The Rampage II Extreme is a full ATX form factor motherboard, unlike the Ramoage II GENE which is an X58 motherboard with a micro-ATX form factor, also a part of the ROG series. One of the first things that will catch your eye when you look at this boardis the inclusion of a full line tweaking features and backlit buttons located next to the DIMM slots. The power and reset buttons are also among these buttons. Next you will also notice the larger passive cooling heatsinks that ASUS has used. One thing missing from this cooling system is the inclusion of water cooling support.

The overclocking buttons that we mentioned earlier have been labeled Tweaklit. This feature allows you to use the LCD poster device provided with the motherboard and use it to overcloack while your OS (Windows) is running. There is also a line of solder points called Problet where you can measure the voltage of the RAM, CPU, Chipset and PCIe by connecting a multimeter.

The ASUS II Extreme definitely has some great performance and some great features that make it an outstanding product. But these features don’t cater to everybody and ASUS has made that pretty clear by adding this to the ROG line. If you are bundling a high end rig around the Core i7 then this is definitely the board you want, but if you are on a budget, but are still going to go the i7 way, then it would be wiser to opt for something with less features like ASUS P6T Deluxe or the Intel DX58SO.

Specifications:-

Chipset:- Intel X58/ICH10R, System Bus:- Up to 6400 MT/s with QuickPath Interconnection, Audio:- SupremeFX X-Fi Audio Card, External LCD Poster