ASUS Rampage III Extreme reviewed!

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Hi,

just finished my review about the RIIIE on AwardFabrik

I just wanted to post the most important things here so you get an impression about the board, specially compared to the RIIE.
Some pictures first:



more pictures...

Test system:



Let's compare voltages RIIE vs. RIIIE



QPI is undervolting quite a lot with QPI LLC disabled (just like it was with RIIE) - booting higher results in higher QPI as booted at lower voltage and raised via TweakIT. As soon as you enable QPI LLC (make sure to have the latest BIOS - 0504 and later!) it will get much more accurate. With 1.350V set in Bios it was 1.31V without and 1.34V with QPI LLC. A feature I really missed on the RIIE so don't forget to set the jumper near the 24pin ATX plug



Let's compare RIIE vs. RIIIE in 32m



Let's test some RAM - 6 GB @ DDR3-2250 32m easy, DDR3-2310 1m, DDR3-1900 with 12 GB 32m It could also do CL7 past 2000 - I always had issues with that with my RAMs on RIIE.



Voltages during that RAM-Testing (kept it around thoose all the time)



Here are my Bios settings under air - so that you have a starting point



And some friends of mine - the BenchBrothers - already showed that this board also goes sky high under LN2

I can only say that this is one of the best boards I ever tested - great piece of hardware! 3 thumbs up

Can't wait to freeze it myself after all the results I've seen