ASUS ROG Rampage III Extreme

[sholvaco]

DAAYUUUUUUM!

Sorry about the lack of official details but they are still somewhat sketchy at this point.

It looks like this version comes with a single NF200 and provides quad SLI/CF while retaining a regular ATX form factor. Also comes with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb via the already known PLX solution using the SB PCIe lanes and in turn provides an PCIe x4 2.0 slot feeding off the IOH (ideal for physX while running dual SLI at x16 by x16).

Other obvious stuff would be two 8 pin CPU connectors, two additional molex connectors (I assume for powering PCIe slots), ROG connect and on-board audio this time (understandable given what they are trying to achieve here). PWM solution unknown right now but I think It'd be safe to assume it shares a similar design with the one used on the Maximus III Extreme shown in November last year.

Read "more" about it here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-3.0,2529.html

[zalbard]

Does it have digital PWM?
And I bet the stock cooler will perform terribly.
Nice PCI-E spacing, though!
What is that flashy add-in card at the network ports? WiFi?

[saaya]

Does it have digital PWM?

nope...

btw, tweaktown have a video of the board on their site.
its in the demo clip about rog connect

[zalbard]

nope...

Another fail board then.

btw, tweaktown have a video of the board on their site.
its in the demo clip about rog connect

Link?

[sholvaco]

nope...

btw, tweaktown have a video of the board on their site.
its in the demo clip about rog connect

How can you tell? They were claiming digital with the P55 extreme board and this uses similar components. Source?

[saaya]

How can you tell? They were claiming digital with the P55 extreme board and this uses similar components. Source?

oh, my bad... that was the maximus 3 FORMULA extreme?
sorry, got confused by all the maximus formula II rampage III xtreme stuff ^^
so rampage is 1366 and formula is 1156? but isnt there a formula 1366 board too?

[bingo13]

Quote:
Originally Posted by zalbard
Does it have digital PWM?

nope...

btw, tweaktown have a video of the board on their site.
its in the demo clip about rog connect

This board has a full digital PWM setup from CHiL.

[BababooeyHTJ]

Does it have digital PWM?
And I bet the stock cooler will perform terribly.
Nice PCI-E spacing, though!
What is that flashy add-in card at the network ports? WiFi?

Are there any Asus boards that have good chipset cooling? Damn, it's not like copper is expensive.

[bingo13]

Are there any Asus boards that have good chipset cooling? Damn, it's not like copper is expensive.

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.

[TONY GAL]

WTFtis mobo is very beauty and very strong...
i like that very much

[Expat GriZ]

D00D!! Thanks for posting this & the pic! Wondered when it would show up....Looks Devilishly SICK!!!!

[Katanai]

This looks really good but come on, 3 extra power connectors? That makes absolutely no sense.

[NightCrawler™]

The amount of power connectors is huge.. Does it need that much juice..?

[Bodkin]

Yay, my new board is here

[Expat GriZ]

The extra molex's are there for those of us who are going to hammer this board. Normal use, much like the eVGA 762 & that new Dual Socket monster they are not mandatory. This is an OCing Board!!

[metachronos]

those heatsinks look hideous but that's a minor flaw.

[Etihtsarom]

I doubt the HS will be sufficient. And these added connectors, Probably not necessary at all unless you're loading up 4 cards to bench.

[sholvaco]

Looking at it some more:

-From a tiny glimpse of the CPU power delivery behind the sink, it appears it uses the same type of inductors as the M3R demo boards which supposedly ran a digital PWM. Like there was doubt.

-The "post modern" sinks seem to have a porose texture to them which hints at use of ceramic coating ASUS had been flaunting on occasion. Could be the quality of the shot though... NOT.

-775 mounting holes, yuck. The 1366 has been on the market for over a year. There are enough cooling solutions out there to not have to compromise the PCB structural integrity around the trace overladen socket area.

-It'd be interesting to know how the NF200 is hooked up if there even is one on this particular board. From what I can tell from the photo, the slots seem to run a standard split via digital lane switches of either x16/x1/x16/x1 or x8/x8/x8/x8. Unless... GASP! it uses a single x16 IOH link to run all four slots - very unlikely and stupid if it were true. The blurb of an article I linked in the OP is far too vague.

Yes, it is heavily influenced by the EVGA Classified line and that's good thing IMHO.

[N19h7m4r3]

Yes, it is heavily influenced by the EVGA Classified line and that's good thing IMHO.

Yes it's good, except for the colour scheme :P

I don't like red and black all that much.

I love MSI's blue and black, hell give me DFI's UV active slots anyday over this.

[HelixPC]

I think someone looks up to eVGA

[zalbard]

I think someone looks up to eVGA

Yeah, and since Classified owns ASUS boards so badly, this might be a good idea.
Digital PWM >>>> 30 phase stuff!
But if you mean in terms of looks, then yeah, perhaps, I'm all up for more diversity.
And LOL @ iROG chips, won't Apple sue them?

[Sadasius]

Okay now I want this board. USB 3.0 and SATA 6....Yahoo and it looks like the IDE is finally kicked off the damn board. Yay!

[Victorshen]

Okay now I want this board. USB 3.0 and SATA 6....Yahoo and it looks like the IDE is finally kicked off the damn board. Yay!

yeah but FDD still there.....what an irony...

[Blacky]

Yes it's good, except for the colour scheme :P

I don't like red and black all that much.

I love MSI's blue and black, hell give me DFI's UV active slots anyday over this.

I agree, I like more the blue & black that MSI is doing lately, I must admit the MSI P55 GD80 looks hella sexy with that color scheme, but seems red & black is the color scheme of preference by enthusiasts...

[N19h7m4r3]

I agree, I like more the blue & black that MSI is doing lately, I must admit the MSI P55 GD80 looks hella sexy with that color scheme, but seems red & black is the color scheme of preference by enthusiasts...

When did enthusiast start meaning people with more money though.

I consider en enthusiast someone that can take something and make it as good as something that's more expensive.

All I see is red and black = more expensive for similar cabalilities as other boards.

But there's a market for everyone I guess.