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Review: ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme Omega (w/ 16-core Core i9 7960X)
We review the finest X299 motherboard that ASUS has to offer, the ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme Omega review. An X299 motherboard that can house Kaby-Lake-X and Skylake-X refresh processors. We'll pair it with the 16-core Core i9 7960X today.
Read the full review here.
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Review: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4 memory (32GB / 3600MHz) - Next level Aesthetics - 02/21/2019 03:00 PM
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Review: MSI MEG X299 Creation motherboard - 02/20/2019 06:37 PM
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Review: Deepcool Gammaxx L240 AIO - 02/19/2019 04:33 PM
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Review: Far Cry New Dawn PC graphics benchmark analysis - 02/15/2019 09:27 PM
It has been a busy gaming week, and for you likely a busy gaming weekend! We check out and benchmark the PC version of Far Cry New Dawn (2019) for Windows on the PC relative towards graphics card pe...
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#5644437 Posted on: 02/27/2019 12:38 AM
Hi HH
3 PCI_E slots is not enough, personally I would want at least 5-6 PCI_E slots, 7 I think is more than enough for many people
Most of boards with more PCI_E slots are used for GPU rendering than for breaking the records
Due this I stayed away from X299 and X399, because finding board with 6-7 PCI_E slots is just too hard, X299 Sage is only option to get but still expected few other boards
More M2 slots, 2 M2 slots I think is more than enough etc
Hope this helps
Thanks, Jura
Yeah, I was battling that idea in the review as well. From the mindset of 'hey, I pay for it, so I want as many PCI slots as possible' I agree. However realistically, who still actually uses four PCIe slots with SLI and Crossfire dying a slow death? Wouldn't you rather have extras on the board like an extra M2 (just an example) slot over a 4th PCIe slot?
Hi HH
3 PCI_E slots is not enough, personally I would want at least 5-6 PCI_E slots, 7 I think is more than enough for many people
Most of boards with more PCI_E slots are used for GPU rendering than for breaking the records
Due this I stayed away from X299 and X399, because finding board with 6-7 PCI_E slots is just too hard, X299 Sage is only option to get but still expected few other boards
More M2 slots, 2 M2 slots I think is more than enough etc
Hope this helps
Thanks, Jura
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#5644472 Posted on: 02/27/2019 04:30 AM
Pff... 10GbE.. Old tech.
Thanks for the review boss! That mobo barely break a sweat with a 7960X@4.5GHz which Intel didn't supply because they are cheapstakes.
Pff... 10GbE.. Old tech.
Thanks for the review boss! That mobo barely break a sweat with a 7960X@4.5GHz which Intel didn't supply because they are cheapstakes.
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#5644686 Posted on: 02/27/2019 09:39 PM
I wholeheartedly agree. Very few of us enthusiasts have a need for more than two PCIE slots these days and for people who need those this is obviously not the board for them. A lack of high end mATX board for Ryzen still bothers me to no end. I really hope when Zen2 Ryzen lands later this year we get some high end mATX boards.
Yeah, I was battling that idea in the review as well. From the mindset of 'hey, I pay for it, so I want as many PCI slots as possible' I agree. However realistically, who still actually uses four PCIe slots with SLI and Crossfire dying a slow death? Wouldn't you rather have extras on the board like an extra M2 (just an example) slot over a 4th PCIe slot?
I wholeheartedly agree. Very few of us enthusiasts have a need for more than two PCIE slots these days and for people who need those this is obviously not the board for them. A lack of high end mATX board for Ryzen still bothers me to no end. I really hope when Zen2 Ryzen lands later this year we get some high end mATX boards.
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#5644745 Posted on: 02/28/2019 01:56 AM
Nice looking board and as was the Rampage Extreme VI that it replaced. Would be interesting to see if the Omega refresh offers much performance over the previous. With the high cost of all these new X299 Intel driven boards and CPU's I'll be milking my X99 R5E10 a bit longer.
Nice looking board and as was the Rampage Extreme VI that it replaced. Would be interesting to see if the Omega refresh offers much performance over the previous. With the high cost of all these new X299 Intel driven boards and CPU's I'll be milking my X99 R5E10 a bit longer.
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Perhaps, but M.2 can be as well used within PCI-e card that can have way better cooling and give another option
This would not be 1st mobo where primary PCI-e slot or NIC can die, in which case its better to have some spare PCI-e.
HEDT mobo with only 3 full PCI-e slots at almost 700 eur is pretty much unacceptable for me.