ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Preview
Intro and First Look
Published: 1st November 2011 | Source: ASUS | Price: TBA |
Introduction
The replacement for the fantastic X58 chipset is here in the shape of the X79. We can't tell you all about it yet, you'll have to wait a little longer for the ins and outs, but we know you're all gagging to get a look at the motherboards. The ASUS Rampage III Extreme was one of the most popular enthusiast level motherboards on the market so we're pretty sure that the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme will follow in those footsteps.
Something always stirs our soul when we see a new Rampage board. Flicking open the Velcro front reveals the first clues of what X79 brings us. But we'll leave you waiting a moment longer.
This little box of tricks is the ASUS RoG OC Key. This plugs into the graphics card and allows you to overclock the system in real time with an on-screen display and live hardware monitoring. Potentially a game-changing box of tricks and we can't wait to try it out.
And here it is in all its glory. The eagle-eyed amongst you will instantly be drawn to the DIMM sockets, all eight of them. The socket itself is the latest Intel 2011 one, and ASUS have given us the option of retaining our LGA1366 CPU cooler if we desire. Very helpful for those with monster air-coolers, or a water loop.
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QuoteI love my ROG P55, I should keep it going and reccommend to any OC'ers; get this, I bet it'll be awesomely satisfying
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very nice... *thinks up ways to raise A LOT of money!*Quotefeel abit better.......................WANT THE REVIEW NOW WE ALL WANT TO SEE!!!!!
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Quote1. Lift that silly blower off the NB and swap it for a water block - those tiny fans don't last 18 months running 24/7 unless they have very fancy bearings.
2. If I went with a pair of Mars 2 cards I would water-cool them. Problem is no water blocks exist for the Mars 2, and probably never will. A quartet of next-gen 600 cards running in quad-SLI will make this board scream.
3. Tom, you need to get your greedy little mits on a 8C/16T CPU...
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Originally Posted by ShortAlieN
oh for the love of pete. someone help me. I am currently in the process of finding anything that I own, worth selling, so that I can buy this board and make something wonderful happen. |
Quote I do like that Asus have taken the best from the R3E and R3E Black edition board an put all the features in to one board.Quote
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Originally Posted by Ravious
I agree. I can't wait. X79 will be out of my budget though . |
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Originally Posted by murphy7801
Didnt think there was any prices at the mo |
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Originally Posted by Mr Moose
Budget hex will be just shy of £500 with the top end being £1000 naturally. Motherboards....not too sure. |
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We know you're as excited as us for the X79 range of motherboards, so here is a quick preview.
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