ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition Pro Reviews

ROG Shows again What can be with the new Rampage IV Black Edition, offering amazing performance and features even on an aging platform!

There are two main issues ASUS will have to contend with in terms of the RIVBE, one of which they have no control over: the appeal of Ivy Bridge-E. Users who migrated to Sandy Bridge-E have done so already, so one could argue that upgrading the motherboard is not necessarily a regular thing to do unless the original is limiting. Users who waited for Ivy Bridge-E might not have been impressed by the performance gain and choose to wait until Haswell-E. The chipset is also a factor – X79 is now old and a certain part of me wonders why Intel did not release an X89 update with full SATA 6 Gbps/native USB 3.0 while still keeping the chipset. The last factor, as mentioned already, is pricing. The ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition is certainly in the prosumer bracket, and users saving for a six-core processor might have to fall back on cheaper motherboards to implement their CPU choice.

If you’re looking for the best of the best Intel X79 motherboards for your Intel Extreme processor you’re going to be hard pressed to find anything better than the ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition motherboard. ASUS left no stone unturned when looking at the features people want and included everything but the kitchen sink!