OC3D Review: Asus Blitz Extreme P35 Socket 775 Motherboard

[JN]

"After the success of Asus' first P35 chipset motherboard, we've been given the opportunity to test the tweaked out "Republic of Gamers" version affectionately known as the Blitz. Will it come out all guns blazing or bomb it big time? Read on to find out."

Asus Blitz Extreme Review

 

[ionicle]

they've taken there previous motherboards, and just tweaked them to make them slightly better, added a higher pricetag, and shoved it on the market, genious really

oh, and great review

very....extensive

 

[Rastalovich]

I think ASUS fans will like this especially, for the reasons ionicle states. Though it does imply that this latest tweak will allow u to get that much more % of an oc.

Outside of this review, I`d like to see a study where some1 takes 1 set of a full pc hardware install, and install the OS on it a large number of times. Each time take the benchmarks like XMS has used, and find out how much a difference u get in terms of a % each time. It`ll be small, I`d think, but it would add proof to my thinking that one board beating another in a finite benchmark doesn`t necessarily mean anything, unless it goes over a %.

My theory being, u build a setup and install u`r OS fully and u`ll get 1 result. Next time around, wipe the drive, and re-install everything and u`r result will be off by a few %.

 

[FarFarAway]

No generally that's not the case actually as I have done that a couple of times for varying reasons. You get a score almost exactly identical, shown especially by the benchmarks on these three boards that are exactly the same

 

[Ham]

Big question:

Is it better than the IP35 Pro

 

[glocktodahead]

great review, I enjoyed reading it.

 

[Azreil_2]

Worth getting over the p5k premium?

 

[JN]

Big question:

Is it better than the IP35 Pro

In terms of features I'd personally say yes. But the IP35 is a fair bit cheaper so it all matters what you want really.

Worth getting over the p5k premium?

For the extra £20-30 I'd say yes definitely.

 

[Mr. Smith]

Mate, that was a review and a half, probably one of the best on this site.

The mobo looks quality, a friend of mine Alex has £2K for an air cooled PC, this would have been a good coice if it did not require water on the NB

The tiny voltage increments is a god send, although can you imagine how long it would take to tune down to the sweet spot?

P.S Link to forum from front page not worky

 

[Rastalovich]

No generally that's not the case actually as I have done that a couple of times for varying reasons. You get a score almost exactly identical, shown especially by the benchmarks on these three boards that are exactly the same

Yeah, I can see how some statistics, the likes of cpu-use, the whole value of a percentage isn`t gonna waiver - and to be fair something like 3.05% and 3.25% of cpu isn`t that relevant.

Think I`m edging towards the likes of 3dmark, big number value outputers, where I`ve witnessed myself a +/-100, which on the face of it doesn`t look much, but comparing boards it can make one look better than the other. Think tho it`s wildly accepted that u can get a different mark score everytime u run it, so maybe a % acceptance should be assumed. One board beating another by a couple of hundred marks may look good, but not necessarily be that accurate - I think is what I`m saying. Imo the 06 marks should be divided by 100, with no decimal places, or something.

ABit vS ASUS playoff would be interesting.

 

[JN]

I see where you're coming from Rasta, and yes 3DMark05 scores are a little more prone to variation (3DMark06 is actually very reproducible). Running the tests 3 times does help to average out any fluke results, but I think our accuracy is as good, if not better than other review sites.

One thing that does annoy me is when graphs are set to a small scale so that minor differences in results look like massive. I try to avoid this as much as possible - if something is 1.111 and the other is 1.112, then you shouldn't even be able to see the difference on a graph imo.

Mate, that was a review and a half, probably one of the best on this site.

The mobo looks quality, a friend of mine Alex has £2K for an air cooled PC, this would have been a good coice if it did not require water on the NB

The tiny voltage increments is a god send, although can you imagine how long it would take to tune down to the sweet spot?

P.S Link to forum from front page not worky

Cheers dude. It took a little while to complete (to say the least).

I was a bit miffed about the w/c requirement too, but I guess there's no way around it really.

I'm actually considering buying one to replace my beloved command...and I'll probably be sticking a Swiftech NB cooler and some heatsinks on SB/Crosslinx to avoid messing up my water loop.

 

[JN]

Mate, that was a review and a half, probably one of the best on this site.

The mobo looks quality, a friend of mine Alex has £2K for an air cooled PC, this would have been a good coice if it did not require water on the NB

The tiny voltage increments is a god send, although can you imagine how long it would take to tune down to the sweet spot?

P.S Link to forum from front page not worky

Cheers dude. It took a little while to complete (to say the least).

I was a bit miffed about the w/c requirement too, but I guess there's no way around it really.

I'm actually considering buying one to replace my beloved command.

 

[Rastalovich]

Stats can be very finicky, averaging is often u`r best friend in that sense.

Outside of spending a month benching 1 mobo, I`m not sure what else u could do. Point in fact, the way u`r doing it is obviously tried and tested and does very well tbh.

I`d just h8 to think some1 would look at a bunch of really close results for a group of items and bank on a small % win for 1 item as it spanking the others.

Meh, something to think about maybe whilst people read a review rather than for a reviewer to compensate for.

 

[Raging]

that is a review and a half for sure,good work.

the price doesnt seem all that bad either.

Raging.

 

[Mr. Smith]

Jim, are you getting the Extreme (ddr3) or the Formula (ddr2)?

 

[JN]

Jim, are you getting the Extreme (ddr3) or the Formula (ddr2)?

I'm gonna grab me an Extreme....Speeds like DDR3-2000 make me weak at the knees

 

[bo_3li_h]

Guys , sorry but i'm confused a little bit , this motherboard have 4 ram slots

2x blue color the other 2 are in white ,

does that mean i can run ddr2 (OR) ddr3 ram individually , coz i want to buy it now but i can't afford buying 2GIG Ram module at the same time, instead i want to use my ddr2 ram for the moment.. advise please

 

[PV5150]

Hi mate and welcome to OC3D The Blitz Extreme is a DDR3 motherboard, where the Blitz Formula is DDR2. This is not a review of a hybrid board. If you want to run your DDR2 then you'll need to get yourself the Blitz Formula.

 

[Azreil_2]

The Diffrent Colours are somthing to do with Dual Channel i belive , and as PV said they are two diffrent Boards;

Blitz Extreme = DDR 3

Blitz Formula = DDR 2

 

[Elderbree TM]

a stupid question (maby)

hi there all (my first post ) i have what i assume will be a stupid question but i wanted to know if the "Crosslinx" has any relation to an SLI GPU setting (makes it better worse or no different) i assume it does not have any relation but just making sure and also if i have an SLI configuration on this MoBo do i need to worry about cooling it (the crosslinx chip that is)

thanks for helping a noob in this