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

Pros: Great board for those of us who like to adjust things, lots of resources bells and whistles.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: first OS install unstable probably due to my mouse or keyboard plugged into the ROG port (?)

Pros: Asus made a great motherboard until just a year and a half later two of the pci-express slots died.

Cons: This is what happened to me with Asus. My motherboard was still under warranty, so I called and got an RMA. I paid to mail my motherboard to them. My board was gone about a week and a half. On my RMA status, they said they had fixed the board and mailed it back. I finally got the motherboard back with the same problem.:( The pci express slots still did not work. Now, not only am I without a motherboard that works, but I had to pay extra money to mail the board to them for nothing. Why have me mail it, if they weren't going to fix it?

Other Thoughts: I am just one of Asus' customers. I just thought if other people were going to buy from Asus, they should know what happened to me and how Asus might treat you if you have a warranty issue. So buyer beware.....

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Sorry to hear that you had an issue with the pci-express slot. Please provide me with your RMA number and serial number so I can look at your case to see what I can do to make this right.

You can email me at cl-jeffrey@asus.com

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

Regards,

Jeffrey
ASUS Customer Loyalty USA

Pros: ASUS is always the best in my opinion. This is probably my sixth or seventh ASUS motherboard over the last 15 years of buying at Newegg and never had any issues with any of them. This motherboard was very easy to install all the components, and booted right up recognizing and configuring everything on the first bios boot. I had to make very few changes to the bios settings. Very impressive board. Kind of a waste on me because I’m not an over-clocker and probably will never push this board to its limits, but will expect many years of just great computing. Thanks ASUS!!

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: My build:
Thermaltake Level 10 GT
ASUS Maximus V Extreme LGA 1155
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB
CORSAIR AX860i
Intel i7 3770k 3.5Ghz
Samsung 84 Pro SSD (x2)
G.Skill Ripjaws Z series 32GB memory
WD 1TB
ASUS Blu-ray Drive
Windows 8 64Bit Professional
Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler

Pros: The pros: well there are several but the main selling point for me was being able to do a quad SLI if I wanted to without having to give up some other feature that other boards that will run a 4 way SLI require you to do because of cost for the manufacturer. I absolutely love this board. I have built several rigs now and while I have had great experiences with other manufacturers such as MSI ( a lot of ppl have bad reviews for MSI products but I have never had a issue with anything I have bought from MSI) I wanted something different and I found that in the maximus V extreme. Best board I've ever owned. Hands down.

Cons: I had a difficult time getting the board to recognize my 3rd HDD unless I connected it to the 1st or 2nd Sata port and honestly I'm not overly fond of the wifi the board comes with.

Other Thoughts: I7 3770k
ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 1155
32GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM 1866 with the cool little light bars
2x GTX 690 in quad SLI
2x intel 120gb SSD
1x WD 1TB HDD
NZXT KRAKEN X60 280mm LUQUID CPU COOLER
WRAPPED UP IN A ANTEC DARK FLEET SERIES 85 FULL TOWER CASE ( I love this case and I'm not sure if it will ever get too old for me)

Pros: This board is beautiful! ASUS has done it again with the BEST board around. Everything about this board screams quality and speed. You definitely get what you pay for.

Cons: I wish they hadn't bothered with the PS2 connector. I also wish the instructions had listed the mPCIe WIFI be added BEFORE you install the MB, instead of listing that information AFTER the motherboard installation sequence.

Other Thoughts: My build:
Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.0 GHz
ASUS Maximus V Extreme Z77 Motherboard
Phanteks PH-TC14PE_RD CPU Cooler (Red)
G.SKILL Trident X Series 32GB (4x8) DDR3 1866 RAM
PNY GTX680 2GB Video Card
ASUS GTX660 Ti Video Card #2
Creative Sound Blaster ZxR
Samsung Pro 840 256GB SSD
2x Seagate 2TB HDD
Seasonic x-1250 1250W PSU
Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Case

Pros: Once Asus suite ii was loaded, everything worked perfect
EFUI bios flash back update to 1604 a breeze.
Love the Extreme tweak OC ability in bios, easy OC,
Havent used ROG connect yet, don't really need to, EFUI is so easy. I'm running a i7-3770k at 4.6 MHZ and 2400MHZ ram no sweet, 29-48 degrees C

Cons: None but price, if you can afford it get it!!!!

Other Thoughts: Intel Core i7-3770K
Corsair Hydro Series H100i
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB 2400 MHZ
Asus Maximus V EXTREME
OCZ Vector 128GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
OCZ ZX-Series 850W GOLD
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition

Pros: so far its been great and runs great you should get one if you thinking it lots of specs and room when in a case.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: if i have to buy it aging for some one as a gif i will or i highly say to who ever buying it that they making a great chose of a board and buy the i7 3770k with it.

Pros: None

Cons: Everything

Other Thoughts: This board was working great for about a week then one morning i wake up and try to turn my PC on and nothing.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We're sorry to hear about your experience with the motherboard. Does the standby LED come on with the 24-pin EATX plugged in? If not, please try switching off the PSU, then back on, or use to another PSU. Please also try clearing CMOS by pressing the Clear CMOS button in the rear I/O? If the system powers on, do you see any ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) on? These LED's can help you isolate what hardware is causing no POST issue. Please try replacing the suspect part(s). If there's no change, recommend RMA the motherboard for service by using the online RMA submittal form at: http://vip.asus.com/eservice/usa_rmaserv.aspx or call us at 1-812-282-2787. Please us know if there's anything that we can assist you with by emailing me below or contact us at the number above. Thank you.

For support information, please visit http://support.asus.com. For service, visit http://service.asus.com. For motherboard warranty, visit http://www.service.asus.com/warranty.aspx#!Motherboard%20Warranty/c1c20; Refurbished products/accessories: http://www.service.asus.com/warranty.aspx#!refurbished-warranty/c16us. For RMA status, visit: http://am.eservice.asus.com/rmaweb/search/rmCustomerQueryAction.do?.

Regards,
Benson
ASUS Customer Loyalty
cl-benson@asus.com

Pros: This is a board that I consider to be on the bleeding edge (ahead of cutting edge), in terms of what can be offered with a motherboard. Now that I have my replacement board (first board was a dud), this thing is the best board I have ever owned. This is my first ROG board, and all consumers should at least consider ROG products from ASUS. This board should win the major awards.

Cons: I knocked an egg off for receiving a dead board, and having a tough time getting an expedited RMA through ASUS. I actually had to wait three weeks (for more stock) to get the board from ASUS and now that I have it, it's great.

Other Thoughts: Anyone considering a top end board, this is it. Just hope that you receive a good board from the start. This board is hard for ASUS to keep in stock for RMA's. This is no fault of their own, it's just its popularity.

My build:
Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.5 GHz
ASUS Maximus V Extreme Z77 Mobo
Noctua NH-D14 Cooler
GSkill Sniper Series 1866 16GB (2x8) RAM
2x ASUS GTX 680 4GB Dual Slot Video Card
Samsung Pro 840 256GB SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black HDD
Corsair AX860i Fully Modular PSU
Cooler Master HAF X
Obutto R3volution w/3 HP 2711x monitors

Pros: I purchased this board about 1 week after release, and paired it with a 3770k, Overclocking that to 4.5 GHz.

This board has everything you need, using crossfire'd 7970's and a xonar sound card with room to spare.

no coil whine at all.

what I love the most is the built in wifi card.

Overall, amazing board!

Cons: Bios update was sorta a pain... but not much other than that

Other Thoughts: Only needed to update bios due to what i thought was a compatibility issue, turned out to be a bad drive.