First pics of Asus Rampage 2 Extreme (X58)

edit: Retail board:

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Hi,

Just posted first public pics of Asus new Rampage 2 Extreme motherboard (X58) for Core i7 processors:

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/0930r2e_1.jpg

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/0930r2e_2.jpg

More on Muropaketti.com: http://plaza.fi/muropaketti/ensikuva...emolevysta-x58

- 16 phases for CPU

- 3 phases for QPI/VTT

- 3 phases for memory

- 3 st PCIEx 16X

- Crossfire/SLI: 3 way SLI, Quad-SLI, 3-way CFX Quad CFX

- Using all three slots it will be allocated like this: 16/8/8 pciex lanes

- ExtremeOC consists of TweakIT (same as on rampage extreme) and ProbeIT.

- ProbeIT makes it possible without soldering to measure different voltages with a multimeter (small connector will be included). To makes the readings more exact you can use the actual ground for the circuit.

- Price: Alot :)

looks like a lot of power. can't wait to try it out!

wow. that thing looks badass.

a little iffy about the whole hardware fsb thing though. maybe only good for the benchers?

Looks yummy :D
On a second thought, kneaded rubber insulation only mobo :D

That
Board
Is
Sick

(looking)

Seriously i hope it ships with that NB sink

I hope they make a cheaper version with just 1 PCI-e.

Really nice, I've always admired their Engineering skills
heh that Voltage measure points look familiar :D

:banana::banana::banana::banana:e thats a nice design IMO...

Dont like CPU area for insulation....and I dont like the price :p:

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Originally Posted by LardArse

Really nice, I've always admired their Engineering skills
heh that Voltage measure points look familiar :D

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hehe. Why do you think they do OC'ing championships and stuff like that? :)

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Originally Posted by Sampsa

- Price: Alot :)

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Man that does not bode well...............

Strange they use the buttons for tweakit on this board again while with P6T dlx it can be done with the palm thingy remote. Nice board anyways :yepp:

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Originally Posted by loc.o

Strange they use the buttons for tweakit on this board again while with P6T dlx it can be done with the palm thingy remote. Nice board anyways :yepp:

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If you run that usb, it needs software = eats resource so scores may get cut I think

lol i bet i will have to start looking for a buyer for my other kidney...i bet that board is freaking expensive :eek:

Actually now that I've looked at it for awhile a few things come to mind

• Space is obviously an issue on this board
• Moving the buttons to the back beside the ATX connector is gonna be a bit awkward to use - especially the probes?
• The daughter card for the VTT and CPU power - how is that gonna affect feedback loop noise rejection?

is it just me or that pic looks like it's a mATX...?

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Originally Posted by T_M

Seriously i hope it ships with that NB sink

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Nope, cooling solution will be similar to Rampage Extreme, but even bigger :D

I wonder if that board supports 4GB sticks (24GB memory). :eek:

awesome board....:D:D but I think we must wait next years

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Originally Posted by emoners

is it just me or that pic looks like it's a mATX...?

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mATX?
That's E-ATX for sure.

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Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo

Moving the buttons to the back beside the ATX connector is gonna be a bit awkward to use - especially the probes?

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What do you mean by "back"?
For most of us table top benchers that is the front (the other side has the cables and riser cards
In fact that location looks to be the best on the whole board - no vid cards or cables over the top

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Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo

Space is obviously an issue on this board

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Agree, probably would have been best to just go eatx...

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Originally Posted by Sampsa

Nope, cooling solution will be similar to Rampage Extreme, but even bigger :D

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RIP aircooling, nothing bigger than intels stock hsf will fit then....

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Originally Posted by Cybercat

I wonder if that board supports 4GB sticks (24GB memory). :eek:

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Even if it does it woudnt be worth it, 4GB sticks are slow... 6 2GB sticks at reasonable speeds instead would result in higher performance than 6 slow 4GB sticks.

It looks like this is first ever mother board addressed for professional overclockers.
I hope that other manufactures will pick up the idea and prepare similar offer.
I'm also sure that since OC starts to be business the price will be appropriate.

Also what other features should be included that are commonly missed, adjustable pot holders, build in pot insulation ?

now thats a nice board

insulating that board will be a small problem...

probe it looks cool but the buttons look like they are in a strange spot and not that useful for most people

and i see the fujitsu rom chips is some ware that shouldent block anything

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Originally Posted by zanzabar

strange spot and not that useful for most people

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:shrug:

nice mobo, layout same (big) with maximus extreme

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Originally Posted by LardArse

heh that Voltage measure points look familiar :D

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yeah, i think i have seen them before hmmmm.
i could have sworn somebody else came up with that before asus... :P

board looks good, im surprised there is no nf200 tho :confused:

Looks good but we are going to need taller boards so we can have more PCI-e slots with space for better cooling.

awesome lookout! i hope its performance will be awesome too! :clap:

one for me please! It definitely looks EATX, no problem with that. I wonder..$600 US? :rofl: I'm calling off christmas.

Wow Cool !!

not see NF 200 chip........@@

I thought the chip wasnt required since they are licensing it in software?

this board looks so nice it should be called "BADASS Edition" :D

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Originally Posted by T_M

What do you mean by "back"?
For most of us table top benchers that is the front (the other side has the cables and riser cards
In fact that location looks to be the best on the whole board - no vid cards or cables over the top

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hmmm for me it would be back as well
kinda useless for benching unless they have some kinda external console

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Originally Posted by sxs112

Wow Cool !!

not see NF 200 chip........@@

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Originally Posted by T_M

I thought the chip wasnt required since they are licensing it in software?

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not needed fellas
GB won't have one either hehehe



TRIPPLE SLI boioioioioioioioioioioioioing!!!!!!!

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Even if it does it woudnt be worth it, 4GB sticks are slow... 6 2GB sticks at reasonable speeds instead would result in higher performance than 6 slow 4GB sticks.

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Either way I don't think you're going to be hurting for memory at 12GB.

where are the "fancy-flashy-cover-all" heatsinks????????

Not that they are needed, but they are the main symbol of the ROG series.....

Oh, my next motherboard :)

The only thing i dont like is the pci-e 8x-8x when 3 slots are used - I would have preferred 16x-16x-4x

TweaKit is on the wrong side of the board, other than that it looks killer.

Thanks for the preview Sampsa.

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Originally Posted by RealTelstar

Oh, my next motherboard :)

The only thing i dont like is the pci-e 8x-8x when 3 slots are used - I would have preferred 16x-16x-4x

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that is the best it can do without using an extra chipset for more PCI-E lanes.

but 32 lanes should be enough for the majority of users, probably not for XS though :p:

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Originally Posted by T_M

What do you mean by "back"?
For most of us table top benchers that is the front (the other side has the cables and riser cards
In fact that location looks to be the best on the whole board - no vid cards or cables over the top

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I usually have the I/O ports facing me and the power connector furthest away from me so that all ports face forward.

In fairness it's a matter of personal preference and setup really. Would be cool if it was removable or on an extension cable or the likes

That's one of the most unspectacular designs ever. When I think Rampage, I think explosions and naked babes riding on a dragon with Chuck Norris chanting heroic anthems in the background.

Will be a good board though, one of those boards which one should be able to rely on.

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Originally Posted by Booj

one for me please! It definitely looks EATX, no problem with that. I wonder..$600 US? :rofl: I'm calling off christmas.

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I don't think ASUS would sell too many if the price is in the $600.00 range. Let's hope this is a "merry" Christmas and they keep the price reasonable!

Looks nice but just 3SLI ? I wanted to put 3x GTX350 in it and 4th for PHYSX :hehe:

Nah It's lovely and sure looks badass

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Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo

Man that does not bode well...............

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haha i don't like the sound of that either, is it wishful thinking to hope that its gonna be $300?

its deff eatx
but the pcie slot spacing for crossfire unlike sli have never spanned 3 slots.
for cfx if its a hybrid sli/cfx board i see sli being slots 1-2-3 and 1-3, but I
see cfx being slots 1-2 or 1-2-3 not 1-3 so that leaves 4870x2 right up against another card. thats only thing I see that could be fixed :up:

as for the flashy cooling this is not final retail board so cooling will change

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Originally Posted by vmsein

I don't think ASUS would sell too many if the price is in the $600.00 range. Let's hope this is a "merry" Christmas and they keep the price reasonable!

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yeah some of the prices Asus has in australia are just mind blowing

basically that's how much current REX boards are EEEEEEEEEEEK

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Originally Posted by vmsein

I don't think ASUS would sell too many if the price is in the $600.00 range.

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heavily depends on what country we are talking about, in the uk it will no doubt be 600$+, but in the usa probably more like 300 - 350$ if even that much.

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Originally Posted by miptzi

where are the "fancy-flashy-cover-all" heatsinks????????

Not that they are needed, but they are the main symbol of the ROG series.....

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This is just a early ES without the thermal solution. The NB cooler on it just for testing.

The final product will have the same kind of thermal solution and look as we are used to :)

That almost makes me want to buy that instead of waiting for DFI's.. . !

I had trouble counting the mosfets...


definitely love this over the other asus board...

nice board, I hope they don't put a fancy bling-bling ultra big heatsink crap, a thing I don't like is that the pcie looks more quad CFX friendly than 3 SLI since the last one is way down unless your case has 8-pci brackets...maybe i'm seen wrong can you guys correct me?

i think a board of this stature needs 8 sata ports

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hehe. Why do you think they do OC'ing championships and stuff like that? :)

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So they can learn from Shamino!(Lardarse):up:

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Originally Posted by vmsein

I don't think ASUS would sell too many if the price is in the $600.00 range. Let's hope this is a "merry" Christmas and they keep the price reasonable!

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I hope you're right. I don't think it's a stretch though to say that this will be the most expensive mobo released so far. This will be a halo product, worth more to Asus in marketing than market share.

Like Dinos said, Some of the Asus prices in Australia are ridiculous. The Striker II extreme was like $650-$700 Australian at launch, which at the time with the US-AU ex rate would have been $600 US.. Madness

WTF! this mobo has a second floor!

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WTF! this mobo has a second floor!

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they were missing some space :ROTF:

I hope it's not as fussy as its predecessor.

Nice-looking board. Let's see how it performs before declaring it a champion. Seems to have all the tools, though.

Is there any point to those special Fujitsu caps, or are they just for making you pay more?

The VTT card looks like it contains the extra mosfet drivers.

Oh man.. do want! this looks like a strong replacement for the current Rampage Extreme. Looking forward to this launch, not looking forward to the price.

love the DMM measure points!

they might as well make the board 4x x16 PCI-E + 1x PCI slot (furthest to the left/closest to edge of board).

wonder if they'll use real copper for heatsinks ?

dr. Evil sais it will be priced at: One million dollars!
:)

Damn, our site did get those photos few hours later than muropaketti.
http://mato78.com/uutiset/69-hardwar...me-emolevystae

Hmmm someone should inform Asus that the world economy is going thru a recession. Although I have a feeling Taiwan is immune to it.

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Originally Posted by CrixD

mATX?
That's E-ATX for sure.

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It actually just looks like normal ATX, not eATX.

yay finally i can use my multi meter :D

just go 10 PCI slots already asus!!!

It is a good thing they design the Rampage Extreme thoroughly from the start a little side info the ASUS Rampage Extreme almost didn't make it to retail because of the late release and the final cost of the board but they still push it to be release a good decision so far now with a good reference they can design the boards successor with ease because of the solid foundation of its predecessor but Nehalem + X58 + QPI + Triple Channel is another story.This board is a long way from hitting the shelves so those that can influence the engineers design should already send them an email to what designs to try with the board so that they can test the different ideas and choose which is the best possible designs.

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Originally Posted by crazy1323

It actually just looks like normal ATX, not eATX.

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Its a little larger than a normal ATX. Look at the mounting holes on the far right of the motherboard, there is a good 1"/1-1/4" till the edge. Its between ATX and eATX.

I was looking forward to 8 SATAs, thats a bummer.

Want. ;_;

It's so bloody beautiful ..

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Originally Posted by situman

Hmmm someone should inform Asus that the world economy is going thru a recession.

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recession with positive economic growth?..... No Wai :ROTF:

(us) bank crisis =! global recession, altough i can lead to one.

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anyway this asus board has imho the best layout of all X58 boards.

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recession with positive economic growth?..... No Wai :ROTF:

(us) bank crisis =! global recession, altough i can lead to one.

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Actually, I believe the dollar is getting stronger hahah, who would've thought that with all this stock market BS.

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Actually, I believe the dollar is getting stronger hahah, who would've thought that with all this stock market BS.

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indeed, at the end of june $:€ was 1,55:1 and of august 1,44:1 and now exchange rate is 1,41:1, which is kinda bad, cause i have to pay more for my hardware. :p:

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Its a little larger than a normal ATX. Look at the mounting holes on the far right of the motherboard, there is a good 1"/1-1/4" till the edge. Its between ATX and eATX.

I was looking forward to 8 SATAs, thats a bummer.

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You are right, it has the bolt pattern of ATX meaning it will work with current cases but is a little wider.

I am glad they made the board a little bigger as you know have more room to work with.

Are the specs for the mounting holes for CPU cooling the same as LGA775?

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Are the specs for the mounting holes for CPU cooling the same as LGA775?

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no, already mentioned in several threads -> LGA775 70x70mm, LGA1366 80x80mm

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Actually, I believe the dollar is getting stronger hahah, who would've thought that with all this stock market BS.

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Not if Bush n' Buddies had their way and pushed the $700bn bank bailout expenditure through. That would've led to a significantly weaker dollar, and fast. Not to say the Dow tanking 800 points is any better, but this is the price you pay for deregulation! :up:

Back on topic, what are those Fujitsu caps for? I've long wondered what the purpose is. Is Asus just adding cost without value again?

still sux that we have legacy on such a high end board, will we ever have a board without useless legacy crap.

AU dollar is pretty solid at the moment still so is great for us! Nice as hell board, depending on when it comes out I'll have to decide between this or the P6T-Deluxe. This seems to have better placed PCI-E slots for running 2 GTX280 in SLI and an 8x Areca SAS raid controller. P6T has poor placed slots for this since the GPU will interfere with the 3rd PCI-E 16x slot.

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still sux that we have legacy on such a high end board, will we ever have a board without useless legacy crap.

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I completely agree. We need to get rid of the archaic ATX layout move to something taller and wider. eATX is a step in the right direction but we need taller too. Also, lets get rid of IDE and floppy. They are taking up space and I think only a very small amount of people with this board will use them.

EDIT: the only reason I can think of for still using a floppy is for installing XP on RAID. Other than that I do not see a point in it.

VTT card look interesting cant wait to see how it works.

It would be cool to see mobo makers creat base boards with several add in cards... like you get a base board for $100 then for better power delivery you buy additional circuits... or more features lol...

is it the new King?:D
really nice and sexy board

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Originally Posted by naokaji

heavily depends on what country we are talking about, in the uk it will no doubt be 600$+, but in the usa probably more like 300 - 350$ if even that much.

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how is it ever going to be in the $300 range if the current maximus II is almost $300 and rampage extreme is already $400. $600 range sounds right for this mobo

I dont think Asus would price a MB at $600. I think it will be close to $500 like the striker II Extreme.

Well only 1 PCI slot. Looks like Either my TV tuner or Sound card will have to go. I think the sound card will be the winner...

Ehh, $400, $500, or $600... I'll just have to have one!! lol

Nah, this will never sell for $600--that's dual socket territory, and I would castigate anyone who spent $600 on a single socket mobo, even if it is the much fawned over LGA1366.

checkin CC balance ...

I like it very much, I only wish if they went with beefy, individual-screwed copper heatsink on nb / mos-fets instead of heatpipes.

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I dont think Asus would price a MB at $600. I think it will be close to $500 like the striker II Extreme.

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unfortunately this seems realistic :doh:

still hoping there will be a plethora of x58 boards and some may be in the 3-400$ region...

My chance of getting a board this high end rely on acquiring a golden ticket in my candy bar our winning one as a prize for most deprived geek 08.

It sure is a looker tho. Looking forward to the cooling solution they've got planned.

I miss $100 mobo's!

My 965 will have to live on.... this makes yorkfield look more exciting lol.

We've asked for samples but ASUS are holding back until they finalise the design. We've had a Ci7 engineering sample since last week but nothing to play with it! Kind of frustrating!

BTW does anyone have a scale image of the socket so I can knock up a block adapter?

Good looking board for sure; all the reset buttons and whatnot are awful handy.

I AM EXCITED. In all honesty, it doesn't matter what the price is. I will have a top end X59 board!!!

Looks like they remembered that third PCIe 16x slot this time. :D Yay!

Anyone have any ideas on the release date of the board? Will it be released at the same times as Core i7 or will it come out later?

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Anyone have any ideas on the release date of the board? Will it be released at the same times as Core i7 or will it come out later?

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Hopefully sooner rather than later. They'll want to cash in on the early adopters who are prepared to pay max $$

If this board is out release day I may buy it unless something comes along that is better. I'm still eyeing the P6T though as it has alot of stuff onboard, and I use my systems for more than just benching and gaming.

I will *NOT* pay one dime more than 300 dollars for it though. That is why these prices have gotten so rediculous because people go nuts over this stuff and pay it. They have to sell. If people don't pay the ripoff prices, they will come down. 300 dollars is way more than fair price for this. Anything more is just rediculous.

I'll pay top dollar for stuff, but I'm not gonna let them rip me off.

Will this board have SAS ports like the P6T. I am going to be using an SAS controller but I am just curious if it will be there?

neh on sas controller. it actually has room for SLI + sas controller though unlike the p6t.