Asus Rampage 2 Extreme Motherboard (Linus Tech Tips #2)
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2009-05-08
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387 words · ~1 min read
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gentlemen start your
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engine right so today we have the Rampage 2 extreme motherboard from ASUS
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and the features of this board as outlined by the back of the box are
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support for Intel's new nalum core i7 CPUs up to 12 GB of DDR3 memory and
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triple Channel yeah whatever if you wanted to look up the specs you could
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look online so basically we're going to talk a little bit about the slot layout
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basically one of this board has one of the best regarded slot layouts out of
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all the x58 boards you can put in one two
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and just to prove that I can count
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three video cards a tri video card
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configuration it supports both Tri SLI and tri Crossfire and you still will
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have one PCI Express slot way up at the top for the onboard Supreme
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FX sound there you go that's what the back of your system will look like if
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you are unsmart like me and you've managed to plug in three different video
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cards and a sound
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card included with the Rampage 2 extreme is the The Usual Suspects as far as
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accessories goes cables adapters all that kind of stuff but it does come with
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some cool stuff there's the LCD poster which will basically tell you on an LCD
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if the system posted or not and why these are really cool these are probit
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is what it ASUS is calling it but essentially it hooks up to any one of
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these contacts on the side of the board and you can use your digital multim to
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find out the exact voltages being fed to components these are some temp probes
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and then this is kind of cool you've got a flexible SLI Bridge so that means that
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you can either use the two slots that are closer to each other for SLI or the
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two that are further apart that means that you can decide whether you want an
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extra PCI Express or an extra PCI slot as your extra and then there's also the
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new supreme effects xfi Edition it seems like they'll put an xfi logo on pretty
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much anything these days and your IO panel and that's about all for
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interesting access series