ASUS Rampage Extreme

[Holmer]

I tested very quickly and managed to run 490MHz (I get about 480MHz on P5E64 Evolution with the same cpu) with not much hazzel in 3DMark 06. That is with vcore nb voltage tweaking only (so there is more left). With air cooling and no fan on the NB what so ever. Also, the board is very tight clock vs clock, much like the good old Blitz.

Will provide screens after my next tests on LN2.

Thank you very much, that sounds promissing. Looking forward to more longterm quad tests (maybe with 2x2 GB memory ;-). That is where this borad will stand the true test.

[MnM]

I tested very quickly and managed to run 490MHz (I get about 480MHz on P5E64 Evolution with the same cpu) with not much hazzel in 3DMark 06. That is with vcore nb voltage tweaking only (so there is more left). With air cooling and no fan on the NB what so ever. Also, the board is very tight clock vs clock, much like the good old Blitz.

Will provide screens after my next tests on LN2.

Thanks Kinc. DO you have tests with 2x2gb of ram or more?

Also do you kow when this board will retail?

[Infa]

its allready retail more or less. any day now .. ETA 25-31 july here in swe.

[rob2k]

Now in stock at www.overclockers.co.uk !!

[rob2k]

Mine is arriving tomorrow.

Any heads up on the 0401 bios download or a later one ?.

Thanks.

[Infa]

yeah i saw a link here for 403 bios, trying to find it, i almost ordered it, but 41£ IN SHIPPING to sweden, thats redicilous...

[rob2k]

Ouch ! that's steep getting it sent to Sweden.

Thanks for the post Infa, I found 0403 bios on this thread :-

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...highlight=0401

Looks like there are at least 3 threads on this forum now for this board. Hopefully this one becomes the main one for user experiences and advice for settings.
Moving from an Asus Strike II Extreme so looking forward to getting some good memory results with this board and better cooling on air using the heatpipe NB cooler.

[Felipe]

nice results & photos great job

[day187]

Just got my 10 mins ago £270 let the fun begin...

[eternal_fantasy]

Just got my 10 mins ago £270 let the fun begin...

Picked up stright from OCUK huh.. lucky you!!


2x will be arriving here tomorrow!!

[day187]

Picked up stright from OCUK huh.. lucky you!!


2x will be arriving here tomorrow!!

yeah i live 100 steps away from overclokers they are my neighbours,

[rockqc]

Any chance someone can measure the spacing distance on the NB (for mounting other water blocks) ?

[trans am]

lets see more quad results.
try to get into the 520mhz range.
This was on the p5e-vm best quad oc board i've seen yet.
x38 / p5e3 dlx same cpu would crap around 490fsb.

[rob2k]

Anyone else up and running yet on this new board ?.

Mine is arriving today so just un-installed nvidia drivers from my Striker II Extreme hoping that I can get away without having to do a clean Vista install after the mobo swap.

[eternal_fantasy]

Got mine few moments ago, initial impression is its amazing build quality.
I can confirm that the Fusion waterblock is indeed copper, with some kind of fat pin structure inside.





Also not only the RAM mosfets are cooled with its own heatsink, the NB's mosfets&co are also in direct contact with the heatpipe system, with all the thermal pad/compound.




However as you can see from the last picture the thermal pad is not actually touching the mosfet. After reseating everything and some light modding everything fits snugly.

You can also stick some low profile ramsink on the mosfets for the NB on the back of the board.

The last lone mosfet I will leave to the awsomeness of the STACK COOL 2

Nothing quite like a little overkill

[sargatanas]

just a silly one...but would an EK block fit instead of the Fuzion block?

[Kriffith]

what kind of tubing fits on the fusion block? Guess I can't use compression fittings?

[slim142]

I understand that heatsink is AMAZING (comparing it to the other ROG heatsinks), but is that block safe to use? Seems better than the other Fusion blocks...

[slim142]

what kind of tubing fits on the fusion block? Guess I can't use compression fittings?

Im pretty sure 3/8 like every other block.

[eternal_fantasy]

what kind of tubing fits on the fusion block? Guess I can't use compression fittings?

I'm currently using 10/8mm directly over it, seems to fit pretty snugly, with worm clamps so I don't accidentally pull it out

I understand that heatsink is AMAZING (comparing it to the other ROG heatsinks), but is that block safe to use? Seems better than the other Fusion blocks...

Safe how? material? leak? restriction? fitting?

[cool_case]

Hey - way to go Eternal!The board looks great. We're still not able to get it in the US.

How did you fit the cpu waterblock backplate on over the little chip in that area on the back of the board?

Thanks ...

[eternal_fantasy]

Hey - way to go Eternal!The board looks great. We're still not able to get it in the US.

How did you fit the cpu waterblock backplate on over the little chip in that area on the back of the board?

Thanks ...

You should be able to get them soon enough.. they just showed up in huge quantities here in the UK.

Been wondering the same question before I got my RE, and ended up buying Asus Silent Square Pro HSF for its backplate that has the recess right behind the CPU socket where the ML is. It has the metal plate and not plastic that comes with other Asus HSFs, although you need to mod it a little as the CPU choker's legs really sticks out the back.
The plastic ones also works without modding though.

[cool_case]

You should be able to get them soon enough.. they just showed up in huge quantities here in the UK.

Been wondering the same question before I got my RE, and ended up buying Asus Silent Square Pro HSF for its backplate that has the recess right behind the CPU socket where the ML is. It has the metal plate and not plastic that comes with other Asus HSFs, although you need to mod it a little as the CPU choker's legs really sticks out the back.
The plastic ones also works without modding though.

Thanks Eternal ...

Yeh - I was thinking that ASUS plate was going to be the best bet. Not sure if it will work with my LN2 setup, but will give it a try. Prob need a little modding.

[tekjunkie]

Eternal, if it's not too much trouble, could you please find out how your SSDs perform on the ICH9R on this board. I kinda see that you have connected it to your raid card(or is it)and I know that its a full OS reinstall if you wanna connect it to the SB of the board. I am thinking going SSD route(OCZ core series or heck might even shelve out for the MTRON PROs) and also planning two 4870x2s in crossfire X, leaving no room for a controller. I saw ICH9R does not play very well with the SSDs but I so want this board. Please disregard if this is too much of trouble.

[saaya]

finger tweaking fun LOL

awesome heatsink design