WEBVTT 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:23.199 welcome friends to my unboxing and overview of the Rampage 4 extreme black 00:00:20.279 --> 00:00:27.240 edition it's a rampage 4 extreme but it's been updated in some significant 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:33.719 ways so memory speed has been upgraded from 2.4 GHz Max to 2.8 gz Max their 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:37.800 Extreme Engine Digi plus vrm design has moved from their second gen to their 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:41.680 third gen design game first 2 has been added to the onboard networking allowing 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:45.800 your game packets to be prioritized Bluetooth has been updated to 4.0 and 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:50.360 they've added Wireless AC which was not present on the original Rampage 4 00:00:47.800 --> 00:00:55.440 extreme the BIOS has a black edition theme there are 60 amp chokes versus the 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:59.359 older black metallic chokes for the power design Assassin's Creed 4 is in 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:02.879 the Box versus Battlefield 3 in the older one there are six SATA 3 ports 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:07.400 versus four SATA 3 ports in the older one there are eight usb3 ports versus 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:13.799 six usb3 ports in the older one and it comes with the OC panel versus the OC 00:01:11.119 --> 00:01:17.840 key for overclocking it has a Subzero temperature monitor it's got a pause 00:01:15.960 --> 00:01:22.159 switch VGA hot wire four extra fan headers that you can attach fans to just 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:25.600 like that on an exposed PCB and much more so I'll tease you guys by holding 00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:30.240 the board here while I talk about some of the things that set Rog or Republic 00:01:27.880 --> 00:01:33.720 of Gamers apart because let's face it boards are going to perform pretty much 00:01:31.759 --> 00:01:38.600 the same out of the box compared to each other these days so Rog gets special 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:43.240 attention there's preset profiles from the Rog team for things like CPU and 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:47.479 memory to give you great starting points when you're tweaking things on your own 00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:51.960 there are excellent automatic management rules running in the background whenever 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:57.039 you're making simple adjustments for a quick overclock to things like vcore and 00:01:54.439 --> 00:02:00.920 CPU frequency that enable the system to maintain stability even if you don't 00:01:58.759 --> 00:02:03.960 know how all those little settings work speaking of all the little settings 00:02:02.320 --> 00:02:08.959 there's Tweakers Paradise which gives you an enormous range of tweaking 00:02:06.399 --> 00:02:14.400 options that most people like like short of probably a couple dozen people in the 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:16.440 entire world will never ever need but 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:20.000 they're there it's also got their CPR boot recovery so it allows it to recover 00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:24.120 and boot up without clearing seos allowing you to continue on your Merry 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:28.640 way overclocking and actually this is a bit of a new thing so unlike many Rog 00:02:26.760 --> 00:02:32.879 products in the past it has four-way optimization which allows F speed CPU 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:36.440 speed and power consumption to be balanced and also includes their new 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:40.280 away mode which turns power consumption way down when you're actually not right 00:02:38.440 --> 00:02:44.360 there in front of the system the first accessory we find in the box is the OC 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:47.920 panel it's got a normal mode and you can mount it in a 5 and 1/4 in Bay in your 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:51.720 system that gives you like a post debug readout hardware monitor info like 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:57.040 temperatures and fan speeds and allows you to change your fan profiles on the 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:59.480 fly or you can get crazy and get things 00:02:57.040 --> 00:03:03.760 into extreme mode which has insane stuff like uh it provides leads that you can 00:03:01.760 --> 00:03:07.440 run to make adjustments to up to four graphics cards at a time to crazy stuff 00:03:05.799 --> 00:03:11.519 like power switching frequency and overcurrent protection it's got Sub-Zero 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:15.080 temp probes that actually plug right in here and allow you to monitor subzero 00:03:13.239 --> 00:03:19.200 temperatures it gives you direct control of key frequencies and voltages on the 00:03:16.959 --> 00:03:24.000 Fly and much more if you want a more detailed overview we actually covered it 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:27.200 in the Maximus 6 Extreme unboxing quite a while ago this isn't the first time 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:31.599 we've seen OC panel and it's a very cool little piece of Hardware it plugs into a 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:37.480 proprietary report on supported Boards called rogor EXT accessory wise assus 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:42.879 includes two-way three-way and four-way SL Bridges as well as an Rog branded 00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:46.360 Crossfire Bridge they include 10 SATA cables half of which are right angle and 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:49.959 half of which are straight they include their Q connector for easily plugging in 00:03:48.040 --> 00:03:54.040 your front panel connectors as well as their dualband magnetic antenna that 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:58.400 plugs into the back of the motherboard IO for your wireless implementation they 00:03:56.480 --> 00:04:03.879 include the cable the custom cable that you need to plug in the OC panel as well 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:08.000 as an Rog connect USB cable so that you can plug a second computer usually a 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:12.280 laptop into it to monitor things that way if you prefer not to use the OC 00:04:10.079 --> 00:04:17.079 panel they also include an IO Shield an awesome metal Republic of Gamers magnet 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:20.280 that's freaking amazing as well as a manual driver disc that you can throw 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:24.919 away and of course that copy of Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag they also 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:29.800 include a standard LGA 2011 back plate to go along with the custom much more 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:33.560 robust one that they have pre-installed on the board now on to the motherboard 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:37.600 itself the CPU socket is of course an LGA 2011 socket with full support for 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:42.960 the latest extreme Edition processors for power we've got an 8 Pin and four 00:04:40.080 --> 00:04:49.240 pin connector that feeds the 8 plus 3phase CPU power design with 60 amp gold 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:53.639 treated coating chokes this is the best power delivery design that ASUS has ever 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:58.919 implemented on a consumer grade motherboard hands down in fact even the 00:04:56.880 --> 00:05:02.520 memory has been beefed up with two plus two phase power something that I've 00:05:00.520 --> 00:05:09.240 personally never seen on a board before not only that but the whole board 00:05:04.520 --> 00:05:11.560 features 100% 10,000 hour lifetime Black 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:16.000 Metallic caps so it not only will run extremely well it'll do it for an 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:17.520 extremely long time moving along along 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:21.639 to the right hand side of the board we have a postcode readout as well as 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:25.960 onboard switches for start and reset we can individually turn our PCI Express 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:29.919 16x Lanes on and off with a bunch of dip switches here we've also got the slow 00:05:27.960 --> 00:05:33.360 mode dip switch which is most for extreme overclocking our 24 pin 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:36.280 connector in its ideal location on the right hand Edge our usb3 connector in 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:40.680 its ideal location on the right hand Edge although i' prefer to see it at a 00:05:38.080 --> 00:05:44.759 right angle we've also got 10 SATA connectors six of which are SATA 36 GB 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:48.919 per second two provided by the Intel chipset two by as media chipsets and 00:05:46.479 --> 00:05:53.600 then there are four SATA 2 connectors we've got dual physical bio switches as 00:05:50.880 --> 00:05:58.240 well as the rest of our front panel connectors we have a BIOS switch for 00:05:55.759 --> 00:06:02.840 switching in between those two bioses as well as an easy plug PL down here at the 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:05.840 bottom so that's a four pin Molex that provides auxiliary power if you're 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:08.880 installing more than a couple of graphics cards speaking of a couple of 00:06:07.440 --> 00:06:16.400 Graphics per cards we've got full support for four-way Crossfire and 00:06:10.960 --> 00:06:18.280 four-way SLI with 16x 8X 8X 8X operation 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:24.280 being the maximum that it can run at or you can go 16x 16x if you run in PCI 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.840 Express Lots 1 and five I would like to 00:06:24.280 --> 00:06:30.160 backtrack a little bit here and I want to show you guys what they have done in 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:33.919 terms of voltage notification as well as voltage checkpoints so their 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:37.840 Pro Bel voltage checkpoints have expanded from seven voltages to 10 00:06:36.479 --> 00:06:42.800 including allowing you to monitor the voltages of addin video cards and their 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:46.199 volt minder 2 LED system not only now indicates what kind of voltages things 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:50.280 are running at with different colors representing more and more dangerous 00:06:47.880 --> 00:06:54.520 voltages but it can also indicate which voltage costs an overclock to fail now 00:06:52.479 --> 00:06:58.319 that is an extremely awesome feature and you'll find that right around here on 00:06:56.400 --> 00:07:02.199 the side it's become a pattern for Rampage class board boards to have 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:06.879 mediocre sound implementations compared to Maximus range boards in the past 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:10.720 little while but that is going out the window with the black edition so they 00:07:08.520 --> 00:07:15.080 have put one of their best audio implementations ever on this particular 00:07:12.960 --> 00:07:21.240 board it starts with the PCB moot which is a separated PCB portion just for 00:07:18.440 --> 00:07:25.080 audio as well as PCB shielding and a tin plated metal cover on the Supreme FX 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:29.639 chip itself all of this is to reduce interference it follows up with Elna 00:07:27.520 --> 00:07:33.960 premium audio capacitors as well as a new W amp design to reduce interference 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:38.319 and make the output cleaner they've also implemented much better than usual front 00:07:36.280 --> 00:07:44.039 audio so there's a separate front audio deck which is a cus logic 00:07:40.400 --> 00:07:47.319 cs4398 instead of HD audio and added a 00:07:44.039 --> 00:07:49.680 Texas Instruments TPA 61282 headphone 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:53.639 amp for the front Port so even the front Port can handle 600 ohm headphones not 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:57.680 only that but going along with their Supreme FX Hardware is the software side 00:07:55.960 --> 00:08:02.039 of things so they've got their radar overlay to show you sounds for es 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:06.000 visually on the screen in front of you along with their sound enhancer with 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:09.080 presets for gaming to key in on footsteps Bomb Timer beeps or other 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:13.360 kinds of in-game noises as well as profiles for the sound enhancer that you 00:08:11.280 --> 00:08:18.039 can switch between on the Fly fan expert 2 now has along with being able to set 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:23.479 you know custom fan curves and profiles that are preset or whatever you want to 00:08:19.479 --> 00:08:25.639 do now has full control of both DC and 00:08:23.479 --> 00:08:31.680 pwm fan so this is something we haven't seen before and all the fan headers are 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:36.479 located here here here here here here 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:38.719 here here and here so guys who is this 00:08:36.479 --> 00:08:44.720 board for because it's extremely expensive it's for people who want 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:47.160 nothing but the absolute best that's 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:50.519 what it's for if you want to load up 64 gigs of RAM you want to put an extreme 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:54.360 Edition in there and load in four graphics cards and you want everything 00:08:52.160 --> 00:08:58.240 to actually run correctly all the components on this board are designed 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:02.200 for it to actually be loaded up I mean even little simple things like the vrm 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:06.560 solution for the CPU is designed to give off less interference when it's being 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:09.160 heavily loaded so it's less likely to to cause a problem with some other 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:14.399 component of the system that might also be working extremely hard it's not made 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:18.200 for you to just kind of casually throw you know 8 gigs of RAM in it and like 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:22.920 One graphics card and like you know the lowest end CPU that fits in it this is 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:25.839 for the hardcore let's go around to the back of the board and I'll show you guys 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:29.880 I mean even the back plates are hardcore there's back plates on the vrm back 00:09:27.920 --> 00:09:33.160 plates on what would typically be called the Southbridge area back when I was you 00:09:31.920 --> 00:09:38.399 know first getting into this stuff which was an awful long time ago and then let's finish up with iio so there's a 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:45.040 PS2 keyboard mouse combo Port I still love to see this four USB 2.0 ports six 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:49.720 USB 3.0 ports two EA ports gigabit Ethernet of course that has game first 2 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:55.800 as well as the onboard AC audio 7.1 audio as well as optical audio out and 00:09:53.160 --> 00:10:00.720 finally Rog connect as well as a clear seos button built right into that 00:09:57.640 --> 00:10:03.320 shrouded gorgeous back that's got a nice 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:07.480 big like heat sink attached to it and like a nice heat pipe up here and man 00:10:05.680 --> 00:10:11.240 this board looks good if you were to buy a board based on just having the best 00:10:09.680 --> 00:10:16.640 looking system on the Block then it would be hard to recommend anything other than the Rampage for extreme black 00:10:14.880 --> 00:10:19.720 edition thanks for watching this video like it if you liked it dislike it if 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.839 you disliked it leave a comment letting me know what you think of this board and 00:10:21.360 --> 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