Product Showcase

Alright, packaging first. The ROG colored box is easy to recognize. In this review we'll use a new 16 GB Quad-channel memory kit from Corsair, this is the red colored (suits the motherboard) Vengeance kit rated at 1866 MHz.

So we can show you the final motherboard, this is the Rampage IV Extreme (R4E) with eight DIMM slots. That would allow you to install a maximum of 64GB of memory actually. The motherboard is has that typical red black ROG style. Outrageous looking hardware really.

Let me first state clearly that this is a large size motherboard as it has the Extended ATX form factor (30.5 x 27.2cm / 12" x 10.7"). So make sure that it firs inside your chassis.

Included in the box next to the motherboards you'll find the defaults like SATA cables, an extra small fan to help you cool down the chipset, IO plate manuals and driver CD. Also 2,3 and 4 way SLI bridges are included as well as that OC Key.

Here you can see the OC key, it's placed in-between your graphics card DVI connector and the monitor. Lovely stuff, but a rather long dongle as we'll show you later on.