Need advice on X79 2011 Motherboard
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1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme/BF3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £399.98
Total : £410.78 (includes shipping : £9.00).
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme/BF3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £399.98
Total : £410.78 (includes shipping : £9.00).
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I dont believe it worth the extra £170
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1803/15/
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1767/15/
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1803/15/
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1767/15/
When you look at the benchies there isn't a lot of difference between the Asus boards.
You need to think about whether you are going for the maximum o/c possible, if so get the R4E, but if not then the extra money could be better spent elsewhere and you could get the Asus Rampage Formula - it really depends on your budget
From when I was researching, all the Asus boards went to 5Ghz with enough volts!
I bought a sabertooth as the best price/perfomance point for me, and then nabbed a cheap Rampage extreme off my uncle and sold the sabertooth..
If you plan on a 24/7 o/c of 4.7 - 4.8 then I think all the Asus boards will do that, above that you probably want a rampage board, plus they just look so good
You need to think about whether you are going for the maximum o/c possible, if so get the R4E, but if not then the extra money could be better spent elsewhere and you could get the Asus Rampage Formula - it really depends on your budget
From when I was researching, all the Asus boards went to 5Ghz with enough volts!
I bought a sabertooth as the best price/perfomance point for me, and then nabbed a cheap Rampage extreme off my uncle and sold the sabertooth..
If you plan on a 24/7 o/c of 4.7 - 4.8 then I think all the Asus boards will do that, above that you probably want a rampage board, plus they just look so good
It's not - unless you want to do some heavy overclocking and want to enjoy priority support, RMA, universal CPU cooling backplate, yadayada ... and the extra bits and bobs like setting OC in bios without reboot.
... also some have achieved OC with lower volts with this board (see OCN).
EDIT: oh and looks
EDIT: oh and looks
Says it all really, I kept telling myself that I didn't need half the features, vga volt modding and LN2 temp monitors have never been high on my list! The performance wasn't a big enough difference to justify the price, but it is just such a sexy board, and 200 quid to buy it off my uncle was just too good to resist..
I wasn't aware of the priority support bit?
What about going for the Ramapge formula rather than the Extreme?
plus they just look so good
Damn right
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you could also just go for the rampage IV formula that is over £100 cheaper than the extreme
or actually any of the mid £200 boards will all be pretty much of a muchness - just look for one that has the features you want - e.g. some come with more or less PCIE x16 slots or memory slots and they all tend to be bigger than standard ATX
or actually any of the mid £200 boards will all be pretty much of a muchness - just look for one that has the features you want - e.g. some come with more or less PCIE x16 slots or memory slots and they all tend to be bigger than standard ATX
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme/BF3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £399.98
Total : £410.78 (includes shipping : £9.00).
confusing.
i would suggest an X79 UD7 or even the UD5
the asus deluxe and pro have overclocked just as well as the rampage in my experience.