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ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 14th November 2011 | Source: ASUS | Price: £335 | Author: Tom Logan

Introduction

It's been a while since we've had an entirely new Rampage to look at. The last one we saw was the Rampage III Extreme which was an X58 based motherboard, similar to the Rampage II.

Now with the release of the X79 chipset and LGA2011 socket it's time for a brand new board, and ASUS have certainly taken advantage of this by stuffing the Rampage IV Extreme so full of technologies and overclocking features that this is the longest review we've yet written.

We know that we have a lot to get through, and we equally know that you are aware of what we have on our hands, that we don't want to spend too long telling you vague details when we can be showing you.

So grab a large coffee and settle in.

Technical Specifications

If you've read the i7-3960X review, and if you haven't you're missing out, then you'll have a reasonable idea of the obvious new features on the X79 such as Quad channel RAM and a built-in Bluetooth receiver. 

The R4E also has an array of ASUS specific features enabling extreme overclocking which we'll cover in the following pages.

Enough of the prologue, you're gagging for the details and we can't wait to tell you them.

Most Recent Comments

14-11-2011, 03:05:10

tinytomlogan

It wouldn't be a new tech release without a new RoG motherboard to go with it. Welcome to the X79 Rampage IV Extreme review.

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14-11-2011, 03:26:50

Diablo

Thanks for the reviews fellas. Great looking board. I hope so, given I've just ordered one.

14-11-2011, 08:00:58

badtaylorx

cant say i wasnt expecting more but bravo asus!!!

14-11-2011, 08:09:32

Excalabur50

Smashing review loved every minute of it and it was a looong one LOL

14-11-2011, 09:02:32

SieB

Looks like a really good mobo, I thought Asus would have redesigned the BIOS for X79 though and not left it looking the same as the P67/Z68 one. Not that it looks bad or anything I just thought they would have made it look different.

14-11-2011, 12:00:59

cryptz

can you tell me the boards exact dimensions? is it e-atx? i need to see if i can cram it in my lvl10 case.

14-11-2011, 21:01:58

PCTwin

Greatv review Tom, as always

A question

"The small box to the right of the SATAII is for reading the temperature of the board"

These connectors look suspiciously like K type probe connectors, are they?

15-11-2011, 02:24:22

Malarky13

Very nice

15-11-2011, 02:26:13

Malarky13

Ouch I just saw the price on Aria it hurts Maybe next year

15-11-2011, 03:43:30

Diablo

I reckon that's about right for a top end motherboard. I think I paid a similar amount for the 790i on release (wasn't that worth it)

15-11-2011, 04:24:22

yassarikhan786

A monstrous fecking motherboard .

Brilliant review as always and the fan is a no-no for me as well .

15-11-2011, 04:27:14

Malarky13

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Maybe's I could convince the kids to have a selection box each for Christmas

15-11-2011, 04:33:12

yassarikhan786

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malarky13 Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Maybe's I could convince the kids to have a selection box each for Christmas

Maybe's you could , lol.

15-11-2011, 06:24:57

leejc73

The price is actually bloody good I thought. When you consider the 1155 extreme-z is still selling with some retailers at >£300 that's missing PCI-e 3 with dual x16 off the chipset and the dongle. Think £1100ish for the latest gear is pretty reasonable. Well until/unless evga launch a dual socket.

15-11-2011, 07:15:03

Diablo

Even if EVGA offer their SR3, you need a new case, probably power supply, two processors, heatsinks, the board itself, enough memory for it etc. I reckon an SR3 board with ram, heatsinks and processors will run up about £2200+. Whereas even the most expensive X79 will be £330 + whatever for the chip, which will be unlocked and able to clock much better.

I can say that the board looks magnificent, although changing the backplate practically made me **** my britches...take off the cpu cover then remove it, then turn over the board for the backplate. Eeeep.

15-11-2011, 12:44:35

Luscious

Totally sexy mobo - can't wait to see this thing with a pair of mars2 cards!!!

About the chipset blower fan, wouldn't it be possible to make it run quieter with an inline resistor? Surely it can be rewired to spin slower if there's no manual BIOS adjustment...

24-11-2011, 12:26:53

MIDNIGHT EYE

i did not like the look of the x79 morthboards at the start but ones i see them with all 8 ram slots full i was like WTH that looks like crazy but the CPUs or not cheep and im not that crazy of a overclocker to buy one but can not what to see videos of it being overclocked to see how fast they can really move

03-02-2012, 15:27:12

kejser11

One thing missing: On-board WLAN!!! Almost all new oem-boards have this feature, so why not this £300+ monster?

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