Product Gallery - the ASUS Rampage III GENE

Packaging -- we always show it so you guys know what to look for in the store. Well uh, do you guys still go to stores or just order online?

After unpacking you'll notice a well styled and designed motherboard that hints to the Rampage III Extreme design actually.

It is a nice looking motherboard with the passively cooled heatsinks. Nice black PCB with red ROG coloring scheme and the usual complementary products. Eye catching is the new passive cooling slash heatsink design.

ASUS always does its bundles well and as such you'll find one motherboard, a manual that explains every aspect of the board. Other than that you'll find a back I/O panel protector, SLI connector, various chassis stickers and also three S-ATA cables, one SATA 6G cable, RC connect USB cable and yes .. a manual + driver CD.

Make no mistake, despite its size the extra features make this an expensive motherboard alright. You can expect the Rampage III Gene to be found in the 265 USD / 210 EUR price range. The board has the classic Republic of Gamers design with the red themed color scheme and the always black PCB. But let's zoom in a little and focus on the back-panel connectors.

So from left to right that's a PS2 keyboard connector. Then I count a total of six USB ports and then two blue colored USB 3.0 ports, lacking is a eSATA port?, Firewire is present, one Gigabit Ethernet.  Digital audio in the form of an optical TOSLINK connector, and then all the way to the right the analog audio connectors.

You can also spot a button for CMOS clear and the vertical USB port is actually intended for ROG Connect, but can also be used as regular USB port.