Asus Maxmimus VI Hero Too Feature Rich?

chbymnky

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Feb 20, 2014
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I'm building a 4770K system and plan to do a slight OC. I'll probably push 4-4.4Ghz. This will be used for gaming as well as video processing and general home use, but I am not a hard core gamer.

My question is, will I be overwhelmed with the options and utilities with the Asus Maximus Hero board or will those extra features be beneficial (maybe make the OC easier/more stable even)?

I'm also looking at the Asus Z87-A or Z87-Pro V Edition (don't need the wireless). Both are a bit cheaper than the Hero, but I'm more concerned about performance/stability/supportability vs. saving a few bucks.

Are there other considerations (stability, user community support, etc.) that I might be missing?
 
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It makes OCing very easy, the Hero can basically tune itself through 4.4 and in some cases 4.6, though depending on CPU, you may have to get more involved at 4.5 and up....great mobo, very good sound, handles DRAM very well (XMP is finely tuned in BIOS)....I did 20 client builds before deciding on it for my Haswell build (in sig)

Tradesman1

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It makes OCing very easy, the Hero can basically tune itself through 4.4 and in some cases 4.6, though depending on CPU, you may have to get more involved at 4.5 and up....great mobo, very good sound, handles DRAM very well (XMP is finely tuned in BIOS)....I did 20 client builds before deciding on it for my Haswell build (in sig)
 
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