ASUS ROG Rampage VI Apex Review
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Published: 27th August 2017 | Source: ASUS | Price: |
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If you are investing in the Rampage VI Apex then there is a good chance that you'll be utilising it for extreme cooling overclocking and, if you are, the Rampage is equipped with absolutely everything you require to maximise your results and eliminate those awful issues that can occur when everything is covered with frost. There are LN2 modes, slow modes, 3 different sensors to check for condensation so that you can turn everything off before your expensive components get damaged, as well as two dip switches that enable POSTing at extremely low temperatures and particularly aggressive voltages.
A closer look at the curious angle of the SATA ports and large cutaway in the PCB.
It would be madness to have a heavily overclocked processor with a dozen or more cores and limit it by using a 550MB/s SSD, and to this end the Rampage VI Apex has two ROG DIMM.2 M.2 addin cards which utilise slots similar to the DIMM slot to get the latency as low as possible. Furthermore you can mount a fan directly above the M.2 drive to ensure that any thermal throttling of speeds is negated and everything runs to its full capacity.
Right in the middle of the CPU socket there is a small hole which is used for the "ROG Pin", which helps to eliminate cold boot issues when you are using liquid nitrogen to cool your CPU. Insert the pin, measure its resistance with the ProBelt, solder it in place and head towards the top of the world record overclocking charts.
No matter what you wish to connect to the Rampage VI Apex you can be assured there is a port for it.
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Originally Posted by Avet
I like they consulted overclockers in designing this board.
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There is a bad fault with this board and all the Rampage boards for that matter if you are using 4 cards. All the connectors at the bottom of the board are covered by the 4th card which makes them useless. This could have been overcome by turning the connectors 90 degrees like they have done with the molex connector found on Rampage boards.
Also having the connectors turned 90 degrees would make cable management even easier.Quote
Stunning isn't it? Asus at the top of their game. They really are. I also like how they continue those looks all the way down to the bottom now too (B350 Strix).Quote
28:07 in the video has buckled me, had a mouthful of Pepsi at the time and my Monitor / Keyboard nearly had it second hand
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I like they consulted overclockers in designing this board. I am surprised you didn't give it ultimate reward like to the Maximus IX Apex.Quote