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ASUS Rampage III Extreme – Long Live The King


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In 2006 ASUS® started Republic of Gamers (ROG) to provide quality components and maximum performance to gamers and power users. ROG caters to the hard core gamers as well as the overclocking community. Whether users are overclocking on air, water or even using extreme cooling such as liquid nitrogen, the ROG lineup of boards have been amongst the best. If you don’t remember the original Rampage Extreme X48 motherboard, it was regarded as one of the best, if not THE best Socket 775 motherboard for overclocking. Today, in an age where old motherboards drastically lose value, the original Rampage Extreme still sells for hundreds of dollars. With the fame of the original Rampage Extreme, would the new Rampage III Extreme be hailed in the same regard? Looking at the features list, accessories, software and technology included, it is apparent ASUS is striving to live up to the original name’s glory.
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post #2 of 25
isn't this 6 months old?? the board came out in april. i think the idea is to post news/reviews that are current. bad timing!!
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Im still on the fence about the R3E. Just cant justify ditching my trusty R2E for it. I dunno. I'll prolly stay put till the next build
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Interesting set of features though some seem pretty worthless imo.
overclock your computer from another computer withe a 10' ian cable, or from your phone via bluetooth... I mean you are already right there might aswell do it on the compute you are working on anyway.
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Originally Posted by 0m3g4 View Post
Interesting set of features though some seem pretty worthless imo.
overclock your computer from another computer withe a 10' ian cable, or from your phone via bluetooth... I mean you are already right there might aswell do it on the compute you are working on anyway.
Bragging rights. Not practicality. Its for peeps that want to show up at a lan and go talk tech with someone and be like watch this. i can go from stock to 4ghz from here.... and here... and while im taking a poop, and while im taking a piss....
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Bragging rights. Not practicality. Its for peeps that want to show up at a lan and go talk tech with someone and be like watch this. i can go from stock to 4ghz from here.... and here... and while im taking a poop, and while im taking a piss....
OLAWD!!!
I laughed at this one..
"long live the kind" ...?
eh.....
I think the R2E is better.. I don't own it but I think it's better haha..
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post #7 of 25
I think the only thing that really led RIIE buyers to get this board is the pci-e layout. I mean let's face it, the pci-e layout on the RIIE sucks.

I really can't see someone spending an extra $360 for sata 3 and usb 3.
    
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At least, the function of bios flash from remote computer is quite useful, i think....
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Originally Posted by Behemoth777 View Post
I think the only thing that really led RIIE buyers to get this board is the pci-e layout. I mean let's face it, the pci-e layout on the RIIE sucks.

I really can't see someone spending an extra $360 for sata 3 and usb 3.
The only thing that bugs me with the R2E is the bottom PCIe slot. If you have a dual slot card there you basically have to give up using the bottom connectors Firewire etc. Prolly not a big deal to most but it's an annoyance non the less
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post #10 of 25
I love my R3E but on hindsight I should have bought another, cheaper 1366 with the same OCing capabilities. Nothing I can do about that though, I'm very happy with my sig rig nonetheless.

This is NOT news though, and the board is 6 months old.
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