AS-MAXIMUS-VIII-HERO-ALPH Review

Asus ROG series Z170 Maximus 8(Viii) Hero Alpha: all-in-one LGA 1151 (skylake) Motherboard, with dual intelligent processors5 (for TPU+ EPU+ DiGi+ FanExpert3) with 5-Way Optimization + 5X protection (DiGi+ VRM digital power design + OCP + ESD guard + 10K Black Metallic capacitors + stainless steel back I/O port), Bluetooth + WiFi-Go, Q-code debug display, multi-colour LED display on ROG logo heatsink + 2x headers for standard 5050 RGB LED strips, ROG RAMDisk (10x faster than SSD) + Sonic Radar II + GameFirst III Intel LAN + KeyBot II (assign function/macro/shortcut to F1-F10) + TrueVolt 5V USB + dedicated ROG UEFi bios with SSD Secure Erase to recover lost performance + DAEMON Tools Pro virtual discs (DVD/BD) utility + Mem TweakIt + ROG CPU-Z + Mem!ok button + USB BioS Flashback + DirectKey for direct BIOS access, with FBT+ SRT+ SCT+ RRT+ SBA+ Rapid Storage + Rapid Start Technology - Intel Z170 Chipset, 4x dual channel DDR4-3866(O.C)/2133 with XMP support up to 32Gb, 6x SATA6G + 2x U.2 (2.5" NVMe) + 32Gb/sec M.2/NGFF type22110 (PCI-e or SATA mode) SSD socket with raid 0/1//0+1/5/10, on-board dual-display VGA with dual-output (DP + HDMi) + SupremeFX-2015 DTS 7.1 audio (with ESS ES9023P DAC + 2VRMS headphone output + NEC de-pop relay + dedicated clock gold-plated connectors + optical s/pdif out + Sonic SoundStage button) + Intel 219V gigabit LAN + 2.4/5GHz dual band 802.11AC 1300Mbps WiFi with 2T2R antenna + Bluetooth; 3x PCI-e(1x), 3x PCI-e 3.0(16x) for Quad-GPU SLi/ Crossfire X, with 1x USB3.1 type-A + 1x USB3.1 type-C + 2x USB3.0 + 2x USB2.0, USB3.0 with UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol), with Thunderbolt2 header, 1x PS2 - atx