ASUS X79 Rampage IV Extreme Review Comment Thread - Page 5

**Eldonko** · #41 (**permalink**) December 6, 2011, 06:19 PM

For anyone wondering how much difference there is between dual and quad channel memory on the RIVE I just did some testing. I was curious to see if running some fast mem in dual channel may exceed quad.

5Ghz 16GB quad channel 6m59.656s
5Ghz 16GB dual channel 7m05.319s

With close to a 6s difference you would have to have a very poor quad kit to exceed perf in dual channel. Not a huge difference for a 24/7 system but for benching 6s is quite a bit.

turtletrax · #42 (**permalink**) December 7, 2011, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowfat

Koolance' block is probably the best looking motherboard block I've ever seen.

I would have to agree. I am still waffling about going X79 tho...

chrisk · #43 (**permalink**) December 7, 2011, 04:28 AM

Thanks Donko. Might make a small difference for a 24/7 folder too.

**Eldonko** · #44 (**permalink**) December 22, 2011, 07:56 AM

BIOS 1005 (updated PCIe codes for improved compatibility with some GPUs)

t0m · #45 (**permalink**) January 20, 2012, 06:25 AM

hey sorry for coming out of the dark and resurrecting a fairly old review thread but i really want to pick this board up and i have a question about it. i have never dealt with an e-atx before. will it work in a fairly large atx case (i have a coolermaster ammo 533) in terms of mounting and the backplate/io panel lining up? what about the storm trooper? that is listed for xl-atx or something (seems there is no real set standard for larger boards?). any info would be greatly appreciated, and thanks for the awesome review.

**SugarJ** · #46 (**permalink**) January 20, 2012, 12:11 PM

Standard ATX size is 12 x 9.6 inches, E-ATX is 12 x 10.7, and XL-ATX is 13.5 x 10.3 inches. If your current case has room for an extra inch of motherboard at the front, you may have to move some standoffs to mount the board. Any case that is XL-ATX sized should fit an E-ATX with room to spare. The I/O panel is in the same location for all 3 sizes.

**Eldonko** · #47 (**permalink**) January 20, 2012, 12:14 PM

SJ said about everything that needs to be said there. Thx for the comment

Quote:

Originally Posted by t0m

thanks for the awesome review.

rjbarker · #48 (**permalink**) January 20, 2012, 04:11 PM

^^^ Is it the same size as my X58 Evga Classified 759 (with NF200) Board? Thinking of getting this Board for my X79 upgrade!

t0m · #49 (**permalink**) January 20, 2012, 05:38 PM

thanks SugarJ :)

**Eldonko** · #50 (**permalink**) January 26, 2012, 08:41 AM

FYI Rampage IV Gene has been released

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