F E A T U R E R E V I E W // R O G M A X I M U S X I G E N E
You’re well advised to go and read up
on this for a thorough explanation.
These features are not exclusive to the
Gene of course, but they are
appreciated nonetheless. The long
and the short of it is that you’ll have
far superior, more accurate readings
than most board on the market. An
achievement of sorts considering that
traditionally or at least in the last few
years, readings on the ROG boards
have been as reliable as you can get.
That said, when using ProbeIT, the
through hole location when using
a larger graphics card ( such as the
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ROG-STRIX-RTX 2080 ) may prove
problematic. As a consequence of the
Gene’s diminutive dimensions and ther
size of the graphics card, you’ll not
have access to these measuring
points. The thing is I'm not sure if they
could have been placed elsewhere, but
it is something that you’ll have to be
aware off. In general, you shouldn’t
even need to use the Probe IT points,
as overclocking on the Gene is - I’m
weary of saying - easy.
Outside of the overclocking, we have
the DIMM.2 expansion card. This neat
little card works much like the
previous one. The only difference here
is that it has two meaty heatsinks
which should be more than enough for
any M.2 SSD. The only downside is that
should you use the DIMM.2, your PCIe
x16 slot will be adjusted to an x8 link.
Perhaps not the way you'd prefer to
operate your GPU.
I can imagine cases where those
who need high speed RAID storage
may still choose to use the DIMM.2
expansion card. My personal
preference being the sockets on the
board coming from the PCH. In light of
this and as much as I’m an advocate
for the DIMM.2 expansion slot, it may
not be worth the subsequent GPU