ASUS P9X79 Deluxe vs. ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme MOBO?

LOL you make it sound like I say what I say because I have something against extreme, Of course I don't, actually if you look hard enough you will see me recommend it once in a great while when its actually needed.

Whether the boards have different features is really not the issue, the issue is which ones are gonna be any use to you.

if you are looking for a real good board, look at the x79 classified from evga.

what kind of a setup are you going with? dual sli or tri sli? any other pci cards?

Edited by DST4ME - 12 Dec 2011 at 11:07pm

For your use the extreme offers nothing extra over deluxe, as a matter of fact the deluxe is even more then you need.

the boards are all pretty much the same, tho from some angles one board is better then the other, for example if you benchmark then you redline your oc or a a hair away from it, now you want the extreme, or you are going tri sli and need to use 2 other pci cards, now you need extreme, but in your situation, I can come and change your extreme to deluxe and you would never know, cause you have no use for other features, the main ones you get in deluxe already, both boards give you proper tri sli, can oc easy till stage 3, hvae pci lanes available for upgrades, have plenty of sata ports for upgrades, so for your use one does not really offer anything better over the other.

Where it counts the difference between 580 and 570 is like 2 to 6 fps, so its not a difference one would notice, but there are new gpus coming out and since fsx does not utilize sli correctly you may want to wait and get one of the newer cards for more noticeable power hopefully.

now lets talk facts, I think you gonna find this part very interesting:

bluetooth:

deluxe:



extreme:



wireless:

deluxe:



extreme:

N/A

Lan:

deluxe:



extreme:



Audio:

deluxe:



extreme:




I can do this all day.

Edited by DST4ME - 13 Dec 2011 at 11:04am

I edited my post above go back and look at it. See how many more features the deluxe has, its one of many reason why I recommend it a lot now you even got wireless.

go with the 2.5GB if you like tho its for higher res.

I think the new gpus are coming out around mid jan.

Edited by DST4ME - 13 Dec 2011 at 11:07am

rumors are rumors and thats all they are and they spread fast ands move quick like a tsunami.

let me have a look around and see what I come up with.

also those are copy and paste from asus site I didn't leave anything out what you see is what is posted there:

Deluxe:



Extereme:




Now you may find that extreme has couple of extra ui features for the oc, but to people like yourself that means nohting, zip, zilch, nada, hichi, Nought, cipher, duck, nil.

If I'm not mistaken, extreme has 4 usb 3.0 in the back, deluxe has 6 usb 3.0 in the back, total looks like extreme has 12 usb ports in the back and deluxe has total of 10 in the back, the rest are headers I believe to be used for connecting from ports and etc.

LOL I would have to disagree, I can add load of usb ports to any mobo if I want to but to have bluetooth 3.0 and wireless and better sound easily over powers the 2 extra usb 2.0.

however if you want to look at it that way then actually deluxe has 6 usb 3.0 ports and extreme has 4 so +1 for deluxe and not extreme, welcome to 2012 extreme we use usb 3.0 now

I don't know anybody or keyboard/mouse now indays that uses PS/2 port, I'll take the faster usb 3.0 connection please.

Also don't forget, wireless +1 for deluxe, bt 3.0 +1 for deluxe, better sound +1 for deluxe, extra lan +1 for deluxe.

so thats +5 for deluxe so far.

Edited by DST4ME - 13 Dec 2011 at 11:53am

I have not used ps/2 for ever now and I go in the bios all the time, you got a bad source for info.

extra lan can come in handy if you have 2 different isp in your place like me, lol, but really if one lan port ever goes out, you got a second one, another reason is if you want to network bunch of stuff via lan.

Originally posted by Zod - Fedora I love u guys this post rocks

Ditto.

I know this is an old post, but I found it, looking for exactly the type of discussion that DST4ME and Kane had above, so I thought I'd chime in anyhow.

One other reason to lean towards Deluxe (though not a feature per se) is that while the Rampage is EATX, the Deluxe is ATX. That'll give you a bit more flexibility in your choice of case. Personally, it's saving me $100: I'm going Corsair 650D instead of 800D.

Thanks for the informative discussion, guys. Too often forum posts like this are simply met with proud builders rattling off their favorite parts rather than justifying their preferences.