Testseek.com have collected 79 expert reviews of the Asus Maximus 8 Impact and the average rating is 91%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus Maximus 8 Impact.
January 2016
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The ASUS Maximus VIII Impact is an excellent mini-ITX motherboard. The Maximus VIII Impact is a great overclocker, that is dependable, and stable while being feature-rich, with the biggest stand out being its excellent audio hardware design implementation...
The aesthetics of the Maximus VIII Impact are in line with the rest of their ROG products, past and present, with its black and red theme. I personally like their current iteration of toning down the red and using it as a highlight to the black and gray...
Published: 2015-11-30, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
The Z170 chipset has been around for a little while now and if anything is obvious from our graphs it's that ASUS seem to be about the only manufacturer who has got a firm grip on the BIOS, thus enabling us to benchmark and review their motherboards witho...
Published: 2015-10-10, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
UEFI interface, performance, overclocking, power consumption
The Impact family just got a new member Maximus VIII Impact, the mini-ITX ROG motherboard dedicated to gamers and overclockers.It preserves the capabilities that made it famous and add new features with every generation. Maximus VIII Impact is able to run...
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Published: 2015-10-09, Author: Mark , review by: overclock3d.net
When looking at this motherboard I have been amazed by how much ASUS have managed to fit into a motherboard of this size, offering everything that a small form factor PC gamer would ever need, offering a large number of USB 3.0 and 3.1 ports and beefy eno...
ASUS's ROG Maximus VIII Impact totally breaks the rules of mini-ITX motherboards. It not only carries a VRM that rivals full-sized Intel Z170/X99 motherboards, but it also offers top notch audio and more OC features than many full sized boards. All this...
Fullsize board overclocking, Performance, SupremeFX Impact III sound, ROG feature set, Crash Free UEFI BIOS, Software package, USB performance, Looks, Small Form Factor, ROG sound, Storage options
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When I went into this review, I was not really expecting the Maximus VIII Impact to deliver overclocking on par with the Maximus VIII Extreme in such a compact package. I was actually pretty blown away by the clock speeds it could deliver on demand when p...
It is said that history has a way of repeating itself, and that is certainly true when it comes to the ASUS Republic of Gamers series motherboards. Specifically, the Impact models have consistently been the best Mini-ITX motherboards on the market and tha...
Abstract: Meanwhile you can find benchmark values of 28 recent Z270 and Z170 motherboards in our comparison tables. We do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right motherboar...
If you're a serious overclocker you really have only one choice in this test: only the ASUS Maximus VIII Impact has enough good-quality power phases to make overclocking, even with extreme cooling methods, possible. It's also very suitable for overclock...
