ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER Z97 LGA1150 Motherboard

Finally (in our Z97 motherboard roundup) it’s Asus’ turn, here we have the Asus Maximus VII Ranger, a Z97 based ATX board from the Republic of Gamers! This particular example is the cheapest of three boards in the ROG range with the others being the higher specification Hero and the other being the Hero mATX based board. The Maximus VII Ranger supports both Nvidia’s SLI and AMD’s CrossFireX technologies and features ROG-exclusive SupremeFX audio technology with shielding. Other features include a debug LED, on-board power and reset buttons, M.2 (PCIe only) and support for up to 32GB of overclocked (up to 3200MHz) memory.

The Asus Maximus VII Ranger came in a smart red box with a lift-up lid providing plenty of detail on the motherboard and its features.

The back of the box highlights numerous other aspects of the Ranger including; SupremeFX, GameFirst III, KeyBot and Sonic Radar II. I have to say that there’s a wealth of detail provided on the box in general and it’s all very useful indeed, you can learn an awful lot about this motherboard without even getting it out of the box…

As you can see beneath that lid there’s a wealth of information on offer.

Once inside we can see the Asus Maximus VII Ranger packaged well (still not as well as ASRock) and in its anti-static bag.

Within the box, other than the motherboard itself we find the following:

ACCESSORIES

• 4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables
• I/O Panel Shield
• SLI Bridge
• Q Connector kit

PAPERWORK

• User Guide
• Quick Start Guide
• Saftey Information
• Support DVD
• ROG cable labels
• ROG door hanger

Shipping:

R100.00 via Courier for Main Cities

R150.00 via Courier for Other Areas