ASUS Rampage III Extreme Motherboard Review

👤by Sahil Mannick Comments 📅02-04-10
Specifications
CPU
-Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor/Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition
-Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
*Note: This board does NOT support the i7 8xx series of CPU

Chipset
-Intel® X58/ICH10R

System Bus
Up to 6.4 GT/s with QuickPath Interconnection

Memory
- 6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory modules
-Tri Channel memory architecture

Expansion Slots
- 4 x PCIe 2.0 x16 Supports x16; x16/x16; x16/x8/x8; x8/x8/x8/x8 configurations
- 1 x PCIe x4
- 1 x PCI 2.2

Multi-GPU Support
-Supports 3-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology / ATI® CrossFireX™ Technology

Storage
Intel® ICH10R Southbridge
-6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
-Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
JMicron® 363 controllers:
- 1 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (Black)
- 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
Marvell® PCIe SATA 6Gb/s controller
- 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (Red)

LAN
- Gigabit Intel® PHY

Audio
8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Supports Blu-ray audio layer content protection

IEEE 1394
2 x 1394a ports (1 port onboard, 1 port at back I/O)

USB
NEC® USB 3.0 controller
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (at back I/O)
Intel® ICH10R Southbridge
- 9 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back I/O, 1 port at back I/O reserved for ROG Connect)

Bluetooth Module Accessory Card
-Bluetooth V2.0/V2.1+EDR
-RC Bluetooth On/Off Switch

Back Panel I/O Ports
-1 x External SATA
-1 x IEEE 1394a
-1 x LAN(RJ45) port
-8 -Channel Audio I/O
-1 x Clr CMOS switch
-1 x PS/2 Keyboard port (purple)
-2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
-7 x USB 2.0 ports (1 port also for ROG Connect)
-1 x ROG Connect On/Off switch
-S/PDIF Out (Optical)

Software
-Drivers and Applications
-Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Advanced Edition
-Kaspersky Anti-Virus
-ASUS TurboV EVO Utility
-ASUS PC Probe II
-ASUS Update
-ASUS AI Suite

Other Special Features
-CPU Level UP
-MemOK!
-Onboard switches: Power/Reset/ Clr CMOS
-ASUS MyLogo3
-ASUS Fan Xpert
-ASUS EZ Flash 2
-ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
-Q-Fan Plus
-ASUS Q-Connector
-ASUS Q-Led (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED)
-ASUS Q-Slot
-ASUS Q-Dimm

Form Factor
extended ATX Form Factor: 12 inch x 10.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 26.9 cm )
*The board is 1 inch wider than other ATX boards so check your case for compatibility



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