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ASUS RAMPAGE

IV EXTREME

Black Edition

EDITOR S CHOICE OC Hero Award
AWARD

competitive way you look
Test Machine and others not, at it, we can say
have gone from a that from within
INTEL Core i7 4960X neglected and frowned the community,
CORSAIR Dominator upon sub culture, to easily greatness has been
Platinum 4x4GB DDR the most addressable group of brought fourth and it is
2666MHZ C10 individuals within the computing not evident in any other
EVGA GTX 780 Classified space. Every other group is addressed product so much as it is
Corsair LS 240GB SSD out of necessity, spoken to as a whole in the Rampage IV Black
Cooler Master Silent Pro M2
1500W and largely dictated to a far larger Edition.
Windows 7 64-bit SP1 extent than we are. As Shaminos last board
BIOS 0208 With overclockers we may believe at what is hopefully potentially, at least at ROG,
our wishers are not granted, we are not, but potentially the what we have here is peerless,
not given a platform to speak and greatest ROG motherboard unparalleled work. Not to take
most importantly, regardless of what that will ever be, at least in anything away from the rest of
his may have started about as a it is we request, it is never met with the near future. As many of us all the team responsible for making
regular review of the Rampage IV our expectations, if it is met at all. know, it takes an individual familiar this board happen, but we see the
TExtreme Black Edition. However, How easily it would be to forget then, with the community, with the needs characteristics of a motherboard
during the course of this review, just how far we have traversed this of the community or rather wants, to here, that leap out at us speaking a
something had changed as it has now DIY landscape with vendors. To them, produce a board that resonates with single name. That of Shamino, and if
turned into our cover feature. At the overclockers have become a painful us. It is very easy to see this because this be his swan song, it must be said
time of planning this issue, there were necessity. After all, while it is true that out of the top four or maybe even five that there is no better way to make an
so many things we wanted to cover there is space for gaming orientated vendors that are in any way concerned exit, or at least we couldn t possibly
to end 2013 with, but when the RIVE motherboards and such. There are about overclocking, each and imagine a better way.
Black Edition showed up; well, let s only so many things you can add to a every one of them has employed or Years ago, a moniker on ROG boards
just say it put everything else into motherboard or graphics card short consulted an overclocker somewhere read, rock solid, heart touching and
perspective. It s truly amazing what a of an actual game that would make in their component design. Some have as trite as that was. When dealing with
single product or component rather said component gaming centric. fared better than others, while others, this board in particular, that is exactly
can achieve and how it can shape the A name alone would not do the trick, not afforded the voice they should what comes to mind. This is the one
many more things outside the scope of yet here we are, many years later and rightfully have, have still managed to to keep well past its relevance, years
its use. several generations of ROG products make miracles happen. Others are after we have a new platform, this
We as overlockers, some to call upon. We find ourselves looking there in spirit only, but whichever
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