Instead ASUS knew that the Enthusiasts community wanted a refresh and wanted to see more features for the aging X79 platform. Since there was no changes from the motherboard side manufacturers simply released a Firmware update and that was it, but ASUS is not one to sit back on their heels and let things happen. Since the future enthusiasts platform is still a question mark it was only a matter of time until something had to change and that is where the new Ivy-E chips came to be, however to much surprise unlike the Ivy Bridge mainstream parts there was no new chipset offered so no new features to be added and only a microcode change made to support the new CPU. Even though I’m sure most will have to believe that Haswell-E based platforms are on the horizon but how long that is until we will see this is a big question mark unless you want to believe the latest rumor in the wind. I truthfully cannot believe its been that long but it has and the X79 platform is still in full swing while the mainstream chipset seems to last much less already switching not only chipsets but even sockets from Sandy Bridge to Ivy then to now Haswell. Well we can say that in a manner of speaking as it looks to be a flat out beast but it is in terms entirely different as the technology on this board is seemingly light years ahead of the previous generation Black edition board, and even huge leaps ahead of the first Rampage IV Extreme board we viewed what must be 2 years ago now. That thing was a flat out beast and from looking at the specs on paper the Rampage IV Black edition is no different. ASUS seems to reserve its “Black Edition” moniker for very special models as im sure some of you saw back when we got a chance to check out the Rampage III Black edition board based on the X58 chipset. Introduction – ASUS Rampage IV Black EditionĮchoes of AC/DC ring in my head as I came up with this title, and it took everything in me not to have about a thousand different “Back in black” references but I think we can survive a few.

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