News - ASUS ROG Rampage III Formula (Intel X58 Express) Motherboard
ASUS ROG Rampage III Formula (Intel X58 Express) Motherboard
Not all that long ago ASUS was looking for a name to
put on their top-of-the-line products. They sent out an e-mail to journalists,
enthusiasts and customers (some of which fell into all three groups) asking
what we thought this name should be. The overwhelming choice was Republic of
Gamers. To be honest with you, it was the only real choice (the other one was
bad enough that I do not even remember it). From that day forward, if a product
had the ROG logo on it you knew you were getting a top notch piece of hardware.
But as with most things, you have to have balance. As
such, at least in the motherboard world, ASUS decided to break up the ROG line
into three levels. The Extreme holds the very top end, while the Formula hangs
out in the middle and the Gene is the lower end. The Formula differs very
little from its Extreme cousin; you get a slightly smaller heatsink and cooling
system. You drop off some of the beefier VRM and power supplied to the board,
and you also lose the Bluetooth module. @ TweakTown
