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OC3D Review: Asus Rampage 3 Extreme
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killablade
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Wow. Dear santa... 
thestepster
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man that is just amazing and i agree i totally love that ROG connect countless times ive been in windows when ive noticed in gettin bad vdroop and thot have to reboot to up the vcore a little this will totally eliminate things like that
Great review Tom, appreciate the time you have put into it. A note though, on some of your graphs you have changed the scale to exaggerate the difference. Imo the scales should go from 0 throughout the article. One of the graphs at a glance appears to have a 'Massive'difference between the two boards but the results are 8.91 and 8.52 respectively.
Just a thought.
EDIT: Just watch your vid, very comprehensive on all the 'little' features.
Did you note the temperature of the x58 chip? Would anyone need to use the supplied large heatsink+fan jobby?
Just a thought.
EDIT: Just watch your vid, very comprehensive on all the 'little' features.
Did you note the temperature of the x58 chip? Would anyone need to use the supplied large heatsink+fan jobby?
Nice review m8. I'm liking the videos!
I'm not so sure about the graphs not starting from zero though as not doing this can make the differences between the two products exagerated, especially at a glance. It does however emphasize those differences so its horses for courses I guess.
I'm still not sold on the heatsinks or the colour scheme. Both are good looking but nothing innovating or exciting which we have come to expect from market leaders such as Asus. I guess I'd prefer something a bit more original for such an expensive piece of hardware and not a clone of the classifieds look.
Keep up the good work
I'm not so sure about the graphs not starting from zero though as not doing this can make the differences between the two products exagerated, especially at a glance. It does however emphasize those differences so its horses for courses I guess.
I'm still not sold on the heatsinks or the colour scheme. Both are good looking but nothing innovating or exciting which we have come to expect from market leaders such as Asus. I guess I'd prefer something a bit more original for such an expensive piece of hardware and not a clone of the classifieds look.
Keep up the good work
alexhull24
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Good review, I enjoyed the focus on the extras - they have to justify the extra price of these special bits of kit, especially nowadays when most, even midrange, boards can achieve decent clocks.
The PCI-E lane switches are a great idea, something I'd like to see on all good boards actually. The ROG connect also looks awesome, I think controlling the BIOS in windows is something that we've been missing for a long time. I do remember having machines in the past, say 10 years back, where you could change BIOS settings in windows though. Remote startup is cool too, something I'd really use if I had the board. I don't understand why an additional heatsink is required though. Why not include a better heatsink as stock? Perhaps make the fan optional instead?
Besides all that, 4.6GHz is really quite impressive, though I'll wait until that BIOS has matured before making any judgements. Certainly promising though, though looks like you'll have to review it over again when you've got an update. I'm sure that won't be too much of a chore ;-)
The PCI-E lane switches are a great idea, something I'd like to see on all good boards actually. The ROG connect also looks awesome, I think controlling the BIOS in windows is something that we've been missing for a long time. I do remember having machines in the past, say 10 years back, where you could change BIOS settings in windows though. Remote startup is cool too, something I'd really use if I had the board. I don't understand why an additional heatsink is required though. Why not include a better heatsink as stock? Perhaps make the fan optional instead?
Besides all that, 4.6GHz is really quite impressive, though I'll wait until that BIOS has matured before making any judgements. Certainly promising though, though looks like you'll have to review it over again when you've got an update. I'm sure that won't be too much of a chore ;-)
Why does everyone keep saying I need sleep!
Naaaa just had a hard life, my paper round was all up hill 
mayhem
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because vid in first vid you can tell you were tired. you slurred your words a little. (might be early in the morning or late at night) but never the less if you listen properly you can hear it. And all so you eyes say you absolutely knackered with dark rings under them and you left eye has gone lazy in the vid. This happens when your tired some times.
You all so get lazy eye as well when your concentration but in this instance it looks like it because you totally bugged. I have the same problem my self and my lass tells me all the time.
But it still doesn't put off the fact your a dammed good video reviewer and im not picking fault in anyway. you asked and ive answered . please don't take office though bud.
You all so get lazy eye as well when your concentration but in this instance it looks like it because you totally bugged. I have the same problem my self and my lass tells me all the time.
But it still doesn't put off the fact your a dammed good video reviewer and im not picking fault in anyway. you asked and ive answered . please don't take office though bud.
I think thats just me tbh dude!
mayhem
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i see the DimasTech Bench Table will that be a review on its own (new version). looks like new USB front port and looks as though hes sorted out the miss aligned 5 1/4" bay's as well all so a few other things noted that are different. will look forward to seeing the diffrances in it.
name='stock' said:
Some one didnt read the review. The bios isnt even beta, more an alpha! It works but its not very stable, Asus were trying to rush me the retail bios but it never happened in the 3 days I had before the review went live!
If the 4.6ghz on an unstable bios is anything to go by it will be a stormer when all the creases are ironed out.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-395-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692
£329.99 inc VAT pre-order. wow pricey. Should be as good as the classified for this price!!
£329.99 inc VAT pre-order. wow pricey. Should be as good as the classified for this price!!
Sunny Sahota
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would love to see how well this overclocks with a retail BIOS, the i7 980x and some phase change cooling
