Value -
Value is another very subjective topic. What is expensive to some might be a deal to others. You can look at this topic in multiple ways. One is raw price and the other is what you get for the money. Each is accurate and both are correct ways to look at price/value. We tend to look at features, performance and real-property when we discuss value. However, we also take into account the raw cash cost of the item. Believe it or not you can have all of this performance and flexibility for only $199.99 at more etailers. This is a great price for a board with all of these features and the performance that we are seeing. Of course to get the full potential out of the Maximus V Gene you might still need to spend another $150 to $200.

Conclusion -
What can we say about the Maximus V Gene that the performance and feature set has not already? It is a great board with a ton of features, options, and excellent performance and all for $200. Really what is not to love? Asus is continuing to show that they are listening to their customers and giving options that people will really want and use. The Maximus V Gene shows this off in a very impressive way. Knowing that the V Gene will most likely be built into a smaller case they have options to still use SSD caching on the mPCIe combo card. The same is true for the WiFi option; it was not forced onto the board as the Maximus V Gene would fit perfectly into a small LAN party system where wireless could get in the way. Overall there is not much on the Maximus V Gene that needs improving we do wish that a 72mm SSD would fit, but really that is not a problem considering the cost of 55mm cards.

The Maximus V Gene has earned our Gold Key Award for although it was not the top performer for a few of our tests it has a simply awesome feature set, price and solid performance. 

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