ENHANCE THE ROG POWER! THE NEW ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA UNBOX
ASUS has sent the new ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA motherboard based on the new Intel Z390 platform to us. So what surprise will ASUS bring this time? Let’s open the box and enjoy the new features!
Package appearance
The whole package design of MAXIMUS XI FORMULA is nearly the same as their previous version MAXIMUS X FORMULA.
Package Front
Package Back
Package buttom
Open the box
The second layer of the box
All goods inside the box
Product Analysis
The main body of the FORMULA motherboard
The front and back looking
The side I/O
The bottom I/O
The top I/O, includes RGB headers(12v 4pin & 5v 3pin addressable) and fan(AMP) headers
The rear I/O
The raw looking after we removed all heatsink and covers
The processor power supply adopts the design of 6-phase CPU core power supply + 4-phase integrated graphics power supply.
CPU power plug is 8+2 pins
The borthbridge chipset
The SupremeFX soundcard uses the golden capacitors from Nichicon
The ASUS DIGI+ EPU Chipset
The Aquantia AQtion 5G LAN Chipset
The new LGA 1151 slot of Intel’s 9th gen Core desktop processor
The Heatsink parts & Armour (Front & Back)
The front panel armour
The inside of front panel armour with LED controller boards and M.2 heatsink
The M.2 slots close looking, both slots are supporting NVMe & SATA SSDs
The mofset heatsink with CrossChill EK III water block
The back panel armour(outside & inside)
The northbridge heatsink
The RGB light & LiveDash screen
The BIOS partial settings screenshots
Overall
The full-covered armour plates make this motherboard look more solid and stable. Compared with the previous model, there are no special lighting effects outside, but more functional inside. The enhanced power supply support and the rich I/O interface have improved the total usability of this motherboard.
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-XI-FORMULA/