ASUS Rampage III Extreme

There is a wide range of X58 motherboards on the market, but few cater to the diehard enthusiast, particularly the extreme overclocking crowd. And of those that do, only a select few products offer the new SATA III and USB 3.0 features. One of the boards that meets these criteria is the ASUS Rampage III Extreme, designed for serious overclocking and made to be pushed very hard. Packed with an extensive list of features, it does sound promising, and we've come to expect big things from ASUS in the Repubic of Gamers product lineups. Well, we dropped in an i7 980X hex-core chip and some extreme cooling to find out.