Asus Crosshair IV Extreme

Pros:
Very sexy looking board
Excellent overclocking option
Five PCI-E slots
Having the ability to mix and match GPUs
Low power consumption
USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s
Status LED
Good build quality
Switchable PCI-E
 

Cons:
EATX form factor
Realtek Audio chip (we kind of expect a little better audio)
Fan is a bit noisy
Hydralogix performance still needs work
Pricing

Silver Award

Price: 7
Performance: 8
Presentation: 9

Verdict
The Crosshair IV Extreme is a worthy addition to the RoG family of boards and although its price tag limits it to a niche market, it's worth taking a peek at if only to see what's possible in current motherboard design. Lucid's HydraLogix 200 chip certainly works better the second time around, allowing for a mix and match of graphics cards, and at the very least it offers SLI support on an AMD platform.

Hot:
• Good performance
• Excellent features
• USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s
• Great audio

Not:
• LucidLogix support a work in progress
• Certain features may appeal only to niche audience