ASUS Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Motherboard Review

The ASUS Maximus II Formula motherboard is a new high-end motherboard based on the Intel P45 Express chipset. Motherboards in the Asus "Republic of Gamers" (RoG) family come out a few months after initial products, as it gives them a chance to get a feel for the chipset and really refine the motherboard’s design. Apparently that wasn’t needed for the P45 though. Dubbed the Maximus II Formula, this new P45 motherboard takes off where Asus’s P35 gaming platforms, the Blitz-series, left off.

..As a whole, the Maximus II Formula delivers what we were expecting in a $300 Intel P45 platform; refinement, superb cooling, solid performance, and top notch overclockability. Paired together with a quad-core CPU, 4 GB of DDR2-1200 memory, and a pair of Radeon 4870 cards in Crossfire, this board could make for an absolutely top notch gaming platform for a reasonable investment. While it’s not without its quirks, as a whole, we’re extremely impressed with the Maximus II Formula and would definitely recommend it.

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