ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero review

Posted on: 05/25/2020 08:19 PM

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Hmm....AIDA reported VRM reading.

Maybe an error, or thermally insignificant fluctuation (like 1ms)

PS
yes I carry water for ASUS these days. They are the best although Supermicro is staring to tingle my imagination

Posted on: 05/25/2020 08:23 PM

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PS
yes I carry water for ASUS these days. They are the best although Supermicro is staring to tingle my imagination

Wait till you need an RMA or support.

Posted on: 05/25/2020 08:31 PM

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None of these companies excel at this.

Posted on: 05/25/2020 08:55 PM

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well I needed both.

RMA... A year ago I explained my dead PC situation to them, and their RMA told me to return my Hero X mobo. Although I was suspecting it was CPU. And despite that being an unlikely option, turned out I was right.
I also had to return one dead 2070 STRIX. I didn't even bother with Asus, returned it to retailer - do I even have any warranty rights with Asus?
(Other 2070 retailer tried to screw me with Game codes, before I threatened them with Asus and Nvidia wrath )

Support... I reported Q-FAN step-up issue to Asus, like 2 years ago. Nothing has been done. I have to use Argus Monitor to get the proper fan functionality. Hmmm... a new BIOS was posted few days ago, and I haven't updated for a while.

Looks like im a sucker, but I still really really like Asus motherboards and gfx cards.
(I know there were issue with Asus AMD cards, but on NV side STRIX is the king)

Posted on: 05/28/2020 08:58 PM

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@Hilbert Hagedoorn Would you consider the higher VRM temperature a disadvantage for Hero, or is it irrelevant in your opinion?

BTW, I've come across a Russian review that shows more temperature readings for Hero: https://greentechreviews.ru/2020/05/20/obzor-materinskoj-platy-asus-rog-maximus-xii-hero-wi-fi/3/. Other motherboards: https://greentechreviews.ru/category/materinskie-platy/ - however, only Asus motherboards are tested so there's nothing to really compare Hero to. Also, they're heatsink temperature readings only, so probably not valuable anyway.