Asus rampage III Extreme
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I was going to get a P6X58D but now I'm going to wait for this.
Same here.. my last rig (HP Factory) just went down. So I decided that I'm going to do a custom build, was going to pick up the P6X58D but when I learned of some problems with the memory, and the PCI-E X16 slots being spaced too close (Because I wan to do 2x 5870s and a PhysX Card) I started looking for a new board. I found the R3E and Am very excited I've been without a PC Since late march (Posting on my PS3 right now) and I Don't want to wait till May.
I am worried because I've heard 2nd week of april, then I've seen couple of months.
I also heard that this thing started mass production on March 25th. Anyone know how long that takes to hit the stores?
And I'm also wondering if maybe Asus will coincide the R3E with the release of Fermi, which is scheduled to be the 16th of April on Newegg... HMM
Thoughts?
Fermi is already out...
Would like the other points above answered by VK anyway, where are you VK stop hiding!
It's Sunday!
Stock should be arriving in OCUK pretty soon (Within 2 weeks, I would think) though I'll clarify with a sales person here.
Mass production was around then, but that's not really an issue.
Fermi's already out and available from the 6th I heard - So you could buy a GTX480 and the R3E from OCUK at the same time.
Stock should be arriving in OCUK pretty soon (Within 2 weeks, I would think) though I'll clarify with a sales person here.
Mass production was around then, but that's not really an issue.
Fermi's already out and available from the 6th I heard - So you could buy a GTX480 and the R3E from OCUK at the same time.
It's Sunday!
Stock should be arriving in OCUK pretty soon (Within 2 weeks, I would think) though I'll clarify with a sales person here.
Mass production was around then, but that's not really an issue.
Fermi's already out and available from the 6th I heard - So you could buy a GTX480 and the R3E from OCUK at the same time.
Ah.. well I'm across the pond (Boston Massachusetts to be exact) and I found this site from numerous googles when I needed help and found the information great. Nice group of knowledgeable people that post here.
As for release do you think the 14th-16th? and I wanted to clarify about your post, you say that Fermi will be available the 6th -- and you say you can buy the R3E and the 480 at the same time. Does that mean that we'll be able to buy the board around the 4-11th? Can you please clarify a bit?
And as for Price, I am expecting $400USD. But I heard rumors of $389 .. what are we looking at USD?
Thanks, I'll post here periodically to get updates. I'd be really dissapointed if it went past the 2nd week of April with all the rumors and advancements in production.
Thx,
Nick
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Yea, that Noctua has bigger dimensions than my Asus, although it looks smaller and may have been measured with the fans on
Comparing clip on fan coolers is annoying when they list their dimensions either with or without the extra fans.
Just installed it with the Noctua NH-D14. I couldn't install the chipset cooler because it was only a few mm too tall and stopped the NH-D14 from making full contact with the CPU. I'm not sure how the ASUS cooler will cope though.
Another thing to be wary of is that this board it wider than other x58 boards. While it may fit in most cases, it might be a pain to do so. I've spent an hour sorting out my cables through the motherboard tray holes because the mobo was blocking them partially. Apart from those few niggles, it's looking good!
how do you think this thing will comply with the haf932?
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The HAF's a pretty big case isn't it? I'll try and get a comparison pic of the board against my biostar x58 to show the size difference.
I think the dimensions are the same as the Rampage II extreme (which was my last board), which is exactly 1 inch wider than standard atx boards. Fits a HAF922 with room to spare.
Helios - I hear these board has 4pin fan connectors all round. Do you know if it's just the CPU connector which is PWM controlled ?
Also, I read somewhere you can switch the lane configuration on the 16x slots...so instead of the 1st 2 lanes at 16x and the 3rd being 8x which is the default, you can make the 1st and 3rd slot 16x. This would be very handy for people running 2 gpu's and don't want to have them stuffed up beside each other like on the rampage 2.
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From the manual, it seems all the connectors have PWM functionality but if you connect 3 pin fan cables, then you won't have PWM control.
As for the PCIE lanes, I'll have a look because it'll be handy for me as well. Yesterday I put my card in the sesond slot but it was only working at 8x so I had to switch to the first slot.
EDIT. Just had a look, by default they operate from top to bottom at 16x,8x,16x,8x.
So for two cards you have to use the 1st and 3rd slots. I can't see anything about switching the lane configuration. There are however onboard switches to turn off some of the pcie lanes in case one card malfunctions.
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Thanks Helios. I have a long asus crossfire bridge so using slot 1 and 3 in 16x mode will be ideal. Great news on PWM support too. I know Asus's most recent board (P6X58D Premium) has a 2nd 4pin header but it lacks the pwm line. Good to hear all the connectors have pwm functionality as all my fans support it.
Looks like this rampage iii is for me then.
Looks like this rampage iii is for me then.
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No problem at all.
If anyone's got any questions, I'm in the middle of testing it so feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer them. I'll include them in the proper review as well.
Here's another teaser:
Hi Helios1234,
so I take it this motherboard is quality built and worth the money??? All motherboard nowadays should have this but just to make sure, dose this board also have the usual quick F8 boot select menu that ASUS boards normally have when you press the F8 key before the hard drives start to boot that lets you select from a menu that appears what hard drive etc you want to boot from instead of having to change boot order in the bios???
Note: I`m not talking about Windows safe mode F8.
Thanks for responding.
so I take it this motherboard is quality built and worth the money??? All motherboard nowadays should have this but just to make sure, dose this board also have the usual quick F8 boot select menu that ASUS boards normally have when you press the F8 key before the hard drives start to boot that lets you select from a menu that appears what hard drive etc you want to boot from instead of having to change boot order in the bios???
Note: I`m not talking about Windows safe mode F8.
Thanks for responding.
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cant ffing wait for this board because ill be ordering it with my other components...
Rampage III Extreme
XFX 5870 (will add another down the Road)
I7 930
Mushkin Redline 6GB 6-7-6-18 1600mhz
xfx 850w psu
WD 1TB Caviar Black Sata 6 (64MB Cache)
1TB Samsung Story Station (Backup)
ASUS DVD RW / Burner Combo
HAF 932
8 RED LED 120mm RoseWill fans
Red dual cathode Kit
Noctua D14 to sit nice n comfy on my 930 (anyone know how this will fit with the R3E????)
Sentry-LX Fan controller
should be a good setup for battlefield bad company 2 right guys?
Rampage III Extreme
XFX 5870 (will add another down the Road)
I7 930
Mushkin Redline 6GB 6-7-6-18 1600mhz
xfx 850w psu
WD 1TB Caviar Black Sata 6 (64MB Cache)
1TB Samsung Story Station (Backup)
ASUS DVD RW / Burner Combo
HAF 932
8 RED LED 120mm RoseWill fans
Red dual cathode Kit
Noctua D14 to sit nice n comfy on my 930 (anyone know how this will fit with the R3E????)
Sentry-LX Fan controller
should be a good setup for battlefield bad company 2 right guys?
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Yup, I can confirm that pressing F8 brings up with boot select menu.
I don't know what the price will be but it'll be worth it. It has many features that are actually useful and not just gimmicks. Obviously it caters to enthusiasts as well as mainstream users so some of the features may appear useless to some such as the probelt where people can connect their multimeters etc.
Overall it's a good board and performance seems slightly better than my Biostar x58. Overclocking is also easier and for the first time, I've been able to go over 4ghz which my Biostar wouldn't let me do stably.
I'm using a Noctua NH-D14 on the one I have here and it works fine. The only thing is that you won't be able to use the NB fan provided. But it doesn't get too hot anyway.
Thanks for responding mate.
I`m glad they still have the boot select menu as I use it all the time on my current board for easy dual booting my Windows 7 and Windows XP on different hard drives.
It looks like it will fit in the Antec P182, but will block the gap for the 24 pin connector from the back 
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http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1217/__1.jpg
Would be great if someone could confirm if it will fit this case.
I can just put the cable in through the bottom rather than through the back.
So its reccomended to use red slots 1 + 3 for two cards, and then the PCI-E 4x slot is available for a sound card.
Hmmmmm, looks like it would be a tight fit:
The red rectangles are the width of two Sata ports on the mobo in that pic, as the Rampage III has that single upwards black sata port, and the distance from it to the screw looks to be the same as 2 of those.
.http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1217/__1.jpg
Would be great if someone could confirm if it will fit this case.
I can just put the cable in through the bottom rather than through the back.
So its reccomended to use red slots 1 + 3 for two cards, and then the PCI-E 4x slot is available for a sound card
.Hmmmmm, looks like it would be a tight fit:
The red rectangles are the width of two Sata ports on the mobo in that pic, as the Rampage III has that single upwards black sata port, and the distance from it to the screw looks to be the same as 2 of those.
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Right, I've been trying to overclock the board and the highest BCLK I got without changing the PCIe frequency was 218. That was running at 19 x 218 so 4.14ghz stable.
I have managed to get 4.2ghz using turbo mode at 21 x 200 but I know a lot of people can do that already on their boards now.
Oh and price is looking at under £350.
I have managed to get 4.2ghz using turbo mode at 21 x 200 but I know a lot of people can do that already on their boards now.
Oh and price is looking at under £350.
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