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Inside ASUS Quality Test Labs, where we put our products through punishing tests to make sure they withstand the rigors of daily use.

KitGuru has got their hands on the ASUS Z87-Deluxe SATA Express test kit, and put it through its paces with early performance numbers created using an ROG RAIDR Express (since there's no official SATA Express hardware yet available). Hit the link for the full preview.

Guru3D tested ASUS' latest Poseidon GTX 780 Platinum graphics card that features the new hybrid DirectCU H20 cooler. It will keep the graphics card well cooled on just air, but also allows you to connect it to your favorite water cooling setup and push its OC just a tad bit further, or enjoy lower temperatures and minimal noise. Guru3D's testing showed that Poseidon GTX 780 Platinum is truly a premium product worthy of its Guru3D Recommended Award.

According to HardOCP.com, the Z87-WS are purpose tuned for the workstation market, with plethora of workstation-class features, ASUS quality manufacturing as well as an overall ease of use and out-of-the-box error free experience. Together this was enough to receive the HardOCP's Editor's Choice Enthusiast Silver Award.

Even more reviews and overclocking testing have dropped in since our first ARES II review roundup, so we've bundled them inside for easy reference! The front page image is the test rig from Overclockers.com with ARES II in action!

Originally posted by FlanK3r in our forums, we've adapted his post into a front page user-review that goes into performance and overclocking of the new FX-8350 on the latest ROG Crosshair V Formula-Z.

Within AI Suite II there are several modules that do different functions. The module we'll be guiding you through in this guide is Fan Xpert+; a complete, system-wide tool for customizing your fan control. It basically means you can throw out your 5.25in fan controller, as the software allows you to not only calibrate, but customize the performance:noise ratio of your entire case fan setup. We'll be using the Maximus IV GENE-Z in the guide, but it also applies to the Maximus IV Extreme, Extreme-Z, GENE-Z/Gen3 and entire Rampage IV series as well.