ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Extreme Announced

[Techstorm970]

On 7/21/2017 at 2:07 PM, Valentyn said:

So it has Wifi and some USB3 headers, and a 90 degree power connector, and that warrants and extra $100?

 

Seems rather silly.

Add support for two m.2 drives to that list.  I'll agree that it seems silly, though...for some reason, most companies seem to think that a Wifi chip adds $50+ to a mobo right then and there.

[potoooooooo]

On 7/22/2017 at 3:31 AM, leadeater said:

Woooooooooooooooo!!!!! From a monoblock user feeling the love.

Just get one of the Gigabyte boards EK already makes a monoblock for, save yourself some cash and get a board that's just as good.

 

Not to mention both the board and monoblock are already out, so no waiting even after the 5 year wait for ryzen...

[Valentyn]

2 hours ago, techstorm970 said:

Add support for two m.2 drives to that list.  I'll agree that it seems silly, though...for some reason, most companies seem to think that a Wifi chip adds $50+ to a mobo right then and there.

Yeah, very little to this justifies the price.

For M.2 many places in the EU sell PCIe addon cards for a few extra quid some taking 2 drives on them. Could get that and a wifi card and still be cheaper than this "Extreme" board.

 

Makes me worried for Asus new X399 Zenith board; will likely cost a bomb; and even then only supports two m.2 drives; where as the Taichi will have 3.

[cj09beira]

1 hour ago, Valentyn said:

Yeah, very little to this justifies the price.

For M.2 many places in the EU sell PCIe addon cards for a few extra quid some taking 2 drives on them. Could get that and a wifi card and still be cheaper than this "Extreme" board.

 

Makes me worried for Asus new X399 Zenith board; will likely cost a bomb; and even then only supports two m.2 drives; where as the Taichi will have 3.

the board will be expensive no doubt about that.

the fact that there are so many pcie lanes, might mean they needed more pcb layers = higher costs

[Valentyn]

3 minutes ago, cj09beira said:

the board will be expensive no doubt about that.

the fact that there are so many pcie lanes, might mean they needed more pcb layers = higher costs

I suspect the Asus one will be €150 above the rest easily.

[cj09beira]

4 minutes ago, Valentyn said:

I suspect the Asus one will be €150 above the rest easily.

they have been more expensive than the competition in the past , so they probably will be again, just hope the lower end skus keep the same design its beautiful 

[leadeater]

5 hours ago, potoooooooo said:

Just get one of the Gigabyte boards EK already makes a monoblock for, save yourself some cash and get a board that's just as good.

 

Not to mention both the board and monoblock are already out, so no waiting even after the 5 year wait for ryzen...

I already have a EK R4BE monoblock, just glad to see manufacturers care about them since they were dying off.

[DildorTheDecent]

12 minutes ago, leadeater said:

R4BE

oooooooh, never let go of it.

[leadeater]

41 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

oooooooh, never let go of it.