The bundled programs consist of the standard AI Suite II from ASUS, the AMD Overdrive Utility (AOD), the Lucid drivers suite and Adobe Reader for access to the manuals. You get the RoG Connect and RC Bluetooth software for the remote clocking and monitoring mentioned earlier.

There are also a couple of additional programs you'd normally have to pay for:

The first is Kaspersky AntiVirus - an effective Virus checking program that I've had the pleasure of using in the past. Unlike many other AntiVirus products on the market this program doesn't seem to impact on the performance of a PC as much as others I've used.

The second program is 3DMark Vantage which (as I'm sure you all already know) is one of THE most popular and widely used benchmarking suites in circulation. Certainly nice to have it bundled and what better to do with your new flagship motherboard than overclock it and then test to see if your hard work has paid off!

Ai Suite II is easily installed via the driver and utility disk. All of the bundled programs are pre selected during the install so it's very much a 'one click' affair.


AI Suite II install.

Once it's installed and the computer reboots you have access to the full AI Suite II. The features on this a variety of programs aimed at monitoring and control of the board.

Fan Xpert allows both automatic and user created fan profiles. It monitors temperature trends and adjusts the fan speed.


Fan Xpert.

TurboV Evo allows on the fly system manipulation, clocking and overvolting. It's a comprehensive suite and is certainly very useful for a quick system speed boost when needed.


TurboV Evo.

Probe II allows voltage monitoring and alert control. Useful to know what's going on if you're running a high stress overclock.


Probe II.

Finally we see the Sensor Recorder. As the name suggests you're able to see voltage, temp, clockspeed and fanspeed trends in graphical timeline format. The graph can be moved in all directins and also zoomed in and out of if needed.


Sensor Recorder.

The Lucid HydraLogix software installation is another easy process. Click ok on each of the windows your presented with and there you have it. Once active the Hydra software is very low key and immensely uncluttered - as you can see the configuration page has only 3 options. It really is that simple.


HydraLogix config page.

The other page of note is the games section. This lists all compatible games and the '.exe' used to activate them.


Game section.

It almost seems too simple when you consider the ATi and Nvidia systems at work. In fact, when using my two GTX260's I didn't have to install the SLi bridge either.

My Logo is a fun addition to the fairly serious programs i’ve covered so far. From here you can select your own custom bios logo that will be displayed during startup. You can select any 640x480 image you like to customise your pc!

All in all it's certainly an impressive motherboard and bundle - the build quality seems second to none and the features on offer rival that of any AM3 board I've seen on the market.