ASUS Maximus VII Hero Intel Motherboard

Product Description

• Intel® LGA1150 4th, New 4th & 5th-Generation Core™ i 7/ Core™ i 5/ Core™ i 3/ Pentium®/ Celeron® Processors Ready• Intel® Z97 Express Chipset with M.2 support (up to 10 Gb/s data-transfer)• Intel™ Ethernet + LANGuard + Game First III – This is game networking taken to the next level. This is ROG• Supreme FX 2014 + Radar II – New & enhanced audio that’s beyond compare• Key Bot + True Volt USB (Universal Serial Bus)
- Instant keyboard upgrade & rock-steady 5V USB (Universal Serial Bus) supply•USB UEFI BIOS & Secure Erase
- Award-winning simplicity & factory-fresh conditioning for superb performance• World’s first dual-colour PCB with a matte black & red finish More throughput, less CPU usage & great gaming experiences! Maximus VII Hero features the very latest Intel® Ethernet for faster, smoother gaming — always. Intel's LAN has the serious double advantage of reducing CPU overhead & offering exceptionally high TCP & UDP throughput. This significantly reduces the processor's workload, so there's more power for your game & your gameplay!2X
- Faster UDP Game-Data Performance ASUS engineers used Ix Chariot, an independent network-assessment test tool, to determine just how much quicker Intel Gigabit Ethernet deals with the smaller (sub-256 bytes) UDP data packets that are vital for responsive gaming. The results are in — & with Maximus VII Hero your game-data packets flow up to two times (2X) faster than competing gaming-LAN technologies! Pumped-up throughput. Best surge protection.ROG has reinvented the LAN port. Advanced signal-coupling technology & premium surface-mounted capacitors improve throughput, while surge-protected & electrostatically-guarded components (ESD Guards) protect your motherboard from lightning strikes & static electricity! Network-optimization software for no-delay gameplay! Exclusive Game First III has been upgraded with even more gamer-helping features & an interface that's even more intuitive! Game First III helps you to assign top priority to game packets & allocate more bandwidth to the game, ensuring the best online gaming experience. Choose from a preset mode to suit what you're doing – Optimization, Game, Media Streaming or File Sharing. You can manage bandwidth down to the level of individual applications, with five priority levels (highest, higher, normal, lower, lowest) & even the ability to block specific traffic. Game First III even has a built-in Network Monitor tool, so you can supervise your network traffic & test your connection speed to check that you're getting the bandwidth you pay for! Precision-engineered audio that's as great as a dedicated sound card ROG knows the importance of flawless audio – pristine effects & full-range soundtracks make the game. That's why we invest substantial engineering resources to perfect onboard audio. The result is Supreme FX. Cutting-edge isolation technologies minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI) & exceptionally premium components deliver best-in-class audio that's as great as a dedicated soundcard. But we never rest on our laurels, which is why Supreme FX 2014 has been refined even further for Maximus VII motherboards. That means even finer components & superbly clever software innovations for gaming & multimedia experiences beyond compare! Sonic Sense Amp – Amp up your headset! Sonic Sense Amp is a ROG invention that detects headphone impedance (below 65 / 65 ~ 150 / 150 or higher ohms) & adjusts the built-in amp automatically, for pitch-perfect listening right away!ELNA® capacitors – Exceptionally warm & natural sound Premium Japanese-made ELNA® audio capacitors Sonic Sound Stage – Hardware-level audio-profiles switch Apply the best settings for your favourite game genres in real time on any OS, via the onboard Sonic Sound Stage button. The debug LED displays the mode — FPS (01), racing (02), fighting (03) or sports (04).** Sonic Sense Amp & Sonic Sound Stage supports only analog-audio front-panel (AAFP) connections Sonic Studio
- Brilliant one-click virtual sound! Sonic Studio is a br&-new audio-tuning suite that provides an aural treat. Use the one-click Virtual Surround function to 7.1 channels, even through a stereo (2.0-channel) headset. It offers five more superb audio controls, including Reverb, Bass Boost, Equalizer, Voice Clarity & Smart EQ — ensuring that everything you hear sounds just amazing! Scan & detect to dominate! Designed for first-person shooters (FPS), Sonic Radar II displays a stealthy overlay that shows what opponents & teammates are up to. See the precise direction & origin of in-game sounds such as gunshots, footsteps & call-outs, & practice your enemy-pinpointing skills — & exclusive Audio Enhancement further improves in-game sound for superb hearing awareness. The all-new Sonic Radar II

Includes:: a redesigned control panel with customizable game list! Your keyboard, instantly upgraded! Fancy a free keyboard upgrade? That's what Key Bot gives you — instantly. Just plug your existing keyboard into the dedicated USB (Universal Serial Bus) socket to activate the exclusive Key Bot microprocessor on the Maximus VII Hero. Use the easy-to-use utility to assign macros to function keys F1-F10, launch any application with a single press or control multimedia playback. Forget the USB (Universal Serial Bus) power drop-outs! ROG's True Volt USB (Universal Serial Bus) design delivers a rock-steady 5V supply to both the front & back USB (Universal Serial Bus) sockets – no drop-outs! Two 5V isolated linear power supply for all USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports -Low noise, low loss-Stable 5V* supply to provide clean 5V USB (Universal Serial Bus) power to minimize potential fluctuations-All connected equipment (e.g. USB (Universal Serial Bus) DAC or thumb drivers) benefits from the clean, stable 5V supply at the same time*5V output varies from PSUs to PSUs Acclaimed by world media as the most-intuitive UEFI BIOS! The smoothest mouse-controlled graphical UEFI BIOS has been upgraded to deliver faster setup & easier functions, with an even more appealing design for better overclocking & DIY experiences. Whether you're a PC novice or a seasoned overclocker, the EZ & Advanced Modes help you find your way, quickly & easily. Dynamically unleash your RAM – 20X faster than SSD! With RAMDisk you can turn system memory into superfast temporary storage. Put large files, such as game maps, into RAMDisk & watch loading times fly — you'll never again wait to play. The enhanced 2014 edition of RAMDisk dynamically allocates memory, so unused RAM is released back to the system when it's needed. You'll even enjoy the bonus of protecting your SSD drives, as RAMDisk reduces excessive reads & writes that can reduce lifespan! Last but not least, the junction function serves as quick links between files & RAM storage. All files are automatically saved & restored to their specific locations on hard drives when you turn your PC off, then go back to RAM when you power on again.