[FS] Crosshair III Formula Review - Overclock.net

45nm · 07-04-09

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While the mainstream consumer recognizes the ASUS name due to the overwhelming success of their Eee PC lineup of netbook computers, among PC hardware enthusiasts the ASUS brand is known first and foremost for their excellent motherboards. Over the past two decades the company has produced some of the finest motherboards in the world, and as a result, ASUS is now the largest motherboard manufacturer on the globe. Each month the company ships millions of motherboards.

As most enthusiasts know, ASUS’ best boards fall under the Republic of Gamers (ROG) line. ASUS ROG motherboards are known for incorporating all the latest features into one package. The boards ship with the very best cooling and BIOS ASUS offers, flashy LEDs, and are decked out with extras like their LCD Poster, which can be used to diagnose errors during POST.

It has been awhile since ASUS produced an AMD-based ROG board though. While ASUS has steadily released new ROG boards for the Core 2 and Core i7 platforms based on multiple NVIDIA and Intel chipsets, their last AMD-based ROG board was the Crosshair II Formula released back in April 2008. That’s an awfully long time for ASUS to go between ROG products – the Crosshair II Formula doesn’t even support the latest Phenom II CPUs like the AMD Phenom II X4 920 and 940, both of which are based on the AM2+ socket.

Clearly it’s time for an update right?

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