ASUS ROG Blitz Extreme and Blitz Formula - Sneak Peek

malware · May 26, 2007, 10:09 PM

ASUS is about to present new additions to its Republic Of Gamers (ROG) series of motherboards, scheduled to be released at this years Computex Taipei 2007. Initially, two new mainboards will be available: the DDR3 Edition "Blitz Extreme" and the DDR2 Edition "Blitz Formula", both coupled with Intel's P35 and ICH9R chipsets. The new ASUS ROG Blitz series includes several exclusive features:

Fusion Block System - water cooled northbridge (Blitz Extreme only)
Crosslinx technology - CrossFire with two 8x PCIe lines
CPU Level Up - OC CPU function
COP EX to protect NB/SB and GPU from overheating
2-Phase DDR including Voltminder LEDs and an external LCD poster

Source: ITmedia, ascii.jp, ASUS

tkpenalty · May 26, 2007, 10:15 PM

Very nice

But heapipe + Watercooling is total overkill IMHO.

aximbigfan · May 26, 2007, 10:15 PM

what is tyhat last pic of?
cpu level up?

chris

EastCoasthandle · May 26, 2007, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aximbigfan

what is tyhat last pic of?
cpu level up?

chris

I wonder what CPU is used?

erocker · May 26, 2007, 10:16 PM

"two 8x?? PCI express lanes? That sucks, interesting layout.

malware · May 26, 2007, 10:21 PM

I believe the CPU is E6300 (from the first source link), and look at the last option "Crazy" what is it supposed to mean?! Sorry, but its written in Korean...I can only guess what they're talking about.

JUDAS3 · May 26, 2007, 10:34 PM

i think it oc's your cpu to the next model up - setting wise.

tkpenalty · May 26, 2007, 10:57 PM

Oof I Would Love This Mobo

technicks · May 26, 2007, 11:00 PM

Nice option to put a button on the back to clear the cmos.

caveman_1990 · May 26, 2007, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by malware

I believe the CPU is E6300 (from the first source link), and look at the last option "Crazy" what is it supposed to mean?! Sorry, but its written in Korean...I can only guess what they're talking about.

LOL that is not Korean its Japanese.

TUngsten · May 26, 2007, 11:16 PM

"crazy"

lol!

WarEagleAU · May 26, 2007, 11:42 PM

Its English to me

. These are some very awesome motherboards. More and More it makes me want to go to the darkside everyday. I cant wait to see some benches on these and I like the heatpipe with watercooling on it. All copper too. Extremely nice.

Conti027 · May 26, 2007, 11:48 PM

i like it besides the 8x pci-e slots and i dont use sli

tkpenalty · May 26, 2007, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarEagleAU

Its English to me

. These are some very awesome motherboards. More and More it makes me want to go to the darkside everyday. I cant wait to see some benches on these and I like the heatpipe with watercooling on it. All copper too. Extremely nice.

Yeah and also you can transform ur E6300 to a E6700

DrunkenMafia · May 27, 2007, 12:46 AM

love the post lcd, love the copper piping and love the "crazy" option in bios, but why only 8x lanes for the gfx???

I bet this is going to be one of those $600 motherboards

Wile E · May 27, 2007, 02:21 AM

What size barbs are on that block? I didn't see it mentioned anywhere.

Judas · May 27, 2007, 07:20 AM

Now this one is not so good ,well my opinion anways. Why is the CLR CMOS switch put on the rearside ?

Oliver_FF · May 27, 2007, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

Now this one is not so good ,well my opinion anways. Why is the CLR CMOS switch put on the rearside ?

Squeezing around two GFX cards and your SATA connectors to get to a jumper to clear the CMOS is usually a lot of hard work

tkpenalty · May 27, 2007, 07:37 AM

Also another problem, what if u are trying to blindly plug in ur usb key and u press that button by accident when ur PC is on?

Judas · May 27, 2007, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oliver_FF

Squeezing around two GFX cards and your SATA connectors to get to a jumper to clear the CMOS is usually a lot of hard work

I have not noticed ,seems rather easy to me

mandelore · May 27, 2007, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

"two 8x?? PCI express lanes? That sucks, interesting layout.

eh, 2x 8x pciE, why the hell not 16x?

malware · May 27, 2007, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mandelore

eh, 2x 8x pciE, why the hell not 16x?

Because the Intel P35 chipset is not capable of providing 2x PCIe 16x.

mandelore · May 27, 2007, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by malware

Because the Intel P35 chipset is not capable of providing 2x PCIe 16x.

fair do's

lemonadesoda · May 27, 2007, 12:24 PM

-->>> Intel therefore believes that PCIe 16x is unnecessary bandwidth. I can understand it if the PCIe is v2.0, but if v1.0, then basically, Intel is going back to AGP8x speeds. LOL. Full circle.

JrRacinFan · May 27, 2007, 02:55 PM

All complaints aside about the PCI-e lanes, I like it ALOT, and I am not one to look for the most high end stuff. May have to save my money up and get one.

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May 27, 2007, 07:37 AM	#19
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