Topics:#maximus-iv-gene-z

What happens when you take a micro ATX system, add full watercooling, a custom window, elegant lighting and a massive GeForce GTX Titan? Well you get HackJoe's FT03 powerhouse of a LAN rig, that's what!

Micro ATX builds are quite rare; watercooled micro ATX builds even more so. So what about a watercooled micro ATX build in one of Lian Li's stunning PC-U6 Nautilus chassis? Well that's exactly what Arizona based modder RebootTech has done.

Danish hardware website, Tweak.dk, has run the Maximus IV GENE-Z and Sabertooth X79 through its testing regime, with the Maximus scoring 97% and the Sabertooth scoring 92%!

Call me a perfectionist, but I like finding the most efficient way of cooling a PC with the least number of fans installed. This article is for you fellow air-cooled rig fanboy. What type of fan orientations and placements are good for an air-cooled setup, and is positive pressure or negative pressure better? We found out!

Following our recent BIOS guide for the Maximus IV GENE-Z, here's exactly how you can reach an easy 4.4GHz with the popular Intel Core i5-2500K processor. This guide is applicable to other ASUS P67 and Z68 motherboards, including the Sabertooth P67, the Maximus IV Extreme and Extreme-Z as well.

Prepare yourselves for part 1 of an incredible ROG mod. Professionally planned and executed, by experienced case modder, Marc "Besi" Voser, this ground-up custom design is an astonishing hardcore gaming PC with a Maximus IV GENE-Z at its heart, surrounded by a flowing wave-like design.