ASUS today announced the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Rampage IV Black Edition, an E-ATX gaming and overclocking motherboard designed to unleash the full potential of Intel LGA 2011 Core i7 Ivy Bridge-E processors is available for pre-order at select sites.Based on the Intel X79 Express chipset, the Rampage IV Black Edition includes all of the best ROG technologies and innovations for unrivaled gaming and overclocking performance. With its four PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots, two PCI-E 2.0 x1 slots and eight DIMM slots supporting up to 64 GB of overclocked DDR3 DRAM, the Rampage IV Black Edition has near limitless expansion possibilities, including support for both 4-way NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFireX.Every Rampage IV Black Edition includes a free copy of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, allowing gamers to take advantage of premium ROG hardware and software features right out of the box.Born to push limits and break recordsASUS designed the Rampage IV Black Edition for those who demand the ultimate feature set. It includes the OC Panel, a real-time system-monitoring and tuning console that is great for gamers and a huge advantage for overclockers. It can be mounted internally for everyday monitoring of temperatures, base clock and fan speeds while also offering one-click CPU Level Up for an instant speed boost.
Externally, it can be used to monitor and control multiple parameters in real-time via onboard buttons. System NameWorking on it;)ProcessorI7-4790K (Stock speeds right now)MotherboardMSI Z97 U3 PlusCoolingBe Quiet Pure Rock AirMemory16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 SniperVideo Card(s)GIGABYTE Vega 64 (Non Reference)StorageSamsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x2Tb WD BlackDisplay(s)34' LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (3440.1440).FREESYNC.CaseRosewill ChallengerAudio Device(s)Onboard + HD HDMIPower SupplyCorsair HX750 (love it)MouseLogitech G5KeyboardCorsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion RedSoftwareWin 10 upgraded from Win 7 Pro. I agree, but its not just the board they are selling since it seems to come with some widget.The chipset is old though and making new boards based on the old chipset seems pointless IMO overall. They could have just made slight revisions to existing designs. Is it a money grab? Probably, yes.Most people won't be buying an LGA2011 based system no matter what. That was true of the platform when it first came out and it is true now years later.
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If you're going to buy into a platform I find it advantageous to buy into it when it is first released rather then when its on its way out.If Intel had bothered with a new chipset and feature set for the LGA2011 platform that might have swayed some more people. The platform is still priced out of many people's comfort zone though.Haswell-E LGA2011-3 / X99 is probably the only thing that would get me to consider a new platform at the moment.not this stale stuff. There are also a number of people who don't even use half of the PCI-E lanes that 2011 offers, forget utilizing all the memory, bandwidth, or cores.I've said this time and time again, if I need the PCH to do more than X79 does, I wouldn't be using the PCH in the first place. I agree, but its not just the board they are selling since it seems to come with some widget.The chipset is old though and making new boards based on the old chipset seems pointless IMO overall. They could have just made slight revisions to existing designs. Is it a money grab? Probably, yes.Most people won't be buying an LGA2011 based system no matter what.
That was true of the platform when it first came out and it is true now years later. If you're going to buy into a platform I find it advantageous to buy into it when it is first released rather then when its on its way out.If Intel had bothered with a new chipset and feature set for the LGA2011 platform that might have swayed some more people. The platform is still priced out of many people's comfort zone though.Haswell-E LGA2011-3 / X99 is probably the only thing that would get me to consider a new platform at the moment.not this stale stuff. System NamePC?ProcessorIntel Xeon Processor E5-2697 v2MotherboardASUS Sabertooth X79 TUFCoolingNZXT Kraken X62Memory32gb of G.Skill Trident X 2400MHz C10Video Card(s)EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 HybridStorageC:/Samsung 840 EVO 1TB - D:/7TB of Storage (WD-Bx2)Display(s)LG 34GK950F-B Black 34' 21:9 144HzCaseCorsair 1000DAudio Device(s)Topping DX7S + Cambridge Audio CXA60 + Klipsch RP-160M + Klipsch Reference R-112Power SupplyCorsair AX1200iMouseLogitech G900KeyboardLogitech G Pro KeyboardSoftwareWindows 10 Pro (64bit). If I find it here and has major improvements on the VRM over the RIVE (like not requiring a water block at 1.5-1.65V vcore and an LLC setting that neither drops or overshoots) I'm getting one of these.
The on board audio comes handy when you run 3-4 way Crossfire or 2 way crossfire with really bizarre cooling (like 2 Prolimatech MK-26s which is what I plan to use with my future r9 290X crossfire). What would be really sweet is if this board could get a 4930K/60X to 5Ghz on some normal core voltage(that is only reason I don't want to get IVB-E). That sounds like a fairly well rehearsed and canned response especially considering how inappropriate it is.I really don't see the point of your post. I already own an ASUS P9X79 Deluxe (X79) motherboard and have for some time. Its been very Good to me. It's a great platform IMO albeit not without some shortcomings.So again, while not specificly bashing the platform, it was released in late 2011 and we are rapidly approaching 2014. The LGA1155 platform Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge has moved from P67, Z68, and Z77 to name a few.
Then moved on to Haswell LGA1150 Z87 ect with a growing feature set (on the lower end) while the higher-end platform remains fairly stagnant.So yes, I said it.its stale. And as time goes on it gets even more so. That's not to say its bad or inherently flawed becaue of its vintage (it's still a powerful platform) but it does mean its due or almost due for succession.One, two or a plethora of new X79 motherboards just seems like a flashback to late 2011 with or without the amenities they may or may not tack on. System NameThe BattlestationProcessorIntel Core i7 8700kMotherboardMSi Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon ACCoolingEK Supremacy w/ EK Coolstream PE360MemoryG.
Skill Trident RGB 32GB 4x8GB @ 3600mhz 16-16-16-36Video Card(s)MSi GTX1070 Gaming X 8GB @ 2GHzStorageSamung 970 EVO 250GB (OS), Samsung 970 EVO 1TB (Games)Display(s)Qnix QX2710 27' 2560 x 1440 PLS @ 100hzCasePhantek Enthoo Evolv ATX TGAudio Device(s)MSi Gaming AudioBoost ALC1220 w/ Sennheiser Game OnesPower SupplySeasonic Flagship Prime Ultra Platinum 850MouseSteelseries Rival 600 w/ Hyper X MatKeyboardCorsair K70 w/ MX Browns and Red BacklitSoftwareWindows 10 Pro 64-Bit. System NameFX CrossFireXProcessorAMD FX™ 8370 @StockMotherboardGA-990FXA-UD5 (rev. 3.1CoolingNoctua NH-D15 the BEASTMemoryAMD Radeon™ R5 Entertainment Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-1600 MHz CL11 Part Number: R5316G1601U2K-G TVideo Card(s)MSI Gaming R9 390Storagex3 Seagates 1Terabyte X1 Seagate 2Terabyte. System Name7 years old. Really want an upgradeProcessorCore i7 920 D0 @ 3.5GHzMotherboardASUS Rampage II Extreme X58CoolingWatercooled CPU (Swiftech Apogee GTZ)Memory6GB Corsair Dominator 2000MHz @ 1603MHzVideo Card(s)Gainward GTX 580 3GB PhantomStorage240GB Kingston SSD (primary), 500GB Western Digital Velociraptor (storage)Display(s)Acer GD245HQ 23.6' 1920x1080 120Hz 2msCaseCoolermaster HAF X Full TowerAudio Device(s)-Power SupplyCorsair 1000w HXMouseRazer Mamba (blue version)KeyboardRazer BlackWidow UltimateSoftwareWindows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit (Win 10 soon).
System NamePC?ProcessorIntel Xeon Processor E5-2697 v2MotherboardASUS Sabertooth X79 TUFCoolingNZXT Kraken X62Memory32gb of G.Skill Trident X 2400MHz C10Video Card(s)EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 HybridStorageC:/Samsung 840 EVO 1TB - D:/7TB of Storage (WD-Bx2)Display(s)LG 34GK950F-B Black 34' 21:9 144HzCaseCorsair 1000DAudio Device(s)Topping DX7S + Cambridge Audio CXA60 + Klipsch RP-160M + Klipsch Reference R-112Power SupplyCorsair AX1200iMouseLogitech G900KeyboardLogitech G Pro KeyboardSoftwareWindows 10 Pro (64bit).