 or 4 pin.
over clocking pretty good.
got a quirk where upon shutdown it will only show the bios a screen on its onboard HDMI only. not it's onboard DP or the GPU.
however it will wake up once in windows.
if you reboot from there it will show the bios screen and everything else as normal.
maybe it's just my combination doing weird stuff!
anyway audio is really good , decent DAC and will drive him impedance headphones with the decent amp they have onboard.
it's got everything and more to be honest.

onboard Bluetooth and WiFi. sound electronics on a separate path ground shielded and isolated.
good provisions for us over clickers with many fans and a water pump. and can plug in additional temp sensors. lots of rules around which fan does what and when.
for example I have a fan near my GPU. and a temp sensor on it. so my fan reacts with the GPU temp. another fan near the CPU, with rules set to react we both CPU temp.
anyway enjoy guys.

​yes but my estimated delivery date is 19th December.

Thank you

Temporarily out of stock

Been watching this one too, great price have some heat!

you have to select amazon as the seller for £130

£204.29 + £6.90 UK delivery ???????

nice find op, great brand, heat added :smiley: