SF3D Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I finally got this board after few delays. Thanks volcano etc. This is the latest mainboard from ASUS. This motherboard is purely made for extreme overclocking. It can be seen easily as everything unnecessary bling bling is taken off. Product page: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. For sale in Finand and price: http://www.jimmspc-store.fi/tuote/RAMPAGE-III-EXTREME?t=false Latest bios: http://sf3d.pp.fi/RampageIII-Extreme-ASUS-0504.rar Specs: CPU Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor Support Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Refer to ASUSTeK Computer for Intel CPU support list Chipset Intel® X58 / ICH10R System Bus Up to 6400 MT/s with QuickPath Interconnection Memory 6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Triple channel memory architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) *Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. *Refer to ASUSTeK Computer or this user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lidts). Expansion Slots 4 x PCIe 2.0 x16 , support x16; x16/x16; x16/x8/x8 and x8/x8/x8/x8 configurations 1 x PCIe x4 1 x PCI 2.2 Multi-GPU Support Support NVIDIA 3-Way SLI™ / ATI CrossFireX™ Technology 4 PCIe x16 slots ready for 4 single PCB graphic cards Storage Intel ICH10R controller 6 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10 JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller 1 xExternal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) 1 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s port Marvell® PCIe SATA 6Gb/s controller 2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports LAN Gigabit Intel® LAN Audio 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection - Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking - Supports 1 Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O IEEE 1394 2 x 1394a port(s) (1 port at back I/O, 1 port onboard) USB NEC® USB 3.0 controller - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (at back panel) Intel® ICH10R Southbridge - 9 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports at midboard; 6 ports at back panel, 1 reserved for ROG Connect) Overclocking Features ROG Connect RC Bluetooth ROG Extreme Engine Digi+ - 8-phase CPU power - 3-phase QPI/DRAM power - 3-phase NB power - 3-phase Memory power - ML Caps on CPU, Memory and QPI respectively ProbeIt iROG Extreme Tweaker BIOS Flashback with onboard switch button USB BIOS Flashback Loadline Calibration ROG Extreme OC kit LN2 Mode PCIe x16 Lane Switch Q_Reset Double Power Supply with dual 8-pin (CPU) and dual 4-pin (VGA) molex power connectors Intelligent overclocking tools: - ASUS AI Booster Utility - O.C Profile Overclocking Protection: - COP EX (Component Overheat Protection - EX) - Voltiminder LED - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) Special Features CPU Level Up MemOK! Onboard Switches: Power / Reset / Clr CMOS (at rear) ASUS MyLogo3 ASUS Fan Xpert ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 Q-Fan Plus ROG BIOS Wallpaper ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) ASUS Q-Slot ASUS Q-DIMM Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port (purple) 1 x Clr CMOS switch 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port 1 x IEEE 1394a connector 1 x External SATA port 1 x LAN (RJ45) port 1 x ROG Connect On/Off switch 1 x RC Bluetooth switch 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Blue) 7 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (1 port also for ROG Connect) 8-channel Audio I/O Internal I/O Connectors 1 x IEEE 1394a connector 1 x S/PDIF Out connector 8 x ProbeIt Measurement Points 3 x Thermal sensor connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX Power connector 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connectors 1 x En/Dis-able Clr CMOS header 1 x LN2 Mode Header 1 x START (Power On) button 1 x RESET button 2 x EZ Plug connectors (4-pin Molex Power connectors) 1 x OC Station header 1 x RC Bluetooth header 1 x Go Button 1 x BIOS Switch button 1 x ROG light connector 1 x CD Audio in 1 x Audio front panel 1 x System panel connector 1 x FAN1 Connector for optional fan-thermal module BIOS 16 Mb Flash ROM AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI2.0a Multi-Language BIOS Manageability WOL by PME,WOR by PME,PXE Accessories 1 x ROG Connect cable 1 x ProbeIt cable set 1 x 3-Way SLI Bridge 1 x SLI Cable 1 x CrossFire Cable 1 x 2 in 1 ASUS Q-Connector Kit 3 x 2-in-1 SATA signal cables 1 x 2-in-1 SATA 6G cables 1 x 2-port USB2.0 + ESATA module 1 x I/O Shield 1 x Thermal Sensor Cable Pack 1 x Cable Ties Pack 1 x ROG theme label 1 x 12-in-1 ROG Cable Label 1 x Optional Fan-Thermal Module 1 x RC Bluetooth card Bluetooth Module Accessory Card Bluetooth V2.0/V2.1+EDR RC Bluetooth On/Off Switch Support Disc Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS AI Suite ASUS Update Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Futuremark® 3DMark® Vantage Advanced Edition ASUS TurboV EVO Utility Form Factor ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 10.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 26.9 cm ) Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF3D Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 (edited) Some test results on aircooling and on LN2. Systeem specs: ASUS Rampage III Extreme Intel core i7 980X B1 ES Kingston 2133 CL8 Elpida Hyper kit Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X (4kpl) ASUS GTX 285 Antec 1200W OC PSU SF3D OC Inflection point LN2 pot. This particular ES B1 processor is not a very good specimen. Coldbug -165C°, but there is no scaling after -155C°. CBB -104C°. LN2 mode is helping the overclocking with some particular CPU's Aircooled results. Maximum speed on normal room temp (23C°): Vantage Cinebench 64-bit Wprime 32M Superpi 32M (OK efficiency) On Ln2, some scaling can be seen Efficiency in 3D tests is very good. Low clock run, because there was some issues with VGA Cinebench is very heavy for uncore and ram with 64-bit. This is so called safe run Wprime could be runned at 6070MHz 3DM06 CPU at 6GHz clocks Vantage CPU test is a good meter about CPU overclockability 5.9GHz is not a bad result for B1 ES processor. Efficiency was almost there. Sub 6 minutes would have been possible, if system would have been able to run any higher. Uncore and memory were limiting me at that point. Edited May 10, 2010 by SF3D errors everywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmus66 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 It's a great looking board love the red and black design. Which bios are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Oh, you didn't tell me your B1 was good for 5GHz uncore . Nice overview and results. Any things we need to pay attention to when pushing the mainboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiwa Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 great results petri thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calathea Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Double 8pin cpu contacts is a nice touch.. but how many of us can actually use them? Ok with 2 psu's you can, is that the meaning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmus66 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Double 8pin cpu contacts is a nice touch.. but how many of us can actually use them? Ok with 2 psu's you can, is that the meaning? Many new powersupplys have 8x2 pins for the cpu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew NeoForce Posted May 10, 2010 Crew Share Posted May 10, 2010 Thanks for nice pics and results, Petri. I`m sure that you can push it higher =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Turrican Posted May 10, 2010 Crew Share Posted May 10, 2010 It's a great looking board love the red and black design. Which bios are you using? in the screenshots is the mainboard tab of cpu-z also opened, there you can see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmomi Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 very nice board but i like UD9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmus66 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Try the 0534 bios it's the best one. Got 255 mhz blck on the board with that bios and alot of tweaking. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=251633 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlinen Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Elmor and Kinc doing some benchmarking with the ASUS Rampage III Extreme http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=251517 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxi Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Nice preview Pete, sick uncore on that chip. I see you got the 8x link width bug on a couple of those, any idea what's causing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Oh, by the way, scientists developped some thing with the name "thumbnail". It's easy to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF3D Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Mark- in the shots where is x8 are done with card in second slot or with multi card configuration. I have not seen this x8 bug, which have been present in some other boards. Pieter- That is a bad science In my "previews" I always upload these full pictures. They should load pretty quickly from my own server space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew stummerwinter Posted May 11, 2010 Crew Share Posted May 11, 2010 Hi Pete, 3D06 CPU-Test seems bit low...Caused by ATI-card? Had arround 14000 with GTX480@AIR... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF3D Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Yes. Nvidia + XP will give best CPU score in 3DM06. It should be ok in my tests. I got around 13.5K score with ATI + Win7 @ 6300MHz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF3D Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Latest bios: http://sf3d.pp.fi/RampageIII-Extreme-ASUS-0534.rar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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