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News Asus to launch mATX Republic of Gamers Gene mobos

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Tim S, 10 Feb 2009.

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  1. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    Tim S, 10 Feb 2009
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  2. DarkFear

    DarkFear What's a Dremel?

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    SFF i7 SLI/CF love?!? I'll take 2 thanks...
     
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  3. ChaosDefinesOrder

    ChaosDefinesOrder Vapourmodder

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    do I spy S775 heatsink mounting holes? that's new to me, and a good idea! Well, good idea apart from the potential wekening of the silicon in that little "tab" between the two holes...
     
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  4. Htr-Labs

    Htr-Labs What's a Dremel?

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  5. Guest-23315

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    Worried about DFi's Jr. boards at all Asus?
     
    Guest-23315, 10 Feb 2009
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  6. LCHolmes

    LCHolmes What's a Dremel?

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    I'm currently running this boards bigger brother the Rampage II Extreme and i love it if this is pretty much the same spec just smaller it should make for a fantastic board
     
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  7. Tulatin

    Tulatin The Froggy Poster

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    It's good that Asus is finally joining the M-ATX OCing party - which means more brands should do it soon.

    Now, as to weakening the silicon tab ,so long as you use a backplate, I'd say no worries.
     
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  8. pizan

    pizan that's n00b-tastic

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    Foxconn BloodRage has had that.
     
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  9. Diosjenin

    Diosjenin Thinker, Tweaker, Et Cetera

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    Excellent to see competition for DFI already. (Don't have anything against DFI, but competition is always good).

    Although, I have to ask... why is there an IDE port?
     
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  10. Jack_Pepsi

    Jack_Pepsi Clan BeeR Founder

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    I'm looking forward to a review or two.

    ;)
     
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  11. n3mo

    n3mo What's a Dremel?

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    Well, mATX with real OC potential is close to impossible to build. First thing that kills it - not enough room for PWMs. When I see AM2/3 mATX capable of serious OC I'm going to piss myself with excitement and buy a dozen :)
     
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  12. confusis

    confusis Kiwi-modder

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    Some people like to re-use their old HDDs/opticals in new builds - cost effectiveness- and it beats having to add a pci raid card of sorts. it doesn't take up much room on the board and is probably a default function of the chipset
     
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  13. pistol_pete

    pistol_pete Air Cooled Fool

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    Hmmm, could have more awesometastic heatsinks.

    Otherwise, really pushes the options for a mATX build, super.
     
    pistol_pete, 10 Feb 2009
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  14. BlackDiamond

    BlackDiamond What's a Dremel?

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    Motherboards are not made out of silicon, they are made of epoxy resin and teh traces are copper. Silicon is in chips and fake boobies.
     
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  15. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Mmmm biscuits

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    lol, maybe board makers understand that there isn't any good options out there for light weight LAN rigs.

    eVGA did this with the nforce 4 chipset and 939, but really difficult to get hold of.

    glad to see these boards becoming more main stream!
     
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  16. DarkFear

    DarkFear What's a Dremel?

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    Silicon = electronic chips
    Silicone = fake boobies

    Sorry, pet peeve...:p
     
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  17. tranc3

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    aw :( i just ordered my new asus board. ... i'll be upgrading in a few months
     
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  18. HourBeforeDawn

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    DFI has some competition now, this will be sweet....
     
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  19. dylAndroid

    dylAndroid is human?

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    This looks like a really nice board. I just wish one of the PCIe slots was closer to the middle of the board, so that I could use a riser card without a graphics card then sticking off the bottom.
     
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  20. Diosjenin

    Diosjenin Thinker, Tweaker, Et Cetera

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    I know what people use the ports for. :p What I don't understand is why anyone who would be buying this particular board - or any i7 board, really - would actually want to reuse their IDE drives. Especially in a uATX board where space is so limited, it just doesn't make much sense to include it.

    - Diosjenin -
     
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