User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Basic Installation
- Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
- 3.1 Knowing BIOS
- 3.2 BIOS setup program
- 3.3 My Favorites
- 3.4 Main menu
- 3.5 Extreme Tweaker menu
- 3.6 Advanced menu
- 3.6.1 CPU Configuration
- 3.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration
- 3.6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 3.6.4 ROG Effects
- 3.6.5 PCH Configuration
- 3.6.6 PCH Storage Configuration
- 3.6.7 USB Configuration
- 3.6.8 Network Stack Configuration
- 3.6.9 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 3.6.10 APM Configuration
- 3.6.11 HDD/SDD SMART Information
- 3.6.12 Intel(R) ThunderBolt
- 3.6.1 CPU Configuration
- 3.7 Monitor menu
- 3.8 Boot menu
- 3.9 Tool menu
- 3.10 Exit menu
- 3.11 Updating BIOS
- Chapter 4: Software Support
- 4.1 Installing an operating system
- 4.2 Support DVD information
- 4.3 Software information
- 4.4 AI Suite 3
- 4.5 Dual Intelligent Processors 5
- 4.6 ROG Audio features
- 4.7 Sonic Radar II
- 4.8 GameFirst III
- 4.9 KeyBot II
- 4.10 ASUS Media Streamer
- 4.11 RAMDisk
- 4.12 MemTweakIt
- 4.13 ROG CPU-Z
- 4.14 RAMCache
- 4.15 Lighting Control
- Chapter 5: RAID Support
- Appendix
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MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME specifications summary
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CPU
LGA1151 socket for 6th Generation Intel
®
Core™ i7/ i5/ i3/Pentium
®
/
Celeron
®
Processors
Supports 14 nm CPU
Supports Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0*
* The Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU
types.
Chipset
Intel
®
Z170 Express Chipset
Memory
Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 64GB, DDR4 3800(OC)* / 3733(OC)* / 3700(OC)*
/ 3600(OC)* / 3500()OC)* / 3466(OC)* / 3400(OC)* / 3333(OC)*
/ 3300(OC)* / 3200(OC)* / 3000(OC)* / 2800(OC)* / 2666(OC)* /
2400(OC)* / 2133* MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of
individual CPUs.
* Please refer to Memory QVL(Qualified Vendors List) for details..
Expansion slots
New 6th Gen Intel
®
Core™ Processors
- 3 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 slot (supports x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4)
Intel
®
Z170 Express Chipsets
- 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 slot (max. at x4 mode)*
- 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x1 slots
* The PCIe x4_4 slot shares bandwidth with SATA6G_56. The PCIe x4_4
is default set at x2 mode.
Multi-GPU support
Supports NVIDIA
®
Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology
Supports AMD
®
4-way/ 3-way/2-way Quad-GPU CrossFireX™
Technology
Graphic
Integrated Intel
®
HD Graphics Processor
- DisplayPort 1.2* with max. resolution 4096x2304@24Hz
- HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution 4096 x 2160@24Hz
- Intel
®
InTru™ 3D/Quick Sync Video/Clear Video HD Technology/
Insider™
- Supports up to 2 displays simultaneously
- Maximum shared memory of 512MB
* DP 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport compliant, supports DP 1.2 monitor
daisy chain up to 3 displays