Asus rampage III Extreme

bhavv · 5 Apr 2010 at 19:41

Flanno said:
So other than usb3 and sata3, and cooler runing, is it worth getting the RIII ? Should I stick with the classified.

How much do you think the Classified would sell for second hand? If you could put it up on Ebay and get £300 - £350 for it then it would work out.

Flanno · 5 Apr 2010 at 19:56

Yeah, I'm not sure how much it would go for. Might be an idea allright though seeing as they don't make 759's anymore it would probably be worth a few bob still. Ta.

andyr · 5 Apr 2010 at 20:08

I don't think you can but you don't need both cpu power connectors to run the board. It's just for extra juice during extreme overclocking etc.

I googled a 4 pin to 8 pin cpu power adaptor from 4 pin female to 8 pin male which would be right for my psu, i take it that the 8 pin is just 4 pairs of 12 volts is that correct ?

Schoieuk · 5 Apr 2010 at 20:19

andyr said:
I googled a 4 pin to 8 pin cpu power adaptor from 4 pin female to 8 pin male which would be right for my psu, i take it that the 8 pin is just 4 pairs of 12 volts is that correct ?

as far as i know thats correct, but im not that sure.

Cosimo · 6 Apr 2010 at 09:50

Helios1234 said:
I don't think you can but you don't need both cpu power connectors to run the board. It's just for extra juice during extreme overclocking etc.

Well it can have the extra juice, my power supply has two CPU (8P and 4+4 pin) 12V connectors.

Helios1234 · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:03

simulatorman said:
Well it can have the extra juice, my power supply has two CPU (8P and 4+4 pin) 12V connectors.

That's what I'm using as well.

BigBruiserAl · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:10

Helios1234 said:
That's what I'm using as well.

would adding the extra 8pin from the power supply make a o/c more stable do you think or is soley for more juice ?

Helios1234 · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:21

I imagine it might make higher overclocks more stable but probably at clocks way above 4ghz.

23JMZ07 · 6 Apr 2010 at 21:08

BigBruiserAl said:
would adding the extra 8pin from the power supply make a o/c more stable do you think or is soley for more juice ?

if you have it, use it..
if you dont have the second, dont worry

Makes little difference on my mates classified, it does not move the frequency wall at all.

jej_knowles · 7 Apr 2010 at 21:18

hi what are the power supply requirements for this motherboard?

23JMZ07 · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:54

that totally depends on your other kit, what stuff you wanna put in with the board?

gary996 · 8 Apr 2010 at 08:35

So when are these becoming available?

Cosimo · 8 Apr 2010 at 09:00

gary996 said:
So when are these becoming available?

Possibly this week, more like around the 11th-18th or the week after.

Hayleywow · 8 Apr 2010 at 09:34

Hi Guys

I have pre-ordered this board, was looking at the CPU power connectors, I have a Corsair 1000W Modular PSU, and wondered if anyone knew if it had 2 x 8Pin connectors, or will I need to buy a new PSU, and if so can you recommend one??

Thanks

Hay

Cosimo · 8 Apr 2010 at 09:42

Hayleywow said:
Hi Guys

I have pre-ordered this board, was looking at the CPU power connectors, I have a Corsair 1000W Modular PSU, and wondered if anyone knew if it had 2 x 8Pin connectors, or will I need to buy a new PSU, and if so can you recommend one??

Thanks

Hay

If it's this one then it has two, see Resources:

http://www.corsair.com/products/hx1000/default.aspx

As discussed before one should be sufficient.

eternal_fantasy · 8 Apr 2010 at 11:54

simulatorman said:
Possibly this week, more like around the 11th-18th or the week after.

You covered a 3 week period right there

Might as well have said some time this month.

eternal_fantasy · 8 Apr 2010 at 12:21

28th March:

-VK- said:
Stock should be arriving in OCUK pretty soon (Within 2 weeks, I would think) though I'll clarify with a sales person here.

3rd April:

Slackworth said:
We do not have any dates ourselves. Just keep looking at the news page, forums and tech sites around the web.

From VK's quote and the date he posted that comment, 2 weeks from then is by the end of this week. I would give it another week however seeing it's a little strange that since the quote OcUK seemingly still unsure on the ETA up to only 5 days ago... And of course still no ETA on the R3E even now.

Also, "Just keep looking at the news page, forums and tech sites around the web." far as I know most hardware (excluding graphics card/some CPU) gets stocked into e-tailers depends on their geographical location. So if anyone was to look for release dates for the motherboard I'd suggest focusing on refreshing the product page of your favorite e-tailers' site. Tech sites seems to only report retail avaliability of graphics cards and CPU, and rarely local avaliability.

23JMZ07 · 8 Apr 2010 at 12:44

im waiting to see what EVGA bring to the table tbh..
they need to bring out something to match this.

eternal_fantasy · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:11

23JMZ07 said:
im waiting to see what EVGA bring to the table tbh..
they need to bring out something to match this.

EVGA typically will leak their new product via Shimano, their in-house overclocker. 2-3 months later and more samples are sent out to connected overclockers to create the hype. Finally the product is announced on their home page, avaliable to PREORDER, from their USA site, with ETA of 2-4 weeks. Another 2-3 months later you start seeing stock of said part trickling into Europe markets, with a 30% premium over similar prducts.

But by all means wait.

bhavv · 8 Apr 2010 at 15:03

I like EVGA boards, but something like this board from them would probably cost £500.