ASUS Maximus II Gene Motherboard Review :: Bundle

• ASUS Maximus II Gene motherboard
• 1x UDMA133 cable
• 2 SATA cables
• IO Shield
• 1 External LCD Poster
• 2 in 1 Q connector
• Cable Tie
• 1 ROG theme label
• Driver CD
• IO Shield
• 3DMark06 Advanced Edition
• Kapersky Anti-Virus
• TurboV
• PC Probe II
• ASUS Update
• ASUS Ai Suite

Box

Rear of box

Box open

Bundle

ASUS bundled the box in an attractive small black box. The cover of the box has the name of the motherboard, the chipset and the CrossfireX support. The rear of the box has a list of the features of the motherboard, CPU support and memory support lists. The front flap opens up to show off more features including the overclocking.

Bottom of inside cover

Motherboard removed

Specs

Bundle

The bundle itself is rather un-interesting from a new motherboard owner's point of view with a few exceptions. The inclusion of a LCD Poster is interesting as it shows problems on POST and what the problem might be. The Q-Connector allows the user to attach all of the FP IO onto the board in one shot. In keeping with the enthusiast theme, the board comes with 6 cable ties for proper wire management.

The software bundle includes the latest version of Kapersky's Anti-Virus software. Also included is a copy of 3DMark06 Advanced Edition, as all ROG boards include. TurboV is ASUS's overclocking utility. PC Probe II is a hardware monitoring tool for the motherboard. SupremeFX X-Fi comes with a Sound Blaster X-Fi utility. All in all, ASUS includes a wide bundle for their new motherboard with everything you need.