Reviewers Liked
- Excellent Quality Design
- SATA6 and USB 3.0
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Ai Suite Quirky
- Provided Incorrect Voltage Readings
- No eSATA ports on I/O panel
Asus Rampage 3 Gene
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Expert reviews and ratings
By TechRadar
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Maximum power in a minimalist package. That's what the new Asus Rampage III Gene is all about. But is it even a sensible idea to force-feed enthusiast-class performance and features into a small-form factor motherboard? Quite possibly, yes....
By Bjorn3D
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90
The original Rampage II Gene was a good micro-ATX board for those looking to build a compact system. Rather than make significant changes to the already successful product, ASUS has simply updated technology with the inclusion of the SATA 6 GB/s and...
By ITShootOut
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90
The Gene series has always occupied a bit of a niche market as power and portability rarely go hand in hand when it comes to PC hardware. Nevertheless with the Rampage III Gene Asus has refined an already-impressive product and injected the features...
By HardwareHeaven
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90
Considering the size of the PCB ASUS have worked wonders to fit everything in. There is however one aspect we would have changed. That is the order of the add-in card slots. As we...
By Bit-tech.net
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80
The Asus Rampage III Gene sits strangely in the LGA1366 market. It's part of Asus' RoG brand, so there’s no question that it’s aimed at enthusiasts and overclockers, but it’s a micro-ATX board so it benefits from being cheaper...
By HEXUS.net
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80
The ASUS Rampage III GENE is a compelling solution if you need substantial performance from a small-form-factor motherboard. Able to run an Intel Core 980X chip, 24GB of RAM and two high-end GPUs, the board's intelligent layout and rich feature-set...
By Overclock3D
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90
So to continue the theme from our introduction, does the Rampage III Gene still have the same genetics as the Rampage III Extreme that won our hearts, or is it more of a red-headed stepchild?Clearly, as our results indicate, it most certainly deserves...
By Pureoverclock
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The fact that the Rampage III Gene looks and feels very familiar isn't a coincidence. ASUS has taken the Rampage III Formula and chopped off a PCI-E slot to given us a micro-ATX board that retains almost all of the features in a smaller form factor....
By HardOCP
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If you are in the market for a full featured enthusiast class microATX motherboard you owe it to yourself to put the ASUS Rampage III Gene on your short list. It will be hard for another other uATX motherboard to come along that is actually better...
By Legion Hardware
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The Asus Rampage III GENE is a very solid motherboard providing strong performance, impressive overclocking abilities and up to date features. Without a doubt this is the most powerful MicroATX motherboard available and at $240 US it is also the most...
By Guru of 3D
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Final Words & Conclusion What an interesting little motherboard. It offers the brute power of the LGA 1366 Intel Core i7 platform, you can combine it with triple channel memory (dual works fine as well of course) and you get to play with the coolness...
By Expreview
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« » September 5th, 2010 by Sue , Benchmark Platform & SettingsWe used Inno3D GeForce GTX 460 768MB graphics card, Core i7-920 CPU (OC’ed 4.0GHz), and set the memory clock at 1600MHz. The benchmark was conducted under Windows 7...
By TechRadar
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80
If, in some perverted alternate reality, Watty Piper had been more interested in PCs than trains, ASUS' latest piece of Republic of Gamers rolling stock, the Rampage III Gene would be the The Little Board That Could. The Rampage III Gene has more...
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