Folks who only plan to run 3 sticks are still going to be fine, those who absolutely need 6 are going to have to either settle for normal height dimms or find a heatsink that's narrow enough to allow tall ones (Thermalright MUX-120 or similar).
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Folks who only plan to run 3 sticks are still going to be fine, those who absolutely need 6 are going to have to either settle for normal height dimms or find a heatsink that's narrow enough to allow tall ones (Thermalright MUX-120 or similar).
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Originally Posted by zalbard
Does it have digital PWM?
This board has a full digital PWM setup from CHiL.Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
Let me see, Copper is up 253% from last year and this design actually cools better than the typical big block designs used in the past. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BababooeyHTJ
im not saying that its only for liquid but making the board larger to accommodate air cooling when the board is basically for benching. its not like u can run 4 cards on air and get proper coolingQuote:
Originally Posted by thijs
didnt aluminum go up too, but i would rather have some shiny aluminum than the paintedQuote:
Originally Posted by bingo13
My R3E is early sample. New R3E size is the same as R2E. I will post some pics and results with final version R3E next week.
http://www.techreaction.net/2010/01/...-eee-keyboard/Quote:
Originally Posted by me
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,10568.html
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- 8+3 Phase Digital CPU/QPI Power Solution with extreme high grade mosfet (see attached picture).
- ROG Connect/ROG Connect RC Bluetooth
Unlimited OC control and monitor possibilities
Low level BIOS flash, flash without CPU
- Turn on/off PCIex 16X slots for diagnostic purpose
- LN2 mode for best possible environment when running extreme negative temps
- True SATA6 and USB3
Sexy!
New Ver Rampage III Extreme
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/...d4141419_b.jpg
Crazy thing!
I ask myself, if bclk's around 230 will be normal with the new boards like X58A and RIIIE and the new evga's and so on!
Nice :) I like what I see.)
Kind of reminds me the classified board...
You can get 230 with 'old' X58-Extreme (hard-modded) and Classy with no issues as long as your chip is capable of it. Hard to promise going much higher, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by emertX
Not 100% sure about RIIE.
Privet...
Yeah...but who the hell is going to do the hardmod for me?
haha it's same as Classified :p:
Is that a retail package?
Have you already tested the board? :D
Holy Molly , Look at the quality of the components used to build it. Where was it when I wanted a new Motherboard. Great gaps between slots , Digital phases. Fujitsu capacitors. I'm going to cry If I don't see it here.
Hi sxs112,
The pictured you posted shows 1 molex near the PCI-e slots. is this the latest version? I have notice that other pictures show 2 molex
LOTS of similarities... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by KingOfsorroW
JJ from ASUS said that they will NOT be using a digital pwm, but rather an analog one with low and high switching frequencies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kondik
Bleh, did they give a reason?Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian
I'm not 100% sure. Nothing was really given to me on paper. They said that there was a lot of room to grow with this board. Right now its showing as Digital, which means that i may be wrong...Quote:
Originally Posted by zalbard
In all honesty, they had to go with a digital solution on this board. The heatsink doesnt really show anything, so i would say that right now we'd have to guess its a digital. They said the heatsink design and a few layout things aren't final yet. I just remember them talking a lot about all of the diff features on this board.
I have read somewhere that it will feature:
x16/x16/x16/x16 without 2xNF200 or 2xX58? How is that bandwith possible?Code:- 4 PCIe 16x mechanically
- no NF200 chip
Not possible, it wil be 8/8/8/8
This board is for stars...absolutely domanating one...
but i hate the only one thing, its integrated sound...
this is latest versionQuote:
Originally Posted by dctokyo
IIRC, JJ told that board has both analog and digital. He mentioned that it can give low switching freq like analogs and high switching freqs like digitals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian
I think Asus canceled the 2x NF200 version for this board.
Awesome, that would reduce the cost for the board. Should cost less than the overpriced classifieds.Quote:
Originally Posted by GTi-6
In the earlier posts, they mentioned that it will be the highest priced ROG board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Vibrations
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Originally Posted by jfromeo
I think the feature is told us the PCIE slot is use x16(mechanically) not mean bandwidth.
drapal
Maximus III Extreme (P55) is digital/analog hybrid, this board is full digital. We dropped the NF200 on the Rampage III for now. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GTi-6
It is x8/x8/x8/x8 or x16/x16 or x16/x8/x8. There is a mechanical switch operation that will allows you to determine which slots to run x16 when in dual card mode. So, slots 1 and 4 can be set to dual x16 as an example.Quote:
Originally Posted by jfromeo
Does it support CrossFire?
Yeah, of course. :yepp:
Up to QuadFire!
I'm looking forward to this board. I hope it won't be delayed to April or a later date. Sooner is better. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo13
Booth M3E and R3E use the same DC/DC transformation solution for the CPU. Only difference is on component level and the layout. The main difference (simplified) between this digital solution and the normal (e.g. volterra) is that it do not circuit thru all "phases". Every phase is generated on its own to allow low switching freq aswell as high, ranging from 250 to 1000kHz. So on that note you can say it is a hybrid since it brings a nice part of analog to a fully digital power solution :)
its good to see smaller companies like evga having an influence on the big manufacturers when it comes to motherboard design and features! better for all of us. adjustable frequency (although not as high as the classified), pci-e slot disable like the classified, dual 8 pins and digital pwm like the classified, and nice layout (better than the E762 if this is e-atx and not xl-atx) although the lack of dual nf200s would be needed if 300 series can be implemented into 4 way SLI to trick nvidia drivers into thinking its quad-sli similar to current gen. overall looks good :up:
now to see if asus feels the need to make a dual cpu overclocker to keep up! ;)
Might be old news but:
This board took the world record in 3DMarkV. Swedish OCers Sampsa and Stummerwinter got 47 002 points. Some pics n stuff here (http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/104...ge_iii_extreme) . They started out with 18 Radeon HD 5870 card and choose the four best for a go at the record =)
Stupid doubble post...
More info about R3E. Source: http://www.nordichardware.com/news,10595.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Nordic Hardware
Wow, I like some of the new features. Might not be a clone board after all! :up:
E760 FS :D
March/April might be the last update to my rig, RIIE (especially because of the USB3.0 and SATA 6gbps features for future proof, I doubt it performs better than the Classified) and 2xGTX380 and I won't invest any $ in it for some years (I hope lol).
Fantastic, man am I really glad I didn't buy the R2E last night.
This board looks sweet, well maybe not in colour but most deffenetly in it's hardware.
Really looking forward to the realease date.
I guess it will be available in March/April...
It must be available before Gulfies come. February then.
Launch time should be sometime around Gulftown, not set yet.
Board isn't final yet, also tweak on thermal module and overclocking ability.
Due to Chinese new year for both Taiwan & China, February timeframe is less likely though.
R3E is aiming for unleashing the potential of Gulftown for sure, it must and will be better than R2E.
Now if we can find out the price.
I like it already even she's not out yet :D
there is no LCD POSTER with this R3E? :(
For what reason mate? I have never ever used it.... it's just hanging on the wire :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tistou77
BTW the board looks awesome And I'm pretty sure that i'll get it when it's released and attach 980X with it;)
was a question I posed to the LCD Poster ;)
but I do not see the connector on the motherboard to plug it, I suppose there is no :confused:
Yes i completly understood you m8 :))) You are sad that you don't see LCD poster and Im asking for what ? :D Don't tell me for OCing purposes hehe:)
ASUS said that they don't need an LCD poster because there are other indications on the board with LEDs that light up in certain areas if there is a problem there. Thats what they said... personally, i live by the things.
ok, but I liked the LCD POSTER :D
well ill be selling my board as soon as III is released so i might send you that LCD poster and you can SLi them :D :D :D
So when is Rampage III Extreme coming ?
But this full digital solution cannot match the switching frequency of the Volterra solution on the classified, as it only goes to 1000 KHz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kinc
Asus was first with the red / black color, EVGA has just chosen to mimic the Asus.
Can not wait to get my hands on this motherboard
Which Asus board was all red/black? I thought the Maximus III was their first without blue and white PCIe slots.
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2...3127205eb5.jpg
The very same board that raked up a 10000$ debt with XS alone!:p:
There was also a dual socket AMD board that had predominantly red slots even before the one above.
^ eeeeeeeeevvvvviiiilllllllll
I got this nice little toy together with Rampage III Extreme :)
http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/20100211asus.jpg
PCB includes LCD display, TweakIt controls, power, reset and clr cmos buttons, bios profile selection, bluetooth support and bios flash option. It will not be bundled with R3E but I like! :up:
Very nice! Similar to EVBot in a way. Might come handy for some extreme benching. :up:
that is VERY cool! Might sell my classified for one of these.
that is one crowded board... :D
whats with the super low profile hestsink?
i hope that can be replaced with a better one easily?
cause i highly doubt this will keep the pwm cool when gulftown comes out...
why are there 2 molex connectors on the board? extra pciE slot power? if yes then thats good!
do i spot via onboard sound? :/
2 bios sockets, nice...
whats that weird thing below the last pciE slot?
looks good overall... reminds me a lot of bloodrage with the colors and pciE slots and 775 and 1366 mounting holes... :D
oh and it seems to use the same pwm as bloodrage too! :p:
pak-fet... so no, i dont think its digital...
from one picture I saw of it it looked like a molex connectorQuote:
Originally Posted by saaya
Very nice board, but id rather wait for the X68 which should be here later this year.
Damn that board looks sick
Fermi should be here later last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by HelixPC
pre-release heatsink, retail heatsinks aren't available yet afaik. Check Andre's thread -> http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=243534Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
Realtek ALC889Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
Happen to know the pwm controller and driver vendors for the Bloodrage? The fets (similar to the ones used here) were digital, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
R3E digital controller: http://www.chilsemi.com/products/mul...llers/chl8318/
R3E drivers: http://www.chilsemi.com/products/mos...ivers/chl8510/ (presumably since there is no clear picture of the board underside where they seem to be located)
You do know that was a made up rumor. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by HelixPC
When is the board going to be available and what should it cost?
i just bought a rampage II... i wonder if i should return it...
I love this board, I've just had my case powder coated inside in red with black accents, so it looks like this is gonna be my new mobo once they hit the shelves.
It looks like a great piece of kit imo.
Anyone know when they're likely to become available?
I was told mid-March back on January 9th.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us
Man, I really hope that they do arrive in March, coz I want one!!!
mhhh companies telling us what we need and dont need... dont we just all love it? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Russian
no, ati and dfi were the first with red and black on their collaborative RD480 ES board that was later sold by sapphire with white pcb and red colors.Quote:
Originally Posted by E30M3
asus did black red blue white for a long time, which i dont think was even on purpose as its not much of a color scheme and wasnt particularly pretty... they did one prototype board, the pinot noir, where they ALMOST dropped the blue, and which was a beautiful piece of art but unfortunately never made it to market...
http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/edito...usmobo1_sm.jpg
after this asus went back to black white red blue...
bloodrage came out with 100% black and red FIRST...
then evga was "inspired" by that and so was asus, jetway and even ecs iirc...
mem slots are black and whiteQuote:
Originally Posted by sholvaco
pciE slots are red and white
i see blue and green usb/firewire slots, a babyblue dipswitch console, blue jumpers, silver and purple capacitors and pink and yellow stickers
sorry but if the popular color combo would be black and white or white and red, you would probably claim this board started it as well :P
This is a bloody rainbow motherboard, it also has a green port and even a pink sticker. No wonder so many of them got smoked! :D
Wasn't that you design saaya?Quote:
bloodrage came out with 100% black and red FIRST...
yes, me and zach who had just joined foxconn qf from abit back then :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodkin
he showed me his previous boards from abit that he worked on, and i said i liked the design but thought red and black would be more popular (his boards were black and blue mostly). i told him my favorite boards looks wise were the ati RD480 ES board i got from a friend (thx chris ;)) a long time and used until that date, and the asus pinot noir. i also said that black and blue was very nice and we couldnt decide... so, i did what i always do if im not sure, i go and ask the experts... right here on xs :D
i emailed lots of people, talked on msn... and asked people what board they think had the best design, what colors they liked best, and i made a poll on xs what colors people wanted our boards to be. black and red were both way up in the polls and i always liked red and black (i painted my first bike red and black myself when i was 11 heheh)
so red and black it was, zach agreed, of course others at foxconn disagreed or thought colors didnt matter etc... we both had to fight to push it through, we had to argue and have endless meetings with different people and get way up management involved who had to literally smash the fist on the table during one 3 hour meeting to FINALLY get foxconns component department to make propper red slots instead of orangish, pinkish or purplish red, and to use the same color for all slots and not mix a different kind of red for pciE, pci, floppy, ide, usb and firewire connectors.
not long after BR was kicked off shamino left and went to evga. after he had just switched we met up with randy (who at that time was still at asus) and were hanging out... we had just received a newer prototype at that time which had much better red slots, and i showed shamino a picture of it on my mobile. he said it looked really good... i dont remember 100% if i showed it to randy as well, but im pretty sure i didnt... randy had already left at that time...
some time later i saw the first pics of classified and had to laugh, as i remembered how shamino had asked me what i would think if lets say gigabyte or asus came out with the same color scheme :D
i told him that i thought there was nothing anybody could do about it anyways, and as long as boards look more stylish i was all for it... although it would be a bit sad as all boards using the same color schemes would be boring imo and i hope that more board makers pay more attention on the looks of their boards and make boards look BETTER, not make all boards look alike... :D
anyhow, no idea if asus was "inspired" by BR or classified... either way, they were the last enthusiast board to pick up black and red :P
sorry if i talk so much about this, but this actually means something to me... ill give asus all the credit they deserve for the pinot noir, which was an inspiration for BR and was an awesome looking board... but they didnt start the black and red design :P
A killer color combo would also be a black PCB with yellow dimm/pci-e slots.
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Originally Posted by BuBBle.D
didn't dfi do that already? looks pretty crappy on their boards. although every time I look at their boards i relive my dfi 680i experience so i may be bias.
yeah but dfi used neon yellow...
they should have gone for lamborghini yellow ;)
there are a LOT of nice color combos out there... just look at cars for inspiration... its really not that hard to come up with a nice color combo... which makes it even more sad to see how many mainboards end up looking the same or similar or have almost random colors mixed together on the board :(
My Asus K8V Deluxe featured a black PCB with lovely Yellow slots.Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
It's such a good socket 754 board, I still have mine chugging away with all it's original parts :D
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2...us_via_big.jpg
What is the reason for only one lan controller? :confused: another lan port on top of the USB 3.0 would have been nice and full. Voltage measurement option on MSI's Big Bang series much better. :yepp: totally miss the audio card {i know, compensated for the layout}......Looks like every one is doing the red and black colors nowadays....! see how the fan connectors blend into the PCB. Bluetooth for OC'ing.... come on:shrug:
I really like the R3E, but i still believe that every thing works for the first RE(X48) its jus perfect IMO:cool:
Some interesting new infos and short test:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1231/1/
We shouldn't have to wait a lot longer now I guess.:)
:)heatsinks finalized:)
Link?Quote:
Originally Posted by imran7
He was being sarcastic, check #185.
^ah, thats disappointing
Nah, don't be disappointed. Check this post, to me it looks like the board generally is ready, maybe they're finalizing the BIOS. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodkin
Production version PR shots (straight from an ASUS rep):
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6035/r3e2d.png
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3140/r3e3d.png
So yeah, they are finalized or rather were from the get go.
Are there any temp probe headers?:confused:
There are some. After a quick scan I found at least three:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sadasius
- top left corner next to the fan header, the pins are not visible but the print reads OPT_TEMP
- next to the bluetooth module, below another 4-pin fan header there is a 2-pin header also marked OPT_TEMP
- bottom of the board between the red header and the two 4-pin fan headers there's another 2-pin header, not marked though
EDIT: Seems ASUS listened to the enthusiast community and used an Intel NIC on their top of the range board. A nice touch. :up:
How long does it usually takes for a finalized MB to hit the marked?
Thanks! :D Couldn't see them.Quote:
Originally Posted by sholvaco
started saving my pennies for this?
Does the SATA6.0 have RAID support or just on the SATAII?
Onboard molex..? For what!? Srry if this has been discussed before, I have no interest in browsing through the numerous pages!
^
Two of them, another at the bottom facing downwards. They provide supplemental power to the PCIe slots to prevent overloading the 24 pin connector when more than two PCIe devices with high power requirement are used.
i wasnt being sarcastic i just had a problem posting those pictures shovalco didQuote:
Originally Posted by p2501
asus posted those pictured on facebook so i think they are final