Asus Rampage II Extreme preview...

[Arcmanov]

Asus' flagship Corei7 (X58-chipset) motherboard.

Its so purrty...





Now this is what I call a kickass layout.  This is why I prefer Asus (usually) over Gigabyte and MSI.
My only grip is that I wish that the on-board buttons were placed along the bottom edge, but I can
understand why Asus placed them where they are.

This one is probably going to cost north of 300 US (probably closer to 400, if previous models are any indication).

Quite a worthy addition to the Republic Of Gamers product line, wouldn't you say?

[Kraeoss]

i have dreamed a dream....

[phoenix31tt]

yes layout seems typical of asus... nothing different from the current line i mean... except, i'm glad they finally decided to put the sata ports on the side this time yay

and although i can see why they placed the power buttons where the are (because if u install a high end gcard in the last pci-e slot it would block them)... i think they shouldve considered that not many people would not be using that slot anyway and shouldve left the buttons to the bottom edge... it might be kinda difficult to reach with cdroms etc over it

[Spazosaurus]

Wow. That is a beauty of a board. Only one PCI could be a bummer. I like the on board buttons too on the Asus boards. Nice touch.

[Crixx_Creww]

its a shame that this pic isnt 3d
iam worried bout long cards and the big black shiny rampage extreme cooler? there

[phoenix31tt]

iam worried bout long cards and the big black shiny rampage extreme cooler? there

that rampage cooler is not higher than the pci-e slots, i'm pretty sure it wont be higher than the epu/sb heatsink and heatpipes that are on the p5q boards (and the 4870x2 clears that easily)

[Arcmanov]

I think this should answer your questions Crixx.  Clearance won't be an issue with this board...

[Crixx_Creww]

lol ok fine
just hope certain fireball cards dont melt the cooler while they are dangling above it lol

[phoenix31tt]

* phoenix31tt runs to check his board to makes sure it eh melting

lol @ crixx...
this is not the first board with a heatsink there... and i eh hear non of that kinda stories

[Arcmanov]

...but Crixx, forget the heatsink for a moment and CHECK THAT SOUND CARD!!!
You really get what you pay for with this board yes.

* wonders if Asus selling that separate *

[phoenix31tt]

* wonders if Asus selling that separate *

just buy a soundcard straight from creative... asus' implementation wont be as good as creative's in any way (and yes they both use creative's x-fi processor/chip)

[Crixx_Creww]

and why wont asus's card be as 1337 as creative???i phine yu borderline blasphemin against asus.... *chews tobacco and cleans shotgun....*

[phoenix31tt]

me? blashpheming against asus... rofl... havent u seen my last couple of pc builds... asus all the way lol...

but.. having experience with asus' onboard sound... its terrible imo... even compared to my yay old audigy2 zs...

so i put 2 and 2 together

*note- matthew got one of those cards with his maximus II, i'll see if he has tested it yet to give his opinion