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ASUS Rampage IV Extreme @ Legit Reviews
“The have brought their latest flagship motherboard out for Legit Reviews to play with. Curious about what new features ASUS has implemented in the new ASUS Republic of Games Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard? Or are you simply curious how it will perform with the Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition processor? Either way, join us as we go over the ASUS R4E in detail and put it through a series of benchmarks!”
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z @ eTeknix
“From a first glance, it seems Asus have tried to condense the Maximus IV Extreme-Z down into a small form factor Micro ATX board, without leaving out the vital components and features that make it a ROG board leaving ample support for your vital components.”
MSI X79 Big Bang XPower II @ Guru3D
“Power to the CPU is delivered through a whopping 22 Phase PWM Design with a maximum output power of 770 Watts hence you’ll spot two 8-pin ATX CPU power connectors (don’t worry you can use just one). Anyway, head on over to the next page where we’ll discuss the X79 chipset, the respective MSI X79 Big bang XPower II.”
GIGABYTE X79-UD5 @ TweakTown
“The X79-UD5 from GIGABYTE also marks the last of our X79 boards that we received at launch, bringing the total to 12 X79 motherboards since the launch of the new high end chipset from Intel. We’ve got more boards on the way, but they’ll be slightly delayed. For now we’ll be finishing our massive X79 motherboard run with the X79-UD5.”
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD @ PCStats
“The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard is a socket 1155 platform that can be installed with 2nd Generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 2xxx-series ‘SandyBridge’ processors. Built around the Intel Z68 Express chipset, the board takes up to 32GB of dual channel DDR3-1066/1333/1600/1866/2133 memory (4GB for 32-bit OS’s) in four DIMM slots. Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP) are supported.”
Gigabyte X79 G1.Assassin 2 @ PureOC
“With their G1.Assassin 2 from their “Gamer” series, Gigabyte hopes to deliver a board which exceeds anything else in the mainstream market and we will be putting this motherboard to the test, both in real-world and some synthetic tests to see if this board can live up to the claims.”
MSI 990FXA-GD80 @ Bjorn3D
“The 990FXA-GD80 is a shiny addition to the MSI gaming line, and comes stacked with attractive features such as stronger capacitors and more powerful core chokes. It also has the ability to run a 3-way SLI or 4-way CrossFireX configuration.”
ECS X79R-AX @ TweakTown
“Today, though, we take the time to check out something a lot higher end in the form of the Intel X79 based X79R-AX. We saw ECS do a pretty good job with the lower end A75 board; it will be interesting to see how they handle the new high end chipset from Intel along with our high end i7 3960X CPU.”
ASUS 990FX Sabertooth @ Bjorn3D
“The ASUS 990FX Sabertooth uses the AM3+ socket, which fits a large number of AMD processors. AMD has a good history of offering backwards compatibility, making it a favorite of more mainstream users who don’t necessarily need the extreme performance offered by Intel CPUs, and also don’t want to spend money on a new motherboard every time they upgrade their processor.”
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme @ TBreak
“The Republic of Gamers series of products has been the star of ASUS’s lineup for a long time, with the Extreme series motherboards highlighting the technological push ASUS represents within the PC industry. Today I’ll be looking at the Rampage IV Extreme, the highest-end motherboard ASUS makes for the new LGA2011 Sandy Bridge-E platform.”