Asus Rampage 3 Formula

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Pros:

Easy overclocking, Fully featured, ROG Connect feature, USB 3.0 and SATA 6 GB/s, Extreme Engine Digi.
Excellent price for a board with excellent performance and features, High Performance and Good Stability, Versatility during overclocking, High Quality components, and great new looking heatsink design, LED Voltage and Temperature indicators, Switchable D

Cons:

Could not change the CPU ratio in the BIOS
Only 8 Phase CPU Power for an Enthusiast Overclocking board

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Last revision on September 28, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Easy overclocking, Fully featured, ROG Connect feature, USB 3.0 and SATA 6 GB/s, Extreme Engine Digi
Excellent price for a board with excellent performance and features, High Performance and Good Stability, Versatility during overclocking, High Quality components, and great new looking heatsink design, LED Voltage and Temperature indicators, Switchable D

Reviewers Didn't Like

Could not change the CPU ratio in the BIOS
Only 8 Phase CPU Power for an Enthusiast Overclocking board

Expert reviews and ratings

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This is the first time I’ve actually had some time with an ASUS Republic of Gamers board. I mean I’ve seen them at CES and have read the spec sheets, but having a few weeks with this board you can really appreciate all of the features. ...

By ThinkComputers on April 20, 2011

While the ASUS Rampage III Formula was not the #1 board in every benchmark we tested, it was able to keep up with the latest GIGABYTE's X58A-UD7. Because motherboards are almost always very similar in performance, in our opinion it is not the...

By Bjorn3D on October 29, 2010

The ASUS Rampage III Formula does the ROG series proud as a competent performer across the entire test spectrum. At stock speeds there really is not a lot to distinguish one X58 based motherboard's performance from the next because in reality, they...

By Overclockers Club on December 23, 2010

As Dan mentioned, the Rampage III Formula has a lot going for it; great "Auto" overclocking, and stellar "Fine Tuning" overclocking as well. The Rampage III Formula looks to be able to satisfy both ends of the spectrum. We do however know that Sandy...

By HardOCP on November 23, 2010

The Rampage III Formula grabs the Republic of Gamers tag, aiming the board at Gamers first and foremost. Quality construction, with desirable components adds to this motif for the motherboard. An amazing array of features are included as well as a...

By TechReaction.net on November 05, 2010

The fact that the Rampage III Formula looks and feels very familiar isn't a coincidence. ASUS has taken out some of the most extreme (and expensive) toys from the Rampage III Extreme, and have given us the Formula as a result. The Formula retains...

By Pureoverclock on October 14, 2010

With the introduction of the 6-core Core i7-980X and Core i7-970 6 core CPUs and new features like USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/second the various motherboard manufacturers have come back to the X58 chipset as their high-end solution for the computing market...

By Motherboards.org on October 07, 2010

Generally it's easy to conclude an ASUS ROG motherboard. The name itself implies the cream of the crop and all previous boards tested have done their moniker justice. Testing the Rampage III Formula, my expectation were inherently very high;...

By Vortez on September 02, 2010