With a new flagship chipset we get a new flagship ASUS motherboard. Welcome to the OC3D Rampage V Extreme review.
ASUS X99 ROG Rampage V Extreme Review
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ASUS X99 ROG Rampage V Extreme Review
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With a new flagship chipset we get a new flagship ASUS motherboard. Welcome to the OC3D Rampage V Extreme review.
ASUS X99 ROG Rampage V Extreme Review
overclocker
Banned
What is the latency when overclocked in AIDA?
Lonestar166
New member
Could Kiss you.
Tommy Tommy Tommy, if you were here and now, I would kiss you.
Thank you for this review, this is what I have been waiting for. And I assure you, the wait was worth it. From across the pond, and from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Tommy Tommy Tommy, if you were here and now, I would kiss you.
Thank you for this review, this is what I have been waiting for. And I assure you, the wait was worth it. From across the pond, and from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
I wonder what the motherboard heatsink mounting holes are like for this one compared to other asus X99 motherboards. Wouldn't it be nice and convenient if it turns out they are in the same places meaning you could use something like say a motherboard/cpu combo waterblock that is made for the R5E on all asus X99 motherboards.
If only someone could check to confirm and perhaps even make a video on it?
If only someone could check to confirm and perhaps even make a video on it?
PCIe layout
Strange: If you fancy a SLI setup - and would like full bandwith to both your cards (PEIe 3.0 x16) - then you are left with zero PCIe slots.
As I understand it, we are on the verge of seeing lots PCie connected storage as new standards have been finalized (NVMe). These require PCIe 3.0 x4 interfaces and that will not be possible on this board if you run SLI.
I doubt storage on the M2 interface will work for desktop users. Firstly, is was designed for laptops/tables in mind - and it does not seem line more than one connector is available on the boards who does have this interface.
So what we we supposed to use, if the SATA 3.0 max of 600 MB/Sec is not enough. PICe storage - that is what.
Strange: If you fancy a SLI setup - and would like full bandwith to both your cards (PEIe 3.0 x16) - then you are left with zero PCIe slots.
As I understand it, we are on the verge of seeing lots PCie connected storage as new standards have been finalized (NVMe). These require PCIe 3.0 x4 interfaces and that will not be possible on this board if you run SLI.
I doubt storage on the M2 interface will work for desktop users. Firstly, is was designed for laptops/tables in mind - and it does not seem line more than one connector is available on the boards who does have this interface.
So what we we supposed to use, if the SATA 3.0 max of 600 MB/Sec is not enough. PICe storage - that is what.
I made it to the end, so where's my cookie?!?! 
Great video for such a short time frame Tom, but you missed a lot of slides in several places (the long stretch from 22 minutes to 24 minutes was most noticeable). Not a complaint Guv, just a heads up. Great work as usual, especially considering the sleep deprivation you had to endure for it. 
Great video for such a short time frame Tom, but you missed a lot of slides in several places (the long stretch from 22 minutes to 24 minutes was most noticeable). Not a complaint Guv, just a heads up. Great work as usual, especially considering the sleep deprivation you had to endure for it.
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NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Good thing PCIe 3.0 x4 interfaces don't exist yet. Only in 2.0. Sata Express is enough for the time being. NVMe won't come out for probably a couple years or more. Standards being finalized is a long way off from designing/manufacturing/testing/back to design/etc..
Funny you should say that, as I was reading up on Intel Solid-State Drive DC P3500 Series earlier today!
Granted, they are aimed at Data centers, but ofter we see that kinds of tech for desktops soon after. It mentions use of PCIe Gen3 X4 (so what is that, if it does not exist?) and also the new Non-Volatile Memory Express* (NVMe*) storage interface standard.
Check it out at http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/intel-ssd-dc-family-for-pcie.html
Granted, they are aimed at Data centers, but ofter we see that kinds of tech for desktops soon after. It mentions use of PCIe Gen3 X4 (so what is that, if it does not exist?) and also the new Non-Volatile Memory Express* (NVMe*) storage interface standard.
Check it out at http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/intel-ssd-dc-family-for-pcie.html
Kaapstad
Active member
This may sound a bit odd but if you used one in your PC you may think it is a bit slow.
They fit in the PCI-E slots but the problem is they have to initialise when booting just like any other card and so take much longer than a normal SSD to get to the desktop.
Once up and running they absolutely fly but for normal use you don't notice the extra speed.
I use RevoDrives (a similar sort of drive) in a couple of my older PCs but these days I prefer to use normal SSDs.
With UEFI BIOS, there really should be no delay (or at least no good reason) as all cards initialize at the same time.
What I'm looking for, is a way to bypass any remnants from the days of mechanical harddrives - and as I understand today SSD's and the controllers, then we're still emulating these old spinning drives. On top of that, the interface used cannot keep up with the drives.
I know there is the M2, and especially the Pro variant, it just seems like a really bad solution if you look beyond one drive.
Kaapstad
Active member
Proper SSDs are still faster than card drives if you are booting off of them.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Are you going to get a 5960X ?
Would yield some nice performance for your tripple Titans and 290X's
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Are you going to get a 5960X ?
Would yield some nice performance for your tripple Titans and 290X's
Well thats a dumb question.. we all already know he's gotten another 5 coming and threw the previous batch away because they weren't fast enough. I mean honestly get with the times Dice
In all seriousness.. how many have you already bought? lol
Xrqute
New member
Well thats a dumb question.. we all already know he's gotten another 5 coming and threw the previous batch away because they weren't fast enough. I mean honestly get with the times Dice
In all seriousness.. how many have you already bought? lol
he said earlier in another thread that he isn't going X99 till after Xmas i think....
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Myself I shall stick to the "Z" platform for the foreseeable future, I never have more than 1 GPU and I don't need a gazillion gigs of ram ^_^
Its not about the amount - its about dat bandwiffff
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
I know but if I went the X99 route I would have to get the 5960X *Yes HAVE to* ^_^
And then I would want to get 32GB of 3000MHZ ram for the luscious bandwidth and I would end up going broke for a month haha
Ergo why I stick to the "Z" platform
Maybe X109, I'll see how the land lies with the next "Z" iteration
Plus as others have said games *which is what I mainly do on my rig* don't really make use of HOOGE amounts of bandwidth, There was a test done on I think it was Jazy2cents on YouTube and the difference between 1600 and 2900 was 1 fps.
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