Rampage IV Extreme Upgrade to Rampage IV Black Edition... Done!

[Intel_of_Borg]

I just did the board swap from my ol faithful RIVE to a nice shiny new Black Edition.

Everything went flawlessly! 4960X @ 4.6Ghz using the same setting as the old board.

All my devices worked and I didnt need to install anything to get going back into Windows 8.1 64bit Pro.

There's 2 "Other Devices" in device manager I need to load drivers for, but other than that, even the 4way SLI VGA Hotwire on the OC panel worked out of the box.

Out with the old!




The New Black Edition!



One Last Farewell Side-by-Side!



Black Edition Build Up!

[Intel_of_Borg]

Its Alive! (first go everything worked!)




SupremeFX




OC Panel (using to drive vga hotwire on 4way SLI GTX580 3GB cards)

[Intel_of_Borg]

All I need to do now is mount the OC Panel and get an external esata or USB3 bluray case cause I don't have any bays free!

[raw2dogmeat]

Very nice! Got my Black mobo yesterday, but had a death in the family, am on mandatory 12 hr days at work.... Gonna be Thanksgiving before I can swap mine out with my Formula :-(. Enjoy the setup!

[tistou77]

Very nice 🙂

You have not tested If the block Koolance is compatible to 100%, with the Black Edition?

[Intel_of_Borg]

Koolance block not compatible. The VRM might fit but I dont think it needs it. PCH sits at 50-53c no matter what I throw at it. VRMs are warm to touch.

[tistou77]

Ok, thanks 😉

[Intel_of_Borg]

I LOVE THIS SUPREMEFX onboard sound! Great Job ASUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So smooth, so controlled, so pitch black silent when its supposed to be (no hiss!)
Enjoying Diana Krall 96Khz 24bit The Look of Love on Sennheiser HD600 direct out of the board. These headphones are a challenge for many headphone outputs because of their high 300ohms impedance. No onboard sound card has ever been able to drive them.
Wow im in love!

[bwana]

Intel of Borg wrote:
I LOVE THIS SUPREMEFX onboard sound! Great Job ASUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So smooth, so controlled, so pitch black silent when its supposed to be (no hiss!)
Enjoying Diana Krall 96Khz 24bit The Look of Love on Sennheiser HD600 direct out of the board. These headphones are a challenge for many headphone outputs because of their high 300ohms impedance. No onboard sound card has ever been able to drive them.
Wow im in love!

Where are you jacking into the board? The green miniplug socket? Or are you taking the optical out? I have a usb dac so i'll be interested in comparing it too.

[Intel_of_Borg]

bwana wrote:
Where are you jacking into the board? The green miniplug socket? Or are you taking the optical out? I have a usb dac so i'll be interested in comparing it too.

Plugged straight in to the green stereo jack on the back.