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Hardware Info readers have voted for ASUS hardware to win six 2014 product award categories, with ROG hardware winning three including best mATX and mini-ITX motherboards, and best gaming monitor!

It's a good thing that Polish modder Bartłomiej Kurpiewski takes some great photos, because his latest water cooled Maximus VII Gene build in a Parvum S2.0 is majestic. For all the love of hard tubing in modern water cooled rigs, it's good to see the curves back, echoing the cabling and tube reservoir in a tightly packed synergy.

Tom at Overclock3D (OC3D) has a full cover waterblock (that's CPU and motherboard together) for every Maximus VII motherboard: Formula, Impact, Gene, Hero and Ranger, and also the Rampage V Extreme, shown off in the article (link below) and video inside. If you love your water cooling, it's a must watch!

EK has introduced VRM (MOSFET) waterblocks for the Maximus VII Gene, Hero and Ranger motherboards: EK-MOSFET ASUS M7G.

Extreme Overclocker, John Lam, pushed his Core i7-4770K right through the 7GHz barrier on his silvered Maximus VII Gene, with a final frequency of 7193.81MHz at a massive 2.048V under liquid nitrogen. Submitted as part of ROG's OC Showdown | Z97 competition, John scores himself the cool $1,000 prize, congratulations!

Predominately ROG engineers research performance orientated designs: Extreme Engine, OC Tools, LN2 modes, extensive BIOS tweaks etc, but aesthetics still factor highly in our fan's purchasing decisions. The black and red livery is synonymous to the brand, and ROG has always championed an aspiring design to reflect its performance leadership. This is where the idea to 'ink' the PCB came from, but getting there wasn't easy.

Are you an ROG Front Base owner who just upgraded to a Maximus VII motherboard (Z97), or, if you bought a Front Base shortly after the Z97 launch you'll very likely need to update its firmware. You can tell because it is missing a sticker behind the LCD panel. Follow our step-by-step guide to upgrade it inside.

The Maximus VII Gene is ROG's 2014 overclocking-slash-gaming Z97 motherboard aimed at micro ATX, small form factor PC builders. As usual, the smaller board real-estate does not mean 'less' motherboard, as the Gene is a no-compromise design; it overclocks just as far and pack as many features as any equivalent ATX ROG board. Learn all about the new board inside!

Looking for big pics of the new Gene? Here's a gallery of ROG's latest Z97 micro ATX gaming motherboard!