Rampage VI Extreme (LGA2066, Intel X299) - info, experience, BIOSes etc.

[FlanK3r]

Intel public HEDT CPus with platfrom Intel X299 at Computex 2017. The CPU reviews are still under embargo for short time ,-). But some informations are officially out and OK with Intels NDA.

Intel X299 is really highend chipset for enthusiast CPUs. This year very powerfull, much more than anyone hoped. Because this year is AMD also very strong at CPU side (Announced not only 8 cores with SMT, but also up to 16C with SMT for AMD X399), Intel will launch step by step 6C/12T, 8C/16T, 10C/20T....Everything?:) Nooo, continue it with 12C/24T, 14C/28T, 16C/32T and new flagship 18C/36T !!!


New LGA2066 will be new one after 2011v3...Great value is, you can put in two generation CPUs. More info bellow.
1) Kabylake-X with new CPUs Core i5 X a Core i7 X. Those CPUs are KabyLake-X. Its basically Kabylake with more capacitors and bigger heatspreader. This could help with higher overclocking than classic Kabylakes. Kabylake-X have support only for dualchannel mode (up to 2666 MHz 1.2V). After XMP mode or manualy tweaking you can except everything between 3600 MHz to 4400 MHz at DRAM effective frequency.
2)Skylake-X, are HEDT processors Core i7 X and new Core i9 X. Starting as 6C/12T and up to crazy 18C/36T
There is support for Quadchannel memory. Based at first results on web, the memory clock we can expect overclocking of RAM around 3200 to 3800 MHz. All depends on type of memory chips, quality of IMC particular piece of CPU.

APEX series replaced Extreme series in extreme overclocking segment (yes, all fans of DICE, LN2 and LHe are focus directly at this board). This board broked many WRs after first day 🙂 There is example with informations about records from 31.5.2017.


APEX series replaced Extreme series in extreme overclocking segment (yes, all fans of DICE, LN2 and LHe are focus directly at this board). This board broked many WRs after first day 🙂 There is exmaple with informations about records from 31.5.2017. Rampage Extreme is for enthusiast, wattercooling setups, casemodders etc. Strix series is ideal part for daily overlcocking (of course, it can handle LN2 too !) and gamers, streamers...

Rampage VI Extreme - eATX size

-looks awesome, the rainbow AURA effects! But there is also small display for current information about CPU clock, temperatures or speed fans...

The motherboard support again up to 128 GB DDR4 DRAM in up to quadchannel (depends at your CPU - if KB-X or SK-X). In right upper corner are helpfull buttons START, RESET, PCIe and DIMM switchs. Also switch for slow mode, retry and safe button, RGB header and also great ROG DIMM.2 slot for NVMe M2 discs. So Extreme can be realized with Liquid Nitrogen also, if is it your hobby sometimes 😛 Look at crazy numbers of voltage meassuring points.

At the bellow are button to swicth the BIOS (two BIOSes here), many USB ports, MEM OK, again RGB header. Under frontplate near the PCH is place for next M.2



-part of IO. The IO shield is integrated and from left to right there are CLR CMOS button, BIOS Flashbakc button, Wi-Fi+BT device with support 802.11ad standard! Many USB3/3.1, LAN, audio outputs with backlight


-Rampage in the glory 🙂

And last video with short description from GamersNexus

[Brighttail]

AlexPeterson wrote:
EK has formally announced their monoblock for the R6E


https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-releasing-new-rgb-monoblock-asus-rog-rampage-extreme-apex-motherboards/

I see nothing here or on the product page on how to install or how they are going to resolve the 10G chip issue. 😞

Looking on their website I even see a picture of the clear monoblock with the I/o cover off and the 10g chip not covered with anything. There doesn't seem to be a heat pipe or any thing that runs to the 10G chip one of three things is going to happen:

1. Ek will provide us with a small heatsink to attach to it
2. Ek will say it is up to the user to cool the 10g chip
3. Ek will say that with 'proper air flow' Asus says no additional cooling is required.

[AlexPeterson]

Brighttail wrote:
I see nothing here or on the product page on how to install or how they are going to resolve the 10G chip issue. 😞

Looking on their website I even see a picture of the clear monoblock with the I/o cover off and the 10g chip not covered with anything. There doesn't seem to be a heat pipe or any thing that runs to the 10G chip one of three things is going to happen:

1. Ek will provide us with a small heatsink to attach to it
2. Ek will say it is up to the user to cool the 10g chip
3. Ek will say that with 'proper air flow' Asus says no additional cooling is required.

I noticed that as well.

I don't see how you can achieve "proper airflow" with the shield on. I'm not even sure a small heat sink would do the job when there is effectively no airflow around it.

[Vislor72]

Brighttail wrote:
I see nothing here or on the product page on how to install or how they are going to resolve the 10G chip issue. 😞

Looking on their website I even see a picture of the clear monoblock with the I/o cover off and the 10g chip not covered with anything. There doesn't seem to be a heat pipe or any thing that runs to the 10G chip one of three things is going to happen:

1. Ek will provide us with a small heatsink to attach to it
2. Ek will say it is up to the user to cool the 10g chip
3. Ek will say that with 'proper air flow' Asus says no additional cooling is required.

The board without the I/O cover on the EKWB site is the Apex, not the Extreme.

But in any case I'm interested to see what the installation instructions say about the removal of that heat pipe and the need to cool the 10G chip.

[Brighttail]

I bought the EK heat sinks for my m.2s which leaves me an old Alphacool m.2 heatsink. I know I could get a little adhesive tape and attach it to the chip with a thermal pad in between. The large area of the heatsink should help dissipate heat but as many have suggested there isn't a lot of airflow with the i/o shield on. That being said I have no reason to use the 10 chip but a solution does need to happen.

I am also not seeing an extra wire to go to the Asus sensor header, only the RGB header wire. I don't think this mono block has those sensors or it would be included in the literature.

Now I gotta determine clear or black? 🙂

EDIT ** sorry for double post... I wonder how long that RGB cable is, the closest header is the top right of the board.

EDIT 2 ** The Amazon US site still has it for pre-order but it now says stock comes in Sept 28 instead of Sept 24.
On my waybill it says Delivery Oct 4-11.

[AlexPeterson]

Brighttail wrote:
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Now I gotta determine clear or black? 🙂

I wonder the same thing. I think with the clear I can tell if the water-block is getting gunked up? Should that be a real consideration, or should I just go for the looks? This would be my first water-cooling build.

[Brighttail]

AlexPeterson wrote:
I wonder the same thing. I think with the clear I can tell if the water-block is getting gunked up? Should that be a real consideration, or should I just go for the looks? This would be my first water-cooling build.

The black with its designs is just so sweet looking.

The clear tho, looks like it is illuminated by the LEDs according to the pictures on this place.

See next post for the pix.

[smithkid]

Brighttail wrote:
The black with its designs is just so sweet looking.

The clear tho, looks like it is illuminated by the LEDs according to the pictures on this place.
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?93741-Rampage-VI-Extreme-(LGA2066-Intel-X299)-info-experie...

The link is to this page not to the pictures.:confused:

[mpoffo]

badjz wrote:


Happy camper...*

Nice! Cannot wait until I get mine on Tuesday.

[BroPhilip]

mpoffo wrote:
Nice! Cannot wait until I get mine on Tuesday.

Mine says Tuesday as well, but it is only one hour away from me..... sometimes they send it out sometimes they hold it to the delivery date...

[Exzelsior]

Now for 700€ I could order it from amazon.com and it would take 9-18 days to get here, which is probably before store availability in europe...
Srsly, asus got a huge minus for how this episode went down, especially the lack of information, as there are at least 3 estimates about when the board will be available here that range from this week to end of october...
It's the 21th century, where we know with a 1m precision where the container with the product is.

I just hope they at least flood the market when it releases, atm some shops ask insane prices for preorder -.- (a month ago it went for 515€, now the lowest price is 650€)...