It has been a while since Josh reviewed the ASUS Crossblade Ranger so it seems appropriate to put up a reminder that there are some impressive AMD boards out there with The Tech Report's review of the board. This board has just about everything except an M.2 port, from the Asus SupremeFX 2014 with high end caps and EMI shielding to HDMI, DVI, and VGA display outputs to a BIOS button on the backplate which allows you to update the upgrade the motherboard's firmware without a CPU or RAM installed. Check out the full review to get a list of the other features as well as a glimpse into the personality traits the board displayed during testing.
"Asus' Crossblade Ranger is a tweaker-friendly, top-of-the-line motherboard for AMD's Socket FM2+ processors. We kicked the tires and turned up the clocks to see whether the Ranger lives up to its top billing."
Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- ASUS Rampage V Extreme Review @ OCC
- ASRock X99 OC Formula @ HardwareHeaven
- ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer mATX @ Kitguru
- ASRock X99X Killer @ HardwareHeaven
- ASUS X99-PRO Haswell-E Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
- MSI's X99S MPower @ The Tech Report
$160 for an FM2+ motherboard
$160 for an FM2+ motherboard is outrageous and stupid. FM2 CPUs are pretty awful for gaming AND computation, so having a premium board for that series seems….
Daft.
Premium mobo for bargain bin
Premium mobo for bargain bin cpus that don’t make sense outside of $70 price range – truly great choice.
I agree with this statement,
I agree with this statement, though I would say a 1:1 CPU/GPU ratio would be more effective.
Why is this thing an ATX? I
Why is this thing an ATX? I feel that most People who have a FM2/+ board are using at most a micro-ATX. I personally would have liked to see it as a ITX. Than I would have been interested.
But yeah, I see this being a pointless board.
I wana be a crossblade
I wana be a crossblade ranger, live the life of guts and danger.
For those saying the fm2+ is
For those saying the fm2+ is garbage…. This board was mainly meant for the Athlon fm2+, which is by no means a garbage series… And can game very well. As well as use more high end gpu. So stop crying people…