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By Justin Robinson
Oct 23, 2008 | 13 Comments
Tags: asus | rog | motherboards | x58

ASUS’ premium X58 motherboard, dripping with new and old-school features.

ASUS have been making its 'Republic of Gamers', or ROG, boards for quite some time now. Naturally, when asked if we wanted the latest X58 iteration, our knees began quaking at the mere thought of getting near the thing – and here it is.

The entire board is drenched in features: from the gunmetal, black and red chipset cooling design, to the exclusive use of red-topped solid capacitors. Even the back panel gets this treatment, so check out the gallery for some seriously sexy pics.

Actual specifications of the board are an X58 chipet, matching NT200 chip (allowing 3x16 PCIe V2.0 SLI, or 2x16 Crossfire), seven SATA ports, six DDR3 slots and a host of exciting features that you’ll not get on any other board in the history of ever. And ever is a long time!

Keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming issue with this mobo in it, but for now, check out the drool-inducing shots in our gallery.

 
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$490.00 Asus RAMPAGE-II-EXTREME, LGA1366, X58, 6DDR3, FSB1800(OC)RAID, 2GBLAN, 3xPC...
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$495.00 Asus RAMPAGE II Extreme LGA1366 X58 6DDR3 FSB1800(OC)RAID 2GBLAN3xPCIE2.0 2...
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battlefield_gir
Oct 23, 2008 12:00 PM
 pants defiantly tented
Hawkeye
Oct 23, 2008 12:09 PM
 Whoa, overshare!
SceptreCore
Oct 23, 2008 3:22 PM
 I know you can't tell us anything until the NDA lifts... but you could you tell us out of all the Nehalem boards you have there, which one performs better then the rest? (i.e. features... overclocking, limitations? no numbers just an answer... don't even have to say why! Yet!)
majestic975
Oct 23, 2008 3:36 PM
 i think they have the cone of silence on. they can say notihng.
MagnumXY
Oct 23, 2008 4:25 PM
 Does it support crossfire aswell? Infact do any of the x58 mobos you have tested have crossfire?
MagnumXY
Oct 23, 2008 4:32 PM
 Wait I just realised it does but only 2x16 :( o well ill stick with my x48
Dany Williams
Oct 23, 2008 7:39 PM
 I want, I also want new CPU but noone has any yet.

Taps fingers on desk
bu14-1
Oct 24, 2008 10:21 AM
 Oooh...

I didn't realise it would support Crossfire AND SLI.
smadge1
Oct 27, 2008 3:46 PM
 I like the new Socket1366 (Socket B) especially being able to screw into the metal plate on the back, something that was sorely missing from Socket775.

I'm not into overclocking, it's quite meh, but the technology is exciting.
p_francis_bennett
Oct 28, 2008 12:34 PM
 Darnit, when i open the gallery to view the pics, they don't load and only give me the comments on the pics instead, darnit!!!
p_francis_bennett
Oct 28, 2008 12:36 PM
 so can you put to slis and to crossfire cards on the same board? that'd cause a system clash.
emccat
Oct 31, 2008 3:06 PM
 hey on image 3 of 14 it looks like the mother board is bent ???????

Enspire
Jun 26, 2009 12:19 PM
 I Quote: so can you put to slis and to crossfire cards on the same board? that'd cause a system clash.

No. You can do EITHER SLI or Crossfire. Not both! You only have 3 PCI-E slots so you can't do both.
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