ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition: The Ultimate LGA2011 Motherboard

[kindai]

Team LV Xtreem matches ok as well. The M6F.

I didnt spot any high speed 8gb sticks however which seems like the other downside to Haswell, where on ivy I could stick a bunch of superfast 4gb sticks in, im limited to a very select few modules here.

Either way, currently looking like:

CPU: 4770k at 4.6ghz+
Mobo: Asus Maximus VI Formula
Cooling: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Nickel
Ram: 2x Patriot Venom Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (32gb total).

 

[Cosimo]

Apparently 500 are heading to the US next week so it may also mean good news for us.

 

[8 Pack]

Europe has much less allocation Cosimo.

 

[nniitt]

got my x79 dark today

 

[Nickolp1974]

got my x79 dark today

And how is it??

 

[Jokester]

Was looking at them, but heard there's a lot of issues with the BIOS on them.

 

[Nickolp1974]

Was looking at them, but heard there's a lot of issues with the BIOS on them.

There getting updated on a weekly basis though, as they actually listen to there customers

 

[Mint8]

I am seriously thinking of the DArk also now.

Think the preorder on the BE was going for about 2 weeks before I bought mine so assume I don't stand much chance of getting it in this first small allocation. I have a few weeks off over Xmas and want to do the build then.

 

[pgi947]

EVGA don't want the same muck up they had with the other X79 boards (one of the reasons for the darks existence) with regards to bios issues. Hopefully they get it sorted, looks a beast of a board

 

[nniitt]

And how is it??

it's an amazing board, I used to set 1.24V to get 4930k stable at 4.5G with old r4e board, now with dark, it only gets to 1.208V P95 stable.

 

[nniitt]

There getting updated on a weekly basis though, as they actually listen to there customers

listen to their customers is the key to do a good business.

 

[scotsdragon]

Im waiting to see if im lucky if not its deffinatly a board to consider as I like black lol

 

[In need]

Im thinking about a Dark too, not sure yet. One thing about EVGA is that there support is a million times better than asus. There great if you have to send something back and if they aint git it instock they will normally just upgrade you to the next best thing! Peace of mind you do have with EVGA.

 

[In need]

it's an amazing board, I used to set 1.24V to get 4930k stable at 4.5G with old r4e board, now with dark, it only gets to 1.208V P95 stable.

Thats impressive quite a decrease in volts. Only thing i dont like is there is only a vrm block in development at atm and not a full mobo block. This is what stopping me from buying one.

 

[Nickolp1974]

Thats impressive quite a decrease in volts. Only thing i dont like is there is only a vrm block in development at atm and not a full mobo block. This is what stopping me from buying one.

Thats because its only the VRM's that need cooling, cooling the chipset is a waste of time.

 

[nniitt]

Thats because its only the VRM's that need cooling, cooling the chipset is a waste of time.

correct!

 

[Cosimo]

There getting updated on a weekly basis though, as they actually listen to there customers

If you don't get it right first time then fix and fix again....

 

[Cosimo]

Im waiting to see if im lucky if not its deffinatly a board to consider as I like black lol

Having used a III and a IV I will stick with the black.

 

[Amidar]

I'm going to stick with my black edition order as my case (FT02) wont allow me to use the Dark due the 24 pin orientation.

 

[scotsdragon]

The trouble with sticking with ASUS I would buy the RIVE but id have to buy it else where I love OCER'S but not 80 pounds more than a well known competitor