

The MAXIMUS VII FORMULA does not support multiple graphics cards via Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire.


This means it is perfectly capable of accommodating the latest graphics cards, although it is important to try and use a graphics card with the same graphics card interface of PCIe v3.0, as anything below will not reach the motherboard's potential, and anything above will have its performance slashed to the bandwidth maximum of the MAXIMUS VII FORMULA's PCIe v3.0. There are 3 PCIe x16 slots on this motherboard. Any system build that uses this motherboard therefore requires a separate graphics card, or a processor that has a GPU on the same die, such as AMD APU processors. The MAXIMUS VII FORMULA does not support onboard graphics. Generally speaking, only high performance hard drives, specifically solid-state drives, will be able to take advantage of the bandwidth potential of SATA 3.0 ports, though it is backwards compatible, so you do not have to take advantage. These allow for theoretical data transfer speeds of up to 6GB/s, as opposed to the 3GB/s of SATA 2.0. The MAXIMUS VII FORMULA has 6 SATA 3.0 hard drive slots. ATX is the most common form factor, and as such has a high degree of compatibility with other components while providing a decent number of slots to widen your expansion options. This motherboard will be dwarfed in performance by its modern counterparts, and will likely have very little support from Asus.Ĭonforming to the ATX standard, the MAXIMUS VII FORMULA should fit into the majority of cases. Released on, the MAXIMUS VII FORMULA is now over 8 years old, which means it is extremely out of date and is based on very aged technologies. It uses the DDR3 memory type, with maximum speeds of up to 1866 MHz, and 4 DDR3 slots allowing for a maximum total of 32 GB RAM. Any compatible Intel CPU will have the same socket entry. The MAXIMUS VII FORMULA uses the Intel LGA 1150 CPU socket.
