ASUS RAMPAGE V
EXTREME
RRP: $479.99 | Website: www.asus.com
Test Machine
• INTEL Core i7 5820K
• CORSAIR Dominator
Platinum •DDR4 3400 C16
• SAMSUNG PX941 512GB
• CORSAIR AX1500i
• Windows 10 x64
(1501 BIOS)
H
ere it is, the motherboard
that started it all. What
do I mean by that? Well,
it’s simple really. This is the
motherboard that hit the ground
running. Many moons ago,
almost a year ago, When others
couldn’t make heads
or tails of the X99 chipset and
DDR4. This was the
motherboard that seemed to get
it right. It set that standard by
which all other motherboards
would be measured.
After all, not only did it have
the best DRAM compatibility
at launch, it had one crucial
performance enhancement
that was unavailable to others
at the time. This feature or
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functionality if you prefer would
remain exclusive to ASUS for
several months before the
competition caught on and could
reproduce boards resembling
what ASUS had from day one.
One must admit however, that
competitors have come to the
party and are at present offering
competitive motherboards, in
some cases perhaps even better
motherboards. However, that
is neither here nor there. One
could point to any number of
HWBOT scores and submissions
to prove the point. As such, one
has to be careful with that kind
of analysis when it comes to high
end overclocking gear. Before
you say this isn’t a motherboard
catering exclusively or primarily
for extreme overclocking,
consider that just about every
worthwhile feature on this
motherboard is concerned with
competitive overclocking. From
the ROG OC-Panel, LN2 mode,
Slow Mode, Mem OK, Retry
button, overclocking profiles
and the exhaustive but detailed
BIOS settings.