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Myranda · ‎02-14-2012

Howdy y'all

I'm wanting to put together as small a gaming rig as I can and so the R-IV-GENE seems a pretty good choice... but I can't find out two pieces of possibly trivial ( 😉 ) info on the board.

When will it be available in the UK?
I have found mention of new a BIOS and people saying the have them, but can't find anywhere selling them...

How much is it in the UK?
As I've not found anyone selling them either as an order or pre-order I've also not seen a price... perhaps there wont be accurate pricing available yet if it's not released, but ASUS and ROG will know how much the boards cost, what the packaging costs are and how much it cost to develop and market so they will already have an RRP for it.

Does it come with (or is it possible to get seperately) one of those OC Key do-hickeys that plug into the DVI socket to show things like tweaking and monitoring of OC stuffs?

Thanks

HiVizMan · ‎02-14-2012

There are none in the UK as far as I know.

How urgent is your need to build a system?

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Myranda · ‎02-14-2012

Semi-urgent I suppose.

My computer is dead, only have a decrepid laptop remaining... but I'm incredibly OCD and so have to plan everything, checking manufacturers sites for compatability... checking reviews... etc. Hence only semi-urgent 🙂

None in the UK as in they're not released here yet, or not going to be?

UltraNEO_ · ‎02-14-2012

You can try this company... http://bit.ly/yhh7xC

They have it enlisted for £233.02 (£194.18 excluding VAT) and claim to have have 23 in stock!!

Myranda · ‎02-14-2012

UltraNEO* wrote:
You can try this company... http://bit.ly/yhh7xC

They have it enlisted for £233.02 (£194.18 excluding VAT) and claim to have have 23 in stock!!

Ooh, good find! Bing and Google didn't find that for me... having been taken in scams before I'm caustious of a website I'd never heard of that has them instock when the bigger sites don't even list a pre-order... but trustpilot.co.uk reviews seem to paint a picture of a company with less than awesome customer service who use less than awesome parts in thier builds, but it shows they DO ship out components...

Hmm.

And the price will be a good guide (and if the Maximus IV Gene is £140 from ebuyer then £233 sounds like a realistic price I guess)

HiVizMan · ‎02-14-2012

I can rate Ginger6 quite positively by the way as I have bought from them in the past.

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Myranda · ‎02-14-2012

HiVizMan wrote:
I can rate Ginger6 quite positively by the way as I have bought from them in the past.

Well, you're a person (unless ROG are in the habbit of letting bots be mods...) and trustpilot has enough reviews that I think many of them will be persons... so I'm sold on them being a real company. 🙂

Anyone know about the other question though? If the OC Key will be available for it? Logically if it plugs into a graphics card it would stand to reason that as long as the software function can be supported by the board it should work, which would make on-the-fly overclocking easier.

Necrosan · ‎02-14-2012

It requires a separate plug on the motherboard also.
Won't work with the GENE as the header simply is not there. Rampage IV Extreme only.

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HiVizMan · ‎02-14-2012

Nope

The OC Key needs to be connected to the RIVE motherboard and the OC Key at the same time. Using a special port that was built in to the RIVE board specifically for the OC Key.

yeah they are quite helpful and really proud of their customer service, Hell I hope that statement does not come back to bight me in the arse.

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