Review Motherboard ASUS Maximus V Gene: Kecil-Kecil Cabe Rawit

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Bhisma Sidarto

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Motherboard

August 22, 2012

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Tak selamanya kecil itu tak bertenaga. Sekali lagi ASUS menghadirkan sebuah motherboard berukuran kecil untuk seri Republic Of Gamer (ROG) mereka. Kehadiran ASUS Maximus V Gene melengkapi tradisi ASUS dalam mempersembahkan motherboard dengan form factor mATX di seri ROG mereka. Bagaimana performa board ini? Silahkan simak review kami berikut ini!

Tak seperti peluncuran motherboard seri Republic Of Gamer sebelumnya, kali varian Gene diperkenalkan lebih dulu dibandingkan “kakak-kakak”nya, seri Extreme dan Formula. ASUS Maximus V Gene merupakan motherboard berbasis Z77 pertama untuk seri Republic Of Gamer (ROG). Seperti seri Gene yang menggunakan chipset terdahulu, seri kali ini banyak mewarisi fitur-fitur dari “kakak-kakak”nya. Mungkin untuk kasus ini lebih tepat kami sebut bahwa seri lain yang mewarisi fitur-fitur nya dari Maximus V Gene.

Tradisi seri Gene yang menggunakan form factor mATX membuat motherboard ini seri dipandang sebelah mata oleh banyak kalangan. Mereka mengira performa yang dihasilkan akan inferior jika dibandingkan seri lain nya yang menggunakan form factor yang lebih besar. Banyak yang mengira motherboard ini didesign untuk mereka yang ingin PC yang cukup kecil agar bisa dibawa-bawa untuk LAN Party. Memang awal tujuan ASUS memang mengejar segmen tersebut, tapi lama kelamaan terlihat bahwa seri Gene merupakan seri dasar dari kelas ROG. Seluruh fitur non-spesifik yang dibutuhkan pengguna hadir di seri Gene.

Anda tak percaya bahwa performa board ini mampu bersaing dengan board lain dengan form factor yang lebih besar? Penasaran dengan performa motherboard ini? Silahkan simak ulasan lengkap kami dalam review di bawah ini.

Chipset Z77

Spesifikasi

CPU	Intel® Socket 1155 for 3^rd/2^nd Generation Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Core™ i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors Supports Intel® 22 nm CPU Supports Intel® 32 nm CPU Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 * The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU types. * Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list
Chipset	Intel® Z77
Memory	4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2800(O.C.)/2666(O.C.)/2600(O.C.)/2400(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600/1333 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel Memory Architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) * Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. * Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
Graphic	Integrated Graphics Processor Multi-VGA output support : HDMI/DisplayPort ports – Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz – Supports DisplayPort with max. resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz Supports Intel® HD Graphics, InTru™ 3D, Quick Sync Video, Clear Video HD Technology, Insider™
Multi-GPU Support	Supports NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology Supports AMD CrossFireX™ Technology Supports LucidLogix® Virtu™ MVP Technology *¹
Expansion Slots	2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8, red) ² 1 x PCIe 2.0 x4 (black) 1 x mini-PCIe 2.0 x1 ³
Storage	Intel® Z77 chipset : ⁴ 2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), red 2 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), black 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port(s), red 1 x mini-SATA 3Gb/s port(s), black Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology, Intel® Smart Connect Technology ⁵ ASMedia® PCIe SATA controller : *⁶ 2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), red
LAN	Intel®, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)
Audio	SupremeFX III built-in 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC – Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): 110 dB – Output THD+N at 1kHz: 95 dB – Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking Audio Feature : – SupremeFX Shielding™ Technology – 1500 uF Audio Power Capacitor – Gold-plated jacks – X-Fi® Xtreme Fidelity™ – EAX® Advanced™ HD 5.0 – THX® TruStudio PRO™ – Creative ALchemy – Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection – Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel
USB Ports	Intel® Z77 chipset : 4 x USB 3.0 port(s) (2 at back panel, blue, 2 at mid-board) Intel® Z77 chipset : 8 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 at back panel, black+white, 4 at mid-board) ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller : 2 x USB 3.0 port(s) (2 at back panel, blue)
Overclocking Features	mPCIe Combo™ (mPCIe/mSATA combo card) ROG Connect : – RC Diagram – RC Remote – RC Poster – GPU TweakIt Extreme Engine Digi+ II : – 8 -phase CPU power design + 4 -phase iGPU power design – 2 -phase QPI/DRAM power design ProbeIt UEFI BIOS features : – ROG BIOS Print – GPU.DIMM Post GameFirst iROG Extreme Tweaker Loadline Calibration USB BIOS Flashback Overclocking Protection : – ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Special Features	ASUS Hybrid Processor – TurboV EVO : – CPU Level Up ASUS EPU : – EPU ASUS Exclusive Features : – AI Suite II – Ai Charger+ – USB 3.0 Boost – Disk Unlocker ASUS EZ DIY : – ASUS O.C. Profile – ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 – ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS Q-Design : – ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) – ASUS Q-Slot – ASUS Q-DIMM – ASUS Q-Connector
Back I/O Ports	1 x DisplayPort 1 x HDMI 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s 1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s) 4 x USB 3.0 4 x USB 2.0 (one port can be switched to ROG Connect) 1 x Optical S/PDIF out 6 x Audio jack(s) 1 x Clear CMOS button(s) 1 x ROG Connect On/ Off switch(es)
Internal I/O Ports	1 x USB 3.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.0 port(s) 2 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 port(s) 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s) 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connector(s) 2 x CPU Fan connector(s) 3 x Chassis Fan connector(s) 1 x S/PDIF out header(s) 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s) 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s) 1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP) 1 x System panel(s) 8 x ProbeIt Measurement Points 1 x Power-on button(s) 1 x Reset button(s) 1 x Go Button(s) 1 x mPCIe Combo header(s)
Accessories	User’s manual I/O Shield 2 x SATA 3Gb/s cable(s) 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s) 1 x SLI bridge(s) 1 x Q-connector(s) (2 in 1) 1 x ROG Connect cable(s) 1 x 12 in 1 ROG Cable Label(s) 1 x ROG Door Hanger(s)
BIOS	64Mb UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI2.0a Multi-Language BIOS
Manageability	WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, PXE
Support Disc	Drivers Sound Blaster® X-Fi 2 Utility Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Pro Standard ROG CPU-Z ASUS AI Suite II ASUS WebStorage ASUS Utilities
Form Factor	uATX Form Factor 9.6 inch x 9.6 inch ( 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm )
Note	1: LucidLogix Virtu MVP supports Windows 7 operating systems. 2: PCIe3.0 speed is supported by Intel® 3rd generation Core™ Processors. 3: The mPCIe 2.0 x1 slot is located on mPCIe Combo™ expansion card. 4: The mSATA 3Gb/s slot is located on mPCIe Combo™ expansion card. 5: Supports on Intel® Core™ processor family with Windows® 7 operating systems. 6: These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. *7: Due to Intel® chipset limitation, P8Z77, P8H77 and P8B75 series motherboards do not support Windows® Vista operating system.

Platform Pengujian ASUS Maximus V Gene

Prosesor: Intel Core i7 3770K
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus V Gene
Graphic Card : NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 2 Keping dari KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX
Hard Drive: Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Series™ Gold AX850 — 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully-Modular Power Supply
Cooling : Corsair Hydro Series™ H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Monitor: Monitor LCD 21 Inch dengan Resolusi 1920×1080
Input: Keyboard + USB
Media Penyimpan : DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 64 GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1