ASUS Maximus V Gene LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: 4 DIMM slots, SLI, robust components, UEFI BIOS, decent overclocking, fast POST when tweaked

Cons: None so far!

Other Thoughts: This board is as capable as its larger full ATX brothers. I'm running a GTX 690, 16 GB RAM, i7 3770k, all OC'd. POSTs very fast.

Pros: Has all the bells and whistles you expect from an expensive motherboard.

Cons: Failed to boot and Asus customer service was not helpful.

Other Thoughts: First and last time trying Asus because now I am stuck with a very expensive paper weight.

Pros: Compact Powerhouse
Simply overclocking, fancy BIOS, very sexy looking.

Cons: Many of the *Auto* functions did not come through. My GTX 670 only showed up as a PCIe v.1.0. I had to manually set it to 3.0

Other Thoughts: I had the Rampage II Extreme for over 5 years, I knew I was going to buy this and I am not disappointed.

Pros: Great little board, overclocks like a champ, no hiccups on new build.

Only concern was when I plugged a mouse into the ROG connect USB port and thought it was defective, quickly found my mistake.

Cons: Have built five units so far with Asus boards and I have never had an issue, though I figure that would probably be the case with any brand as I have a feeling most 1 star reviews are from people with limited experience.

Pros: -Smaller size
-Kicks off less heat/stays cooler easier
-Excellent on-board features

Cons: -Incredibly awful customer service; so bad that it warrants a two egg deduction from an otherwise 5 egg product.

Other Thoughts: I bought this board for a custom build after I hadn't had a top-line rig for a few years on the advice of some friends that build PCs professionally. I was so excited - I had it professionally installed and it worked great. About 40 days in, it died. No rhyme or reason - just dead.

"No problem," I thought, "These things happen." I immediately contacted ASUS for an advanced RMA. That was in early March, and as of today (14 April 2013) I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN A NEW BOARD. ASUS customer service has been terrible; they've sent me the wrong forms several different times since the first call and never bothered to tell me they never actually had a board to send me. It's been almost a month and a half, and when I thought I finally sorted it out last week (after paying $30 USD for Overnight shipping), they STILL didn't send me one. I called and sure enough, yet another fumble: the rep said "we filed a stock check request on March 8th and nobody told you we didn't have one." Keep in mind that when you file an RMA with ASUS, they send you a remanufactured board. That's right, you can potentially go through two months of grief after a month of great performance only to get a USED board. ASUS hasn't even offered to do anything for me as a customer - no brand new board, no comp'ed charges, nothing. This has been hands-down the worst buyer experience I've ever had with any company, tech or otherwise. I know if I delivered this kind of service at my company, I'd be fired immediately and the business would lose a good deal of money.

In closing, I'm getting increasingly unsure that I'll ever get a replacement board. ASUS has been my go-to company for quite a long time for most things tech related - I've even recommended them to friends and coworkers, but I can't keep waiting. If I don't get a new board soon, I'll have to continue on to another company who has the ability to replace faulty merchandise within a reasonable timeframe in the event somebody buys a lemon (like any other decent business). Lastly, I can no longer recommend ASUS products to friends and coworkers in good conscience if this is the kind of service they can expect when their purchased product(s) fails.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Sorry to hear that there is a lack of communication on our end. Can you please provide me with your RMA number and serial number so I can look into your case for you to get this resolved.

If you have any questions or comments you can email me again at cl-jeffrey@asus.com which I reside in the U.S

ASUS strives to meet and exceeds our customer expectations within our warranty policy.

Regards,

Jeffrey

Pros: Great features, great stability, excellent overall quality, mATX form factor is a huge win imo.

Cons: Overclocking has one flaw, the bios tends to get tempermental saving the cpu multiplier. Sometimes it does and sometimes it just gets stuck on a value and nothing fixes it, short of a cmos reset (easy, 1 button). -1 egg for that bug.

Pros: It's a good mother board, runs cool, feels solid. Good bios, good connections. easy to use.

Cons: Minor things. When I run the Fanexpert2 software it maxes the RPM of my cpu optional fan. Which at full speed is louder than it needs to be. I switched it to the chassis 3 fan and now it's fine. Minor. Also the asmedia ports can't support a raid, or so I have read so when using an SSD as your OS drive, and HDDs for storage you can't raid them and have everything connected optimally.

Other Thoughts: Looks cool, works well, good options.

Pros: it is a wonderful board easy to overclock, beautiful, and easy to troubleshoot any issues. The size is also convenient

Cons: This motherboard came in the mail with what I thought was a bent pin, later discovering it was in fact a missing pin I had tried to call ASUS to get it fixed however that's "user damage". DO NOT BUY WITHOUT A WARRANTY, because asus does little to help

Other Thoughts: Would of been nice if i didn't have to buy 2 of these...

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Sorry to hear that the board you received was damaged. If you are still under the return policy with the retailer from which you purchased this from, I suggest returning it for an exchange.

If you have any questions or comments you can email me again at cl-jeffrey@asus.com which I reside in the U.S

ASUS strives to meet and exceeds our customer expectations within our warranty policy.

Regards,

Jeffrey

Pros: -Easy overclocking for a n00b like myself!
-ROG Connect!
-Lots of features!
-Onboard Audio!

Cons: While onboard audio is awesome, I have found it to be buggy under certain conditions, so I docked an egg. I plan on getting an audio card, so I really won't cry about it. Just know that you may experience some popping and clipping.

Other Thoughts: I did a lot of research prior to buying and all signs pointed to this board being a monster, and it is. I'm very happy with this purchace.

I saw one other review that said the Foxconn processor socket was unnerving to close, and I found this to be so. I was afraid that it would damage my shiny new processor, but it did not and everything worked perfectly.

Pros: Amazing motherboard, ASUS quality of course, there are so many reasons to love this board I don't want to name them all.

Cons: The first board showed up with bent socket pins, had to buy another one.