A Sneak Peek at the New Asus Rampage IV Extreme (X79)

[clonazepam]

Bit-coiners rejoice around the world, pre-orders for 6990s skyrocket!

That's a crap-ton of RAM possibilities. This thing begs for a water block...

 

[beayn]

[citation][nom]wiinippongamer[/nom]Never get the point of expensive mobo's, it's not your system is going to perform better, and you may only be able to overclock 100-200mhz more than on any other decent mobo.[/citation]

You do see performance increases from better chipsets. They have more bandwidth available. If you pop a cpu and ram into a $65 mobo, then put it in a $200 mobo, you'll see a huge performance increase. Then there's the features, ports, connectors etc.

 

[hetneo]

[citation][nom]ben850[/nom]E for Extreme?[/citation]
E is for Enthusiast.

 

[lp231]

Seriously why a fan? These fans don't last long and in a few months time they gather lots of dust, creates rattling noise, then break down.
Should be passive cool and if I need to cool it off, my case has plenty of fans that can do the job.

 

[clonazepam]

[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]You do see performance increases from better chipsets. They have more bandwidth available. If you pop a cpu and ram into a $65 mobo, then put it in a $200 mobo, you'll see a huge performance increase. Then there's the features, ports, connectors etc.[/citation]

I have to agree here. I have the Z68 ROG and its feature-packed with all types of options to tweak any and all voltages, better voltage regulation, more stable delivery of power... on and on and on....

 

[eddieroolz]

That's a ridiculous number of RAM slots there...perfect for me!

 

[bejabbers]

I want! I want! I want!

 

[hypetype15]

WOHOOO THIS MOTHERBOARD IS A HARDCORE!!