ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition: The Ultimate LGA2011 Motherboard

8 Pack · 10 Oct 2013 at 14:10

Yeah that Team group is certainly another option I use that X79 bench often. It works well but will never be PSC.

Cosimo · 16 Oct 2013 at 16:05

Another picture:

8 Pack · 17 Oct 2013 at 10:58

My RIVE BE ready for action.

Gonna hit 3 x 780 3D 11 this weekend with RAM on LN2. Interestingly this board is amazing with RAM. I did 2700+ C7-10-7-22 with TRFC at 64 this weekend quad channel on LN2 while testing XTU and 11 efficiency.

Cosimo · 22 Oct 2013 at 07:52

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag to be bundled with the motherboard:

Incredible technology, magnificent full game bundle, terrific choice
Customers wanting to take advantage of the fantastic Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag full game bundle are able to choose from a variety of brilliant ROG products.

ASUS ROG Rampage IV Black Edition is an X79 chipset-based motherboard packed with the best of ROG technologies that make it the must-have option for demanding gamers and extreme overclockers to unleash the full performance of LGA2011 Intel® Core™ i7 (Ivy Bridge-E) processors, up to 64GB of DRAM (at up to 2800MHz overclocked in all eight DIMM sockets) and multiple graphics cards (multi-GPU). These include the precise and ultra-stable Extreme Engine DIGI+ III voltage-regulator module (VRM) power delivery, OC Panel command center for easy system tuning, monitoring and SupremeFX Black audio hardware technology that’s as great as high-end dedicated sound cards. Rampage IV Black Edition also delivers lag-free gaming, thanks to built-in Intel Ethernet and GameFirst II, which prioritizes traffic for optimum ping rates.

AVAILABILITY & PRICING

ASUS/Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed® IV: Black Flag™ game bundles on Rampage IV Black Edition motherboard and selected gaming PCs including Tytan G30 and G750 gaming laptop will be available from 20th October 2013.

Nice to see that panel is also included.

Also this from ASUS on the ROG forum about release:

29th October.

Final boards are being sent out later this week. Fingers crossed no delay

Cosimo · 23 Oct 2013 at 08:00

Time to start drooling:

A few pics:

http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/cpu_mainboard/asus_rampage_iv_black_edition_first_look/1

Cosimo · 23 Oct 2013 at 08:53

Official promo:

bakes0310 · 23 Oct 2013 at 10:06

Not that clued up on the differences between the X79 and the Z87 but I thought the H87 is newer. So why would we buy this board over the Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI EXTREME?

Jokester · 23 Oct 2013 at 12:14

They're different sockets.

bakes0310 · 23 Oct 2013 at 12:21

Jokester said:
They're different sockets.

I know that, I mean why would someone buy it over a newer socket if they would be making a new build?

Jokester · 23 Oct 2013 at 12:46

bakes0310 said:
I know that, I mean why would someone buy it over a newer socket if they would be making a new build?

The processors available on LGA2011 are higher performance than those on LGA1155.

bakes0310 · 23 Oct 2013 at 13:05

Cheers Kokester I really am thinking of getting this board it looks beautiful

8 Pack · 23 Oct 2013 at 16:58

Great board!!! Rock solid!!!

bakes0310 · 23 Oct 2013 at 19:31

8 Pack said:
Great board!!! Rock solid!!!

Ok care to expand on that by telling us everything you know

bakes0310 · 25 Oct 2013 at 10:39

Will this motherboard support IV-E chips straight out of the box with no bios update. Im planning on getting the 4930k with the board and im afraid of bios updates.

clone · 25 Oct 2013 at 10:44

I would think so mate.

bakes0310 · 25 Oct 2013 at 12:28

How many are you expecting to be in stock on release and how many of them are already put aside for the preorder people.

Cosimo · 25 Oct 2013 at 13:36

bakes0310 said:
How many are you expecting to be in stock on release and how many of them are already put aside for the preorder people.

Ask in here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=116

bakes0310 · 25 Oct 2013 at 13:45

You buying one Cosimo, did you buy the 290x at all aswell?

Cosimo · 25 Oct 2013 at 15:04

bakes0310 said:
You buying one Cosimo, did you buy the 290x at all aswell?

I pre-ordered mine as soon as they appeared and no need as I'm running Titians.

bakes0310 · 25 Oct 2013 at 18:15

In the excitement of getting this board next month ive decided to learn how to overclock. Ive done it with my current 2500k which is at 4.6 but my motherboard has profiles with one click it did it for me.
But I want to do it the manual way so I can get the best performance at the lowest votage. I found an ivy bridge-e guide on the asus site:
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?38018-Guide-Easy-Overclocking-with-Ivy-Bridge-E-–-The-Listy-Wordy-Edition

On the second post theres a step by step guide and it looks very easy and idiot proof. Is it really that easy, or does it become more harder if you want to get extreme cpu performance is that when you need to start playing with more options.