ASUS Crosshair V Formula Review

👤by Brendan van Varik Comments 📅13-11-12
Conclusion

The ASUS Crosshair V Formula certainly is not cheap but if you want the some of the best hardware on the market for an AMD system, you should not look any further. It performs well but at almost twice the cost of the ASUS M5A99X EVO, is it really worth it? Perhaps, if you were looking for an extreme solution to push your CPU to the absolute limit on extreme cooling methods such as liquid nitrogen. If you are not, it is difficult to justify such a purchase.

Even though we were not able to get the same results out of the motherboard in terms of overclocking the CPU bus when we compare it to the ASUS M5A99X EVO, it actually performed better in a number of our benchmarks.

The UEFI BIOS is in a typical ASUS layout, with a few subtle differences. The overclocking tab is the first tab that opens as soon as you enter the advanced mode. There are numerous voltage controls in there which you can tweak to absolutely no end if you wish to do so. The other obvious change is the colour scheme. The colours are red and black, to match the ROG style.



When it comes down to presentation, the ASUS Crosshair V Formula certainly puts on a good show. The eye catching red and black design just looks like the business.

To sum all of our thoughts up and perhaps most importantly, should you buy this motherboard? Well, it is difficult to say. Sure, from what we have tested thus far, nothing can touch this motherboard in terms of performance but at a price of ~£170, plus the cost of a processor, you are looking at a inferior system when you compare it to a similar valued Intel system.

Whilst the ASUS Crosshair V Formula does claim the performance crown, the price is what is stopping us from giving this a golden award. You are paying a premium for the Republic of Gamers branding and the premium components onboard.

Pros
+ Great overclocking ability
+ A myriad of features
+ Very stable, even at highly overclocked speeds
+ Well layed out

Cons
- Costly




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