Republic of Gamers FM2+: Meet the CrossBlade Ranger

[WYP]

ASUS Republic of Gamers has always been a branding which held all the highest quality Gaming and Overclocking Components made By ASUS. From the Rampage series to even the NEW ROG GTX 760 Striker 4GB, we all know at OC3D that they are some of the best components available.

Today Republic of Gamers is moving to AMD's FM2+ socket, Meet the ASUS ROG CrossBlade Ranger.

From Overclocking components, high grade ethernet and even Premium audio components, the ROG CrossBlade Ranger contains all the components ROG fans know and love.

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Crossblade is a new FM2+ brand from ROG, for AMD gamers looking to build an overclocking friendly PC, at great price : spec ratio.

Best Gaming Networking
Intel™ Ethernet + LANGuard + GameFirst III – ROG takes game networking to the next level.

Best Gaming Audio
SupremeFX2014 + Sonic Studio, + SenseAMP + SoundStage + Sonic Radar II – New and improved audio for gamers that’s beyond compare.

Best Gaming Interface
KeyBot and TrueVoltUSB: Instant keyboard upgrade and rock-steady 5V USB supply.

ROG Front Base Compatible
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This Motherboard will be available in July this year and pricing remains unknown, but I would expect a premium compared to other FM2+ Boards.

What do you Guys think of the ROG brand making it to the FM2+ Socket? I personally glad to see AMD getting some ASUS love in the Motherboard department again, it is just a shame AMD don't have a CPU to live up to the ROG baranding.

Source - ASUS ROG

 

[Feronix]

The only CPUs that would be worth getting for this board are the 750k and 760k. The high-end APUs are a no-go for serious gaming, especially when you could put the money of a cheaper motherboard than this towards a cheaper CPU (750k/760k) + dedicated GPU.

But then still I'm against buying motherboards that cost more than the CPU that goes in them, and I've never seen an ROG motherboard of £70 Can't see this board getting a sub 100 quid pricetag either.

 

[barnsley]

More like now they've built the ROG branding up they're going to market it to the masses to make more money.
Nice to have a solid board for benching a 750k on though.

 

[MadShadow]

More like now they've built the ROG branding up they're going to market it to the masses to make more money.
Nice to have a solid board for benching a 750k on though.

Slowly ROG will turn into ROP; Republic of Peasants. I mean, come on! They even made a console! Its nice that they open up to lower end stuff, but ROG is no longer the luxury, extreme branding that it was.

 

[barnsley]

Slowly ROG will turn into ROP; Republic of Peasants. I mean, come on! They even made a console! Its nice that they open up to lower end stuff, but ROG is no longer the luxury, extreme branding that it was.

I've never been a fan of ROG (as is evident). Some of their stuff looks nice and obviously performs well but personally I think the whole ROG brand is very 'xXMLG proXx' special. If I buy a premium product I expect it to look premium and understated. In general the whole ROG thing is too shouty. The Ramage black is much more up my street though ^_^.
I presume I'm in the minority about ROG tbh .

 

[luongo27]

Nice to see some more FM2 hardware. I do worry that this will be about £120, and that's a lot of money to run a £60 760k on.

 

[MadShadow]

I've never been a fan of ROG (as is evident). Some of their stuff looks nice and obviously performs well but personally I think the whole ROG brand is very 'xXMLG proXx' special. If I buy a premium product I expect it to look premium and understated. In general the whole ROG thing is too shouty. The Ramage black is much more up my street though ^_^.
I presume I'm in the minority about ROG tbh .

Yeah, the rampage black is amazing, but I have to disagree about the xXMLG proXx thing. Asus' ROG seems much more refined and elegant than something with xX, Yolos, and Swags. That whole hipster thing reminds my more of AsRock Fatal1ty.

 

[MacLeod]

I love Asus motherboards especially their ROG stuff. However Im not sure they belong in the low end, low powered APU segment. The core of gaming. At what, 1280x720?

I dont know, maybe its because Im an AMD fan and sick of only hearing about nothing but weak sauce cell phone CPU's from them. Guess Im just bitter or starved for something performance oriented from AMD.

 

[barnsley]

Yeah, the rampage black is amazing, but I have to disagree about the xXMLG proXx thing. Asus' ROG seems much more refined and elegant than something with xX, Yolos, and Swags. That whole hipster thing reminds my more of AsRock Fatal1ty.

I wouldn't call a massive light up logo elegant .