Layout and I/O

When you hold the ASUS Rampage II Extreme in your hands you'll first notice that it is with 30.5 cm x 26.9 cm wider than the standard ATX from factor with 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm. The reason for this you'll find quickly with the onboard ON/OFF- and reset-buttons (A) placed on the right border of the motherboard as well as the eight ProbeIt measuring points. The advantage is that you get into trouble using them when you setup up a triple SLI system.

The layout is clearly arranged. All connectors are well placed and accessible. Installing new hardware is very convenient because on the whole board there is plenty of space around the bigger components. With its 90 degree angled SATA connectors ASUS lets the you arrange its cables neatly (B) and the onboard power- and reset button are very practical (A).



Altogether there are six memory slots (C) on the Rampage II Extreme which officially support DDR3-1066/1333 with up to 12 GByte/s transferrate. If you want to overclock the memory subsystem ASUS claims DDR3-1600 is also possible.

On the Rampage II Extreme you'll also find passive heatpipe cooling solution which provides you with plenty of space around the CPU socket to mount even the biggest coolers available today.



If you are looking for external connectors on the Rampage II Extreme you will find two gigabit ethernet ports, six USB 2.0 connectors, PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector, firewire and eSATA connectors.



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