Today we have the latest from the ROG team: the Maximus V Gene which is the mATX variant of the ROG Z77 lineup. This board comes with more bells and whistles than we could shake a stick at. We can remember when Sandy bridge first came out and everyone was used to the high BCLK of some boards that would lead the pack and be the only choices for top performance. Names like EVGA and ASUS topped the charts then, and it all came down to engineering and finding ways to eek out more MHz for more performance. But with the new architecture came an abrupt end to this form of overclocking and now BCLK is limited, and pushing too far causes components to simply stop responding due to the fact that BCLK is now tied to some very key system clocks. With this change in design we find ourselves now at a crossroads where performance is now almost equal from top down and no board holds a pure commanding lead on standard user 24/7 clocks. The limit can now be found on the chip itself. But for the normal and even enthusiasts user groups, performance is similar from board to board. Nowadays, boards are no longer racing for best performance but instead are in a features race at which each must offer the best added value features to entice customers to drop the hard earned dimes on their product.
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