Forged after feedback gathered from gamers worldwide, the Rampage III Extreme (R3E) is back in black and loaded with all the overclocking utilities that made the original so great, plus a whole lot more. Introducing the ASUS Republic of Gamers Rampage III Black Edition (R3BE).

Hear and speed to win

Bundled with the R3BE is the all new ROG ThunderBolt, a combo sound/LAN card designed to give gamers the edge they need in the hyper competitive gaming realm.

A class-leading XONAR™ audio solution drives powerful, immersive sound to your ears while a built-in headphone amplifier in the ThunderBolt allows gamers to manually adjust impedance settings based on the type of game that is being played. Made of quality, high end components, this allows for audio quality that is unsurpassed, giving you a new weapon to take to online battle.

The LAN function of the card features an award winning Bigfoot Networks™ network processing unit, which optimizes gaming data in real-time to provide the fastest connection possible. This way, you’ll never have to worry about getting lag-‘n-fragged again.

Overclocking overload

The R3E was known for its great overclocking ability, and the R3BE will be no different. Back are all the favorites, including the Extreme OC Kit, ROG Connect and USB BIOS Flashback. Along for the ride are ROG iDirect, GPU TweakIT and GPU.DIMM Post, which all offer various amounts of control over finely tuning and overclocking a machine to its maximum potential.

It’s only just a few, short weeks after release, but the Rampage III Black Edition is racking up the awards with a dozen medals already ranked high in popular benchmarks. The gold medals actually already match that of the previous Rampage III Extreme, making the Black Edition, ROG’s best X58 board to date. Read more >