Combining both overclocking and gaming features into a motherboard will be appreciated by enthusiasts, although it seems a bit of a kick in the nuts to Overclockers as ASUS are charging more for an X99 motherboard with one crucially missing overclocking nicety-the venerable OC Panel II, which happens to be bundled in the cheaper ASUS Rampage V Extreme.īut it’s got RGB LED lighting, and that somehow qualifies an extra R2000.Ĭynicism aside, there are some extra features bundled in that make up that R2000 extra, such as better audio and a dedicated Supreme HiFi DAC bundled with the motherboard.

It seems fitting, then, that ASUS positions this Edition 10 (signifying 10 years of producing Rampage motherboards) as their top tier X99 motherboard for breaking records with “overclocking and gaming innovations”. The Rampage V Extreme released as a Haswell-E motherboard built for overclocking, but the X99 STRIX Gaming, with all its RGB and “gaming” focus was conceived as their “gaming” Broadwell-E X99 motherboard. If the Rampage V Extreme and X99 STRIX motherboard had a baby, the ASUS ROG Rampage V Edition 10 would be it. If the X99 STRIX Gaming and RAMPAGE V Extreme had a baby I’d like to kindly thank ASUS South Africa for sending me a complete sample system from which this motherboard review is derived. That being said, ASUS being ASUS are always ready and willing to dole out some top level motherboards to help make even the most discerning buyer push rationality aside to purchase this R10 000 or $600 ASUS ROG Rampage V Edition 10 motherboard. That being said, the refresh-cycle at this level of computing just makes no sense, since those buying X99 based systems often are tech-savvy enough to know that a refresh offers limited performance benefits. As in the past, it falls to motherboard makers to wine and dine consumers to refreshed X99 platforms which is doubly hard since many “old” X99 motherboards can support Broadwell-E processors with a simply BIOS update. The prices ranging from slightly mad to properly certifiable. The release of Intel Broadwell-E 2011-v3 processors is the latest salvo from Intel into the ultra-enthusiast market, dropping 6 ,8 and 10 core monster CPU bombshells onto the market.

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