ASUS Rampage III Black Edition review

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The motherboard piece by piece

 

The motherboard piece by piece

ASUS Rampage III Black Edition

Right, there we have the ASUS Rampage III Black Edition. That's a smoking hot looking motherboard alright. The focus on this motherboard is dark, rugged, sturdy looking design whilst remaining competitive with pricing.

We dig the three tone (black/grey/Bordeaux red) design a lot, dark colored PCBs are the trend these days. What immediately catches the eyes are the sheer looks and heatsinks sitting on top of the PCH. Look at that.

ASUS Rampage III Black Edition

ASUS Rampage III Black Edition

ASUS Rampage III Black Edition

We received the final retail sample and as such it comes packed with a 'decent' product bundle, its a little scarce on the extras though. Among the gear inside the kit you'll find the following:

  • X58 Motherboard
  • 1 x ROG Connect cable
  • 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
  • 3 x Thermal Sensor cable packs
  • 1 x Cable Ties pack
  • 1 x ROG theme label
  • 1 x 12-in-1 ROG cable label
  • 1 x USB to USB cable for ThunderBolt
  • 2 x Wi-Fi Ring Moving Antenna
  • 1 x Optional NB fan

That's it really, keep in mind that ASUS tried hard to keep this motherboard affordable. The extras you need to seek in the overall design and components usage, which is top notch.

ASUS Rampage III Black Edition

So here we have the motherboard itself, it's an impressive and overwhelming looking motherboard alright. Some of the more notable features are its design, four PCIe x16 (mechanical) slots, out of which 2 can run full speed x16 SLI (x16/x16; x16/x8/x8 and x8/x8/x8/x8 ). The mobo has DDR3 2200 MHz support straight out of the BIOS, USB 3.0 and SATA 6G. We'll cover it all though, let's begin with the IO panel.

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