| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Motherboard Components |  |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Motherboards | |||||||
| Written by David Ramsey | |||||||
| Monday, 23 April 2012 | |||||||
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ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Motherboard Components Review
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Full Disclosure: ASUSTek Computer Inc. provided the product sample used in this article. f Note: Benchmark Reviews offers the ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Benchmark Performance Tests and Features Overview in separate articles. ASUS' motherboard product line is so diverse that even reviewers need a score card. For LGA1155 alone, there are nine different chipsets in ASUS' current offerings, and subdivisions within each chipset line. There are eleven current ASUS Z77-based motherboards, and that's not counting a few that have been shown to the press but not formally introduced yet. ASUS enthusiast motherboards fall into three broad catefgories: the Republic of Gamers series, with features that cater to extreme overclockers and gamers; specialty lines like the workstation oriented "WS" series, and the mainstream line. What Benchmark Reviews has today is the top end of ASUS' mainstream P8Z77 line, the P8Z77-V Deluxe.
Every panel on this box (including the flip-up lid over the display window, through which you can see your shiny new motherboard without having to open the box) is covered with layer upon layer of feature and specification listings. This motherboard seemingly has everything except the kitchen sink, but how much of it can you really use? One problem with reviewing products like this is that there are so many features that a comprehensive review simply becomes too large and unwieldy, and most of our readers wouldn't have the time or inclination to wade through it. Starting with this review, Benchmark Reviews will split motherboard reviews into three separate articles: an overview, in which the motherboard's packaging, accessories, appearance, hardware, and features are discussed; a performance review containing our benchmarks, results, and a score and optional award if merited, and finally a features review in which unique or proprietary features are described and measured. We hope this new layout will provide our readers with a better experience, and we solicit your comments on it.
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Comments
Dividing the reviews up into 3 separate pieces seems fraught with problems. One problem will be that the author seemingly has to make conclusions simply based on an "apparent" list of features, which has not been thoroughly tested. Eventually this will devolve into not being able to make many conclusions at all.
It seems it would be better to have a list of "required" tests that most reviewers would complete, in order to reduce the time it takes to review a board.
Perhaps some of the benchmarks are superfluous?
Additionally, by dividing the review up into 3 pieces, the reader will often feel the review was incomplete.
The Author will have to take the time to back track and forward link and backward link the old articles to and from the new articles on the same topic.
Overall, I think splitting up the review does a disservice to the reader as well as to the author.
It is agreed that reviewing a motherboard takes more time now. In that case the alternatives would be reduce the number of benchmarks to the ones that REALLY have something unique to offer. Possibly send out 2 motherboards to 2 reviewers and have them co-author the review.
(Just an opinion).
All the best, M
We are dependent on review samples from vendors, and I doubt we could get them to send us two of everything!
As for feature reviews it would be lovely if you could provide more insight than what is provided on the ASUS web site. ie: Whay it is good &/or does it really make a difference. ie: IS the USB 3.0 really faster, or does it only work with with specific devices.
Your Comparison reviews are even more valuable. Having a Table showing the distinguishing features between models / vendors is a real time saver. ie: These cards have 2 netcards, these only have 1. These do 64GB, those only have 32Gb. etc
Thanks for the reviews
Keep up the good work. But keep it in one big review.
This motherboard is one of the best I've seen from ASUS and they are my favorite mobo manufacturer. I would love to see a review and comparison with the WS product.
Good luck with the new review format, David - it will be a challenge to keep all the results correlated and easily available. I look forward to your next writeup.
But I think the author does not not mean that he/she will not complete his/her assessment of new tech all at once. Just putting access to it in 3 parts in 3 different, consecutive sessions.