Test: Asus ROG Rampage VI Extreme
Luxurious in terms of options, sensationally decorated and top-notch performance, this board is a candidate for the best motherboard of today! If you've ever wondered what an ideal motherboard looks like, the answer is before you - ROG Rampage 6 Extreme. This board defines the defiance to something that is almost the perfect solution - ideal for those who just want to, let them.
The events in the market of the best and the strongest PC desktop platforms, such as cyclic rituals, are repeated in the correct regular time intervals. So far, the case has been with the Intel HEDT part of the market that AMD has joined with the Threadripper processor and the corresponding X399 plates. You have just one such test in the form of the ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme board had the opportunity to read recently on our site, and now it is followed by its direct competitor ROG Rampage VI Extreme but this time for the Intel Core LGA 2066 processor. Perhaps the chronology of the output of these boards does not match the order of our tests, we just got the chance to try out the best and most complete ASUS board based on the X299 chipset. An ideal opportunity to compare it directly with the AMD Threadripper platform version.
The mentioned models are covered by the identical philosophy of the present in terms of design and manufacturing of the best by Asus, that is, the most that this manufacturer can offer to the current most powerful desktop processors on the market. In this respect, besides the name that is obviously different, the conceptual and essential ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME and ROG ZENITH EXTREME are very similar plates. Despite these claims, they are not completely identical, or they differ in certain, more aesthetic than essentially functional details that are at the absolute maximum of the capabilities of today's HEDT platform. Perhaps the best definition of what he wanted with such a premium motherboard can be shown by the manufacturer itself - currently the best specifications combined with the next generation of intelligent cooling system and carefully designed aesthetics result in the product as ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME. It's a real little masterpiece to pull out the maximum features from the Intel X299 platform placed in the best performance delivery context and redefining the notion of one of the leading, premium motherboards in the best class.
If you are suspended by conditionally to the very essence of the built-in capabilities and devices, the mentioned plates are like twin twins. Simply, ASUS tried to incorporate the best of the available devices available at this time, which are in a way ahead of their time and the possibilities that represent the standard of the equipment currently in use. In this context, you will be guaranteed the actuality of your PC in due time or what the board will say is "future proof". The touchdown is becoming clear with the lethal list of the possibilities of the ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME model, where they stand out in particular: the unprecedented attractive implementation of Aura LED RGB lighting, triple M.2 support for today's fastest SSDs, support for the fastest DDR4 memory at 4200 MHz in OC mode work, then LAN communication on ultra-fast 10 Gigabytes, an equally impressive part for wireless network communication based on 802.11ad standard (Wi-Gig), support for U.2 discs and a handful of present USB 3.1 connections.