Asus Rampage 5 Extreme

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 14 expert reviews

Excellent:

11
Good:

3
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Stock performance, Overclocking potential and performance, Board aesthetics, Board design and layout, CPU socket layout and spacing, UEFI BIOS design and usability, CMOS battery placement, Performance of Intel GigE NIC, Placement of M.2 port, OC Panel dev...
Great aesthetics, stable overclocking, featurepacked
Easy UEFI interface, best performance, best overclocking, excellent power consumption, accessories, best price/performance ratio

Cons:

Shared usage between PCIExpress ports and integrated device ports, Price, Lack of CMOS reset jumper
Memory stability with Kingston RAM

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Last revision on August 25, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Stock performance, Overclocking potential and performance, Board aesthetics, Board design and layout, CPU socket layout and spacing, UEFI BIOS design and usability, CMOS battery placement, Performance of Intel GigE NIC, Placement of M.2 port, OC Panel dev
Great aesthetics, stable overclocking, featurepacked
Easy UEFI interface, best performance, best overclocking, excellent power consumption, accessories, best price/performance ratio

Reviewers Didn't Like

Shared usage between PCIExpress ports and integrated device ports, Price, Lack of CMOS reset jumper
Memory stability with Kingston RAM

Expert reviews and ratings

How can an overall score of four get a recommended? The Consumer Experience rating really brought the final mark down, just imagine what this would have been if there had been a little more consumer experience thinking. We haven't tested every aspect...

By hardwareslave.com on February 01, 2016

The ASUS Rampage V Extreme is a near perfect board. Its a amazing mix of awesome for those daring to pay the price and take the reins! ...

By bjorn3d.com on November 22, 2014

Asus made the best innovation with OC Socket, making Rampage V Extreme the best overclocking motherboard for the X99 platform.The performance is on par with the features and technologies integrated into R5E, while the excellent value makes it the best...

By reviewstudio.net on November 09, 2014

100

The Rampage V Extreme from ASUS is a product, which is close to perfection For us it was astonishing to see how mature this board was already before the launch of the new HaswellE platform This is a fact that's generating a lot of trust Of course the...

By Ocaholic on September 12, 2014

In these days of mass consumerism, where people demand the very latest and so manufacturers are pumping out ever tinier incremental adjustments to their products merely to change the name or number on the end and rake in a whole raft of new people...

By Overclock3D on August 29, 2014

Motherboards don't provide performance themselves, but like their parental namesakes, they enable it by allowing quality components to reach their full potential. That unlocked Intel K-series or AMD Black processor performs exactly the same as its...

By PC Gamer on July 26, 2015

When you look at the ROG board's you are looking for more than just the obvious feature set. From a hardware perspective, the ASUS Rampage V Extreme comes fully loaded with all of the latest technologies used on the X99 platform and then some. But you...

By Overclockers Club on January 27, 2015

The ASUS Rampage V Extreme is a testament to the ASUS ROG line with design aesthetics and performance that mesh in an almost perfect synthesis. The board features a black and red color scheme, common to the ROG product line, with all integrated...

By PCPer on January 19, 2015

The ASUS Rampage V Extreme certainly is a beast of a board, in pretty much all aspects. The RVE is a physically large board, it's an extended -ATX motherboard that measures 12 x 10.7 inches. The ASUS Rampage V Extreme has just about every feature...

By Legit Reviews on January 14, 2015

By hardwareslave.com on January 11, 2015

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