Getting away from how great the board looks for a moment, let’s check out the features.
Like most Z170 motherboards, the Maximus VIII Hero features three full length PCIe x16 slots.
The primary slot starts on the second row of the grid with a single PCIe x1 slot above it.
This is a nice design feature as it means larger air coolers won’t conflict with your graphics card.
With a SATA M.2 SSD installed SATA ports one and two will become unavailable.
Asus calls its solution SupremeFX 2015, which its describe as “jacked-up audio, inside and out”.
What does that mean exactly?
This looks great on paper, so we are keen to see how it sounds shortly.
When it comes to networking the Maximus VIII Hero is limited for a board in this price range.
The Maximus VIII Hero UEFI BIOS is as good as any we have seen, featuring a clean design.
