

The Rampage V Extreme released as a Haswell-E motherboard built for overclocking, but the X99 STRIX Gaming, with all its RGB and “gaming” focus was conceived as their “gaming” Broadwell-E X99 motherboard. If the Rampage V Extreme and X99 STRIX motherboard had a baby, the ASUS ROG Rampage V Edition 10 would be it. If the X99 STRIX Gaming and RAMPAGE V Extreme had a baby I’d like to kindly thank ASUS South Africa for sending me a complete sample system from which this motherboard review is derived. That being said, ASUS being ASUS are always ready and willing to dole out some top level motherboards to help make even the most discerning buyer push rationality aside to purchase this R10 000 or $600 ASUS ROG Rampage V Edition 10 motherboard. That being said, the refresh-cycle at this level of computing just makes no sense, since those buying X99 based systems often are tech-savvy enough to know that a refresh offers limited performance benefits. As in the past, it falls to motherboard makers to wine and dine consumers to refreshed X99 platforms which is doubly hard since many “old” X99 motherboards can support Broadwell-E processors with a simply BIOS update. The prices ranging from slightly mad to properly certifiable. What will the spacing be for the SLI connector on the GPU's? I want to buy a high speed bridge but need to know the spacing.The release of Intel Broadwell-E 2011-v3 processors is the latest salvo from Intel into the ultra-enthusiast market, dropping 6 ,8 and 10 core monster CPU bombshells onto the market. It appears though that if I buy a Samsung 950 and place it in the M.2 slot it won't effect the GPU's at all. Is this true? Is it a design issue or something that will be fixed with a BIOS update? Looking at the threads it appears that if i place it in slot PCIEX8_4 it causes issues and if I use the U.2 slot it also turns on the M.2 slot which drops slot 1 to x8. Which format should I get so that the GPU's still run at x16 or is that not even possible? This drive is available as a PCIe or U.2 drive. I would prefer the Intel 750 drive since it is available in 1.2TB size. The question how do I handle the NVMe drive. i7-6850k so a 40 lane CPUĪccording to page 1-8 of the manual I should place the GPU's in slots PCIEX16/X8_1 and PCIEX16/X8_3 so both run at x16. I want to run two GTX 1080's and an NVMe drive. Before I buy this board I want to ensure I get the components / configuration.
