ASUS Maximus III Gene Review - PAGE 1

Back in October, we looked at ASUS' Maximus III Formula and were quite impressed by its feature set and overclocking capabilities. Now, we have gotten our hands on the Formula's little brother - the Maximus III Gene. On paper, both boards share most of their features and are vastly similar. However, there is one large difference between them : size. In fact, while the Formula is a run of the mill ATX form factor, the Gene packs everything onto a microATX board. In the process, it not only slashes the bottom 6 centimeters, but also a whooping $50, bringing the price down to just a buck under $200.

Just like the Formula, the Maximus III Gene sports Intel's P55 chipset, LGA1156 socket and supports Core i5 and i7 800-series processors. Faithful to ASUS' Republic of Gamers product line, the Gene carries just about every feature the engineers could think of. Needless to say that the board supports both CrossFire and SLI multi-GPU technologies and dual channel DDR3 memory up to 2133 MHz through overclocking.

The ASUS Maximus III Gene is a small board packing a promising bunch of features. Sounds interesting? Read on to find out!