ASUS RAMPAGE V 10 EDITION MEETS THE INTEL CORE i7 6950X
ASUS RAMPAGE V 10 EDITION MSRP : $ 598.99 INTEL CORE I7 6950X MSRP : $ 1649.99
Say what you will but ASUS , more specifically the ROG team know how to make a high end , no holds barred motherboard . Be it you ’ re a fan or not , for the most part the standard for most platforms for the last decade perhaps has been what the defining ROG board is for any particular chipset . From the original X48 Rampage Extreme to the Rampage V 10 Edition ( this is not a great name at all ), these boards have been sort after by both enthusiast and overclockers alike .
There are many enthusiast products on the market though , from at least four different vendors or if you will three . What makes the ROG boards stand above the rest is the brand recognition , build quality and a certain expertise or presentation that is synonymous with the high end boards in particular the model that holds the mantle as the highest performing or part of the entire series for any particular generation .
This is where the Rampage V 10 Edition enters the fray as the defining X99 motherboard
28 The OverClocker Issue 39 | 2016 of all . Built of course around the Rampage V Extreme or more specifically it ’ s odd follow up the Assembly Edition . This anniversary edition offering brings all conceivable connectivity options available today to the platform . Moreover , it resolves many of the issues surrounding memory overclocking that plagued earlier or at least 1st generation X99 boards from ASUS . Many overclockers are well and truly familiar with loss of memory channels for instance on the original Rampage Extreme at above specific memory frequencies . While this wasn ’ t true for all combinations of memory and CPUs , it was happening often enough to warrant a re-design of related component circuitry to mitigate this issue . The 10 Edition exhibits none of these issues and as it stands is one of the better if not the most capable memory overclocking board for the X99 platform if only by a small margin . Given that the Broadwell-E CPUs have passable IMCs especially as compared to their Skylake counterparts . The ability to operate 1T at memory frequencies above 3400MHz is important ( Let ’ s keep in mind that 3,400MHz isn ’ t officially support on the 10 Edition , but works seamlessly ). This is in particular for those who build machines for the ultimate performance money can buy . For the competitive overclocker , the ability to operate your B-Die memory at the highest possible frequency with the lowest possible timings will obviously do wonders for all affected benchmark results .
All that is wonderful but oddly enough isn ’ t what make the 10 Edition so appealing . One comes to appreciate this model for how it brings all progress made from 2014 up until now into a cohesive and full featured platform that lacks nothing any motherboard on the market may claim to have . It literally packs more features than any other X99 or Z170 counterpart or at the very least can match them .