ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VII HERO, Socket-1150

ROG high-value gaming ATX-board with brilliant performance and exclusive game-boosting features
Intel® LGA1150 4th, New 4th & 5th-Generation Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Core™ i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors Ready
Intel® Z97 Express Chipset with M.2 support (up to 10Gb/s data-transfer)
Intel™ Ethernet + LANGuard + GameFirst III –This is game networking taken to the next level. This is ROG
SupremeFX 2014 + Radar II – New and improved audio that’s beyond compare
KeyBot + TrueVolt USB - Instant keyboard upgrade and rock-steady 5V USB supply
USB UEFI BIOS and Secure Erase - Award-winning simplicity and factory-fresh conditioning for superb performance
World’s first dual-color PCB with a matte black and red finish
2X-FASTER GAME-DATA PERFORMANCE
ASUS engineers used IxChariot, an independent network-assessment test tool, to determine just how much quicker Intel Gigabit Ethernet deals with the smaller (sub-256 bytes) UDP data packets that are vital for responsive gaming. The results are in — and with Maximus VII Hero your game-data packets flow up to two times (2X) faster than competing gaming-LAN technologies!
Precision-engineered audio that's as great as a dedicated sound card
ROG knows the importance of flawless audio – pristine effects and full-range soundtracks make the game. That's why we invest substantial engineering resources to perfect onboard audio. The result is SupremeFX. Cutting-edge isolation technologies minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI) and exceptionally premium components deliver best-in-class audio that's as great as a dedicated soundcard. But we never rest on our laurels, which is why SupremeFX 2014 has been refined even further for Maximus VII motherboards. That means even finer components and superbly clever software innovations for gaming and multimedia experiences beyond compare!
Network-optimization software for no-delay gameplay!
Exclusive GameFirst III has been upgraded with even more gamer-helping features and an interface that's even more intuitive! GameFirst III helps you to assign top priority to game packets and allocate more bandwidth to the game, ensuring the best online gaming experience.
Choose from a preset mode to suit what you're doing – Optimization, Game, Media Streaming or File Sharing. You can manage bandwidth down to the level of individual applications, with five priority levels (highest, higher, normal, lower, lowest) and even the ability to block specific traffic. GameFirst III even has a built-in Network Monitor tool, so you can supervise your network traffic and test your connection speed to check that you're getting the bandwidth you pay for!