asus republic of gamers motherboards

[Ben1666]

What do people think of them .does anyone have a fav , anyone u would highly recommend ?

 

[Razorbak86]

Ian Cutress, Anandtech's Senior Editor - Motherboards, recently wrote an excellent in-depth article on the ROG brand, so I would encourage you to read that for a detailed analysis. JJ at Asus also gives a detailed overview of each ROG board on Asus' YouTube channel, so you should look those up, too, for more information.

Here is my perspective. All three of the Maximus V boards (Socket 1155 / Sandy & Ivy Bridge) have similar features and components, but they are targeted towards slightly different market segments. The Gene is an entry level board for the ROG series (<$200), with a MicroATX form factor. It is more focused on gamers and people who want a small form factor for a small case, but like all ROG boards, it is also highly overclockable. The Extreme is about 1 inch wider than ATX, so it wont easily fit in a lot of mid tower cases. It is packed with extreme overclocking features, but is also an excellent board for gaming. These two boards are at the opposite ends of the ROG spectrum. Gene has onboard audio (gamer focused), and Extreme has sub-zero overclocking features (overclocker focused). The Formula sits right in the middle of the ROG product line, incorporating some features of both (e.g., onboard audio and extreme OC). Formula is only 1/2 inch wider than ATX, so it can fit in many mid tower cases that won't fit an Extreme, and it has additional PCIe slots that the Gene's smaller form factor can't support. So it is sort of a compromise board, targeted at both gamers and overclocking enthusiasts.

Personally, I like the Formula best for my needs, since I am mostly interested in gaming, I like the onboard audio, and I want the additional PCIe slots in a form factor that will still fit in a mid tower case.

 

[red454]

I searched for this article you reference by Ian Cutress, but could not find it. Do you have a link to it?

 

[Razorbak86]

It's on the AnandTech main site under the Motherboards section, but here's a direct link.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6082/...og-review-rampage-iv-gene-formula-and-extreme

 

[tweakboy]

These boards are ONLY for people that do SLI or X FIRE and itch for a 3rd card.


I need a PCI slot they dont have it, none of the cards.

The onboard audio is good enough on any board let alone 400 dollar board Formula ?

All they do is put heatsinks red and black all over and make it look sexy, its not worth the price. I rather pay a bit more and get a dual socket xeon board from craigs list. That thing will crush Haswell LOL, just imo lol 16 core 32 threads will always beat a 12 thread ivy e and sand e or haswell or am I joshing here

 

[runzwithsizorz]

I agree with Razor...if you ever want to sli/crossfire, then you need PCI 16x16....plus I've always liked the Asus brand.

Runz

 

[red454]

It's on the AnandTech main site under the Motherboards section, but here's a direct link.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6082/...og-review-rampage-iv-gene-formula-and-extreme

Thanks! Great read!

 

[rgallant]

I agree with Razor...if you ever want to sli/crossfire, then you need PCI 16x16....plus I've always liked the Asus brand.

Runz

Maximus V boards
-just saying

-none of those boards have PCI-E 3.0 for x16 + X16 in sli
-the M5E has a PLX chip but is bypassed for sli

I picked up the M5F for the better? bios support , and it has been plug and play for me.
-+ the water pipe on the vrm's .

 

[danjw]

-the M5E has a PLX chip but is bypassed for sli

The PLX is bypassed for two way SLI, this is done because of lower latency and the bandwidth isn't really needed. For three way SLI it uses the PLX slots. I don't think there is anything preventing you from going the route of dual 16x with the Intel and PLX slots; It is just that the other route is recommended because of the off die PCIe slots are going to inherently have higher latency. PCIe 3.0 has twice the bandwidth of the PCIe 2.0; So an 8x PCIe 3.0 slot has the same bandwidth as a 16x PCIe 2.0 slot.

 

[nxttruong]

It's on the AnandTech main site under the Motherboards section, but here's a direct link.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6082/...og-review-rampage-iv-gene-formula-and-extreme

That is not direct link, so I can't visit it. I will visit this direct link immediately.

 

[Razorbak86]

That is not direct link, so I can't visit it. I will visit this direct link immediately.

I'm confused. If it's not a direct link, and you can't visit it, then how are you going to visit the direct link immediately?

On my computer, the direct link below takes me to the first page of the article.

Direct link: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6082/...og-review-rampage-iv-gene-formula-and-extreme

If that still doesn't work for you, search for "ASUS Republic of Gamers and X79 ROG Review – Rampage IV Gene, Formula and Extreme", by Ian Cutress, 8/3/2012, posted in the Motherboards section of the main AnandTech.com website (not here in the forums).

Let me know if you eventually find the article.