zlojack

Nice!

Maybe if I live vicariously through you, I'll save myself the $800ish I would have to spend to get this board and some decent DDR3...

Maybe.

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45nm

Robilar , where can a Rampage Extreme be picked up in Toronto because so far I have seen no dealers with the Rampage Extreme in stock. Shopbot.ca turns up 2 results which don't help for Toronto.

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Robilar

you can get a decent set of DDR3 for $250 or so.

Mmansueto

Are you talking about the included Fuzion block? Is it still 3/8" barbs or did they actually put 1/2" barbs on it this time? My Maximus Extreme uses 1/4" barbs, which makes it practically useless.

EDIT: i got my 4gb OCZ 1600 Ram for 200.00 here from Ericoed. It is falling in prices every day.

Robilar

Asi Partner is the distributor I buy from.


Infonec can order it in for you next day (they buy from the same guys I do )

http://www.infonec.com/site/main.php...tail&id=411101

Robilar

The included block is useless.

Swiftech has a block with 1/2" that fits exactly onto the mount

(see pic attached)

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Mmansueto

HOLY CRAP

That sells it for me. Looks like i am putting my Maximus Extreme for sale.

45nm

If you intend to use air cooling is it necessary to apply thermal paste to the optional air cooling heatsinks ?. Rob also some users on Newegg reported a problem using dual video cards in both slots maybe you can confirm if there is such an issue ?

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"... Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I am an agent of chaos. And you know the thing about chaos ? It’s fair."

"The world changed after August 8 this year."

Robilar

Yes, you need to use AS5. The sinks are bare (and there is goop underneath. Its taken me the last 10 minutes to remove the crap they used on the nb )

I still have a pair of HD4870's. I'll give them a try in crossfire tomorrow although I know two guys at XS with this board running crossfire without any issues.

Robilar

The pic I put in is what sold me on it too.

A good swiftech block on the nb without any modding could be amazing.

Considering I've seen the board do 600 FSB, once my water rig is set up, I wonder how far I can push my E8600...