Early Look: Asus Rampage II Extreme - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 7th Oct 2008, 10:43

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...e-ii-extreme/1

Asus' new Rampage II Extreme is about as high-end as they come. Designed for Intel's next generation Core i7 CPU and X58 chipset, it's got one purpose only: extreme overclocking and breaking records. Well, OK, that's two but we digress...

Gremlin · 7th Oct 2008, 10:55

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First off, there's the Extreme OC section that features the same "TweatIT" toggle switches as the original Rampage Extreme

uhm , should that say Tweak?

Aterius Gmork · 7th Oct 2008, 11:00

Now you guys really seem to like this board...

Tim S · 7th Oct 2008, 11:13

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Originally Posted by Gremlin

uhm , should that say Tweak?

Yes, thank you for the spot/heads up.

impar · 7th Oct 2008, 11:21

Greetings!

Maybe I missed it, but you should say its an EATX MB.

Gremlin · 7th Oct 2008, 11:22

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Originally Posted by Tim S

Yes, thank you for the spot/heads up.

no worries mate , i had a good laugh at it anyway, i first read it as 'teat it'

you guys should throw random errors like that in articles just to see who's paying attention it'd be a great laugh

ChaosDefinesOrder · 7th Oct 2008, 11:24

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Originally Posted by impar

Greetings!

Maybe I missed it, but you should say its an EATX MB.

By the looks of it, it's not true e-ATX but more ATX that hangs over by a centimetre (correct me if I'm wrong Tim!)

Bindibadgi · 7th Oct 2008, 11:38

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Originally Posted by Aterius Gmork

Now you guys really seem to like this board...

Personally it's not for me, but I do accept there are those who will find their pants somewhat tighter looking at it.

The boy 4rm oz · 7th Oct 2008, 12:25

Looks cool lol.

[USRF]Obiwan · 7th Oct 2008, 12:52

I am really confused:

A) I see two different boards with article text focused on one board
B) I see one board with two different hardware setups with article text focused on one board
C) I See one board with two different hardware setups with two articles focused on the two different hardware setups

I think it is C but I am so confuses right now, I don't know whats what anymore...

SuperNova · 7th Oct 2008, 13:41

The board is not a true E-ATX but its larger than ATX. About the pictures, its not different motherboards but one has, what i assume, is the final cooling solution and the other is the prototype.

All this talk about the memory voltage being linked/bound to the cpu with nehalemn... Can you guys confirm why it says QPI/DRAM on one measure point? From the picture it almost seems like the QPI is on the same plane as DRAM.

djDEATH · 7th Oct 2008, 13:57

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Originally Posted by SuperNova

All this talk about the memory voltage being linked/bound to the cpu with nehalemn... Can you guys confirm why it says QPI/DRAM on one measure point? From the picture it almost seems like the QPI is on the same plane as DRAM.

bit worrying isn't it. I really can't see many people wanting to shell out £300+ on a motherboard that simply CANNOT take the most expensive and fastest DDR3 out there. I read somewhere yesterday that Asus have said 1.65V is the most they will reccommend anyone using, yet the 2000Mhz DDR3 tri-channel kits (which are only for X58 mobos i believe) have rated voltages at 2.0V and above. How can this be... something to do with the now on-board memory controller in the Nahelem CPUs??

500mph · 7th Oct 2008, 14:22

So what is that CPU Power Card next to the northbridge heatsink?

DaMightyMouse · 7th Oct 2008, 14:41

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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

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Originally Posted by Aterius Gmork

Now you guys really seem to like this board...

Personally it's not for me, but I do accept there are those who will find their pants somewhat tighter looking at it.

Yep pants are some what tighter just now after reading this article ...

Bindibadgi · 7th Oct 2008, 14:44

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Originally Posted by djDEATH

bit worrying isn't it. I really can't see many people wanting to shell out £300+ on a motherboard that simply CANNOT take the most expensive and fastest DDR3 out there. I read somewhere yesterday that Asus have said 1.65V is the most they will reccommend anyone using, yet the 2000Mhz DDR3 tri-channel kits (which are only for X58 mobos i believe) have rated voltages at 2.0V and above. How can this be... something to do with the now on-board memory controller in the Nahelem CPUs??

You won't be able to use 2.0V memory, you'll have to buy specific lower voltage DDR3.

But, just, wait for the final product reviews to explain

FatMikel · 7th Oct 2008, 15:11

Oooooooo. Looks very nice. How much though? £350+ I'm betting.

mrb_no1 · 7th Oct 2008, 17:24

nice looking board but i'm sceptical about the new intel chips and linkages with slower memory, i'll be waiting for bt's review before i go looking for the cheapest vesion of this board or the x48 equivalent!

peace

fatman

Jasio · 7th Oct 2008, 17:35

Hmmm, RoG? $500 USD would be my guess when it first emerges. Nifty motherboard though, still curious for a write-up on the MSI X58 Eclipse though.

Tim S · 7th Oct 2008, 18:50

There's one here: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...-x58-eclipse/1

Jasio · 7th Oct 2008, 20:23

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Originally Posted by Tim S

There's one here: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...-x58-eclipse/1

PAH! Preview my behind (see what I did there?) ... I'd like a full in-depth review w/ benchmarks with those new Nehalem CPU's. Comon' Bindi, comon' Tim! Break the NDA! Release the beast within!

7th Oct 2008, 10:43	#1
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Aterius Gmork Look Mr. Bubbles, it's an angel! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 698	Now you guys really seem to like this board...

7th Oct 2008, 13:41	#11
SuperNova What's a Dremel? Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 19	The board is not a true E-ATX but its larger than ATX. About the pictures, its not different motherboards but one has, what i assume, is the final cooling solution and the other is the prototype. All this talk about the memory voltage being linked/bound to the cpu with nehalemn... Can you guys confirm why it says QPI/DRAM on one measure point? From the picture it almost seems like the QPI is on the same plane as DRAM.

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mrb_no1 Pie Eater Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pyrford, England Posts: 365	nice looking board but i'm sceptical about the new intel chips and linkages with slower memory, i'll be waiting for bt's review before i go looking for the cheapest vesion of this board or the x48 equivalent! peace fatman __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3600Mhz ¦ Asus Maximus II Formula ¦ ATI Radeon 4890 (1000Mhz Core + 1200Mhz Mem OC) ¦ 2x2G Corsair Dom. PC 8500 @ 1080Mhz ¦ Aquacomputer WC ¦ Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty ¦ 150G Raptor, 2x1500 + 1x750 + 2x500 Seagate (SATA2) ¦ Pioneer DVD burner ¦ Lian Li - PC 73SL Aluminium Silent Server Case ¦ Dell 2007WFP 20" Widescreen ¦ Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers ¦ Sennheiser HD270

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