Silent Scone@ASUS wrote:
My favourite this gen is the Formula. Amazing looking board for a hardline build.

It's designed look like ROG RAMPAGE 6 EXTREME isn't it? :cool:

xarot wrote:
Formula looks good. However I really don't understand why the water block was not added to Rampage VI series as default option where it was most needed, instead they add it to mainstream motherboards..

It's not really a feature born out of necessity. For instance, with the Rampage series and extreme overclocking, active cooling with a fan is sufficient. It fits that niche, rather than burdening overclockers with a waterblock they may well not use.

Silent Scone@ASUS wrote:
It's not really a feature born out of necessity. For instance, with the Rampage series and extreme overclocking, active cooling with a fan is sufficient. It fits that niche, rather than burdening overclockers with a waterblock they may well not use.

Well you see the issue with the Rampage VI is that most people bought the EK Monoblock so the stock cooling is removed (and the fan is ugly along with its mounting system) and this leads to other problems. The most important issue is that when people delid the IHS on the CPU is lowered (after removing some gasket / glue) and then the monoblock might be at an angle with the VRMs and not making perfect contact. It might or might not be corrected with thinner thermal pads on the VRMs (under the monoblock) or then you have to buy a dedicated VRM monoblock for this board (watercool makes one) and also get a dedicated CPU block. This returns us to square one! Should Asus have included a waterblock for the VRMs we could avoid all this and get a dedicated CPU block and achieve better results without all the hassle.

So next time please consider adding a waterblock for the VRMs if only for the better looks of it because attaching an ugly small noisy fan (prone to breaking too) is not ideal for a board that costs that much..

Just a suggestion.

Abaidor wrote:
Well you see the issue with the Rampage VI is that most people bought the EK Monoblock so the stock cooling is removed (and the fan is ugly along with its mounting system) and this leads to other problems. The most important issue is that when people delid the IHS on the CPU is lowered (after removing some gasket / glue) and then the monoblock might be at an angle with the VRMs and not making perfect contact. It might or might not be corrected with thinner thermal pads on the VRMs (under the monoblock) or then you have to buy a dedicated VRM monoblock for this board (watercool makes one) and also get a dedicated CPU block. This returns us to square one! Should Asus have included a waterblock for the VRMs we could avoid all this and get a dedicated CPU block and achieve better results without all the hassle.

So next time please consider adding a waterblock for the VRMs if only for the better looks of it because attaching an ugly small noisy fan (prone to breaking too) is not ideal for a board that costs that much..

Just a suggestion.

On a personal note, that's noted. It can depend on the platform, however. The Extreme is jam-packed with features which means there isn't a great deal of wriggle room.

Silent Scone@ASUS wrote:
On a personal note, that's noted. It can depend on the platform, however. The Extreme is jam-packed with features which means there isn't a great deal of wriggle room.

🙂 Sure features are nothing sort of amazing on this board and it looks like I am using lots of them but that was the reason i got it in the first place. I had some issues with Aura (working but losing sync from time to time) that is now working much better and improving and of course Fan Expert 4 that never worked for me. Q-Fan in the BIOS saved the day though and works like a charm for 17 Fans + 2 Pumps I have. I just hope that Asus works on improving its software a bit since many people complain and the general consensus tends to become "Asus has great hardware but software leaves a lot to be desired...." Not that the other manufacturers are great but Asus is supposed to be the premium provider in this industry.....and the most expensive.