Asus rampage III Extreme
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A little disappointing tbh, looking at the package contents there doesn't seem to be anything 'extra' you would expect from a board like this. So far ASUS have cut not only the sound card, but also the LCD display. I wouldn't mind if this meant a cheaper price tag but we all know it will cost even more than the Rampage 2, which IMO is wrong, as they have actually cut down the features rather than improved. The "improvements" are expected with the times (USB 3/SATA 3 ect), the price shouldn't be higher, it certainly won't cost more to manufacture anyway...
I just hope it turns out to be a really solid board which is well made and overclocks well whilst maintaining stability.
Interesting you say that, as a lot of money has been put into the R&D of the board itself, to make sure it's *the* best overclocking board possible.
It might be branded as Republic of Gamers, but really, this is the "Republic of Overclockers" board and is designed as a world record breaking LN2 monster. No features have been cut down....especially if you put it side by side with the R2E.
As for costs, it'll definitely cost more to make than the Rampage II - Digital phases, crystal design heatsinks and the switching is all different...
It might be branded as Republic of Gamers, but really, this is the "Republic of Overclockers" board and is designed as a world record breaking LN2 monster. No features have been cut down....especially if you put it side by side with the R2E.
As for costs, it'll definitely cost more to make than the Rampage II - Digital phases, crystal design heatsinks and the switching is all different...
I only hope what you say is true and it is built with quality
I don't mind a lack of "gadgets" as long as it overclocks well and is a decent, stable and long lasting board.
Good. Freebie soundcards and lcd displays can go whistle, I don't want semi-useless tat with a motherboard. I want one which overclocks brilliantly and doesn't kill itself under stress. You've caught my interest with this one VK, cheers for the post.
True, however I like motherboards to have a sound card bundled with them, you know why? So I can get rid of it and replace it with my X-Fi sound card and have no other built in sound chips in sight!
Otherwise, you just have a on-board sound system that sits there doing nothing, using BIOS resources and sticking out your I/O plate for no reason at all 
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As for the LCD display I just thought it was a nifty little gadget... "Every little helps!".
Well feel free on spending £1300+ on just a motherboard and processor
I think I might wait for this motherboard nwo it looks much better than the current Asus 6.0gb/s motherboard and hopefully doesnt have the problem with the new i7 930 (with the pre installed bios).
Well feel free on spending £1300+ on just a motherboard and processor
I think I might wait for this motherboard nwo it looks much better than the current Asus 6.0gb/s motherboard and hopefully doesnt have the problem with the new i7 930 (with the pre installed bios).
Problem? What problem is that?
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just wait untill the r3e is out then wiat for the price to drop on the r2e
Apparently the issue with the i7 930 from not booting is fixed in the latest bios. But if you have the older bios than you can't boot up your pc to update the bios unless you have the older i7 versions 920 etc...
I have an i7 920 but it's in my pre built machine and it would void the warranty to use it to update the bios.
So I will wait for this new board because it looks better and shouldn't have this problem.
I to welcome cutting of the marketing waffle bits for focusing on a better board.
That said, OMG they have actualy inculded the temp probes this time!
Now I really wish Asus would improve thier fan management to actualy be of some use. Abit were best in this regard but its still a ways of the likes of a t-balancer. You would think with that many fan headers they would have looked at this.
Infact, just strip the rubbish onboard audio compleatly and use the space/money to give me the fan control and a few more bits on the back panel. Anyone getting this board is either benching and wont use the audio at all, or a power user who likely has enough fans to use the PC as a hovercraft and thier own soundcard (maybe even a xonar?).
Just a personal gripe -VK-. If you could plant the idea in your engineers and marketings heads for the RIVE it would be most appreciated. Infact, RIVE looks like a cool acronym kind of like the TRUE. Get that out the door asap please.
That said, OMG they have actualy inculded the temp probes this time!
Now I really wish Asus would improve thier fan management to actualy be of some use. Abit were best in this regard but its still a ways of the likes of a t-balancer. You would think with that many fan headers they would have looked at this.
Infact, just strip the rubbish onboard audio compleatly and use the space/money to give me the fan control and a few more bits on the back panel. Anyone getting this board is either benching and wont use the audio at all, or a power user who likely has enough fans to use the PC as a hovercraft and thier own soundcard (maybe even a xonar?).
Just a personal gripe -VK-. If you could plant the idea in your engineers and marketings heads for the RIVE it would be most appreciated. Infact, RIVE looks like a cool acronym kind of like the TRUE. Get that out the door asap please.
I`m definitely considering getting myself one of these Motherboards when building my new Core i7-980X computer soon, especially if the boards performance is as good as and also has as good overclocking compatibilities similar to the EVGA Classified.
Are you aware that the 980 is going to cost around 800 quid?
Yes.