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Asus Rampage II GENE is an Intel X58 motherboard used a MicroATX form factor and packaged in a square box. The initial impression is of a smaller, cuter version of the Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel Motherboard. Asus Rampage II GENE's PCB is dark brown and the coolers are matt black with a red Republic of Gamers logo and the incredibly funky micro buttons that we first saw on Rampage II Extreme are also present. The big difference between this Intel motherboard with Asus Rampage II Extreme is its multi VGA support. While the Asus Rampage II Extreme mainboard has triple graphics slots (16x8x8x), Asus Rampage II GENE are reduced to a pair of x16 slots but you get full support for CrossFireX and SLI. The build quality of the Asus Rampage II GENE Intel mainboard is superb and the worth mentioning is the memory slots, as they only use a retention clip on the end of the module at the top of the board. The other end -- the one near the graphics card -- has no clip yet there is a distinct sound as the memory snicks firmly into place. This means that you don't need to remove the graphics card in order to release a module of memory, which is very considerate of the designer. The passive coolers on the chipset look great but they are rather small and the Southbridge cooler isn't even connected to the coolers on the Northbridge and the power regulation hardware. The result is that the temperature of the coolers hit a steady 60 degrees Celsius. The Asus Rampage II GENE Intel mainboard offers superb performance at a considerably lower price. Add in the potential to stuff all that power into an even smaller space than is usually possible and you have a motherboard we really rather like.
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