Asus Rampage Extreme Motherboard

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Asus Rampage Extreme Motherboard

The Ultimate Overclocking Board for Tweaking Fun

* Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 Processors
* Intel® X48/ICH9R
* Dual-channel DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
* Fusion Block System
* Extreme Engine
* TweakIt
* BIOS Flashback
* iROG
* SupremeFX X-Fi 8-ch Audio

LGA775 Intel® Core™2 Processor Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Quad-core processors in LGA775 package. It's excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1600/1333/1066 MHz FSB. Intel® Quad-core Processor is one of the most powerful CPU in the world.

Intel® X48 Chipset
The Intel® X48 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support the next generation 45nm CPU in high-end desktop and workstation platform; and up to 8GB of dual-channel DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz memory architecture. It also supports 1600/1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side Bus), fully dual PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPUs. With the specially included Intel® Fast Memory Access technology, available memory bandwidth usage is optimized and memory access latency is reduced- allowing faster memory speed.

PCIe 2.0
Double Speed; Double Bandwidth
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth which enhances system performance.

ATI CrossFireX Technology
ATI's CrossFireX boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolutions to get the high image quality you want. CrossFire ignites with the higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings you desire. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with your advanced 3D settings, and check the effect with a real-time 3D-rendered preview within ATI's Catalyst™ Control Center to rule your CrossFireX system.

change to "Dual-Channel DDR3 2000(O.C.)/ 1800(O.C.)/ 1600 MHz
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066/800MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest operation system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 17 GB/s. Furthermore, the supply voltage for the memory is reduced from 1.8 V for DDR2 to just 1.5 V for DDR3. This voltage reduction limits the power consumption and heat generation of DDR3 which makes it an ideal memory solution.

Fusion Block System
H2O ready: Water-cooling ready for optimal heat dissipation.
The Fusion Block System is a more efficient thermal solution than competing followers with complicated looks. It is a hybrid thermal design that combines the ROG's renouned heatpipe design with the additional ability to connect to a water cooling system. By taking the entire integrated solution into design consideration , with a single connection, user can enjoy exceptional thermal improvement to north bridge, south bridge, and even VRM. We also provide a super optional thermal kit that is used on NB and MOS to improve in heat dissipation. The Fusion Block System is the most versatile, the most efficient, and the most advanced thermal system there is on a motherboard.

Extreme Engine
Next-generation dynamic multi-phase power management
Maximum Overclocking
The Extreme Engine ensures stable power supply under the most demanding load to mission-critical components such as the processor, the system memory and the north bridge on the motherboard. The special power design of the Extreme Engine menas users have the option to venture into high voltage options in the BIOS, allowing for even higher performance enhancements. The "Extreme" ROG motherboard with the Extreme Engine even armed with high-performance ML-Caps, ensuring extra edge during extreme overclocking.