BadAxe4U

Very good review, I had extra interest in a review on this board, since I am now assembling my 1st computer using the ASUS Rampage III. I can see its going to be a slow process. Right now I am figuring out what the different pins are and what connector attaches to them. Soon I'll post a few pictures, along with some of the questions I have.

Thanks for the tip. I also plan to clean all the connectors and pins with DeoxIT, http://www.deoxit.com/. I took a VCR repair course and the teacher owned an electronics repair business. He talked about the product and asked to see my keychain flashlight. I gave it to him and he took it apart, cleaned the battery and flashlight contacts. After he reassembled it, the light was actually brighter. I see the same results with any of the fashlights in my collection that have oxidation, which is hard to detect.

I had to laugh a little. When I was a kid, there was a song out and some of the lyrics went like this. "Hope I die before I get old", well that was the Who and they ended up liking getting old and so do I. Here's a big hint. When I graduated from High School, I wrote on the side of my car "Booze and Broads, (censored) is Fun. I'm from the Class of 71". After that I went to an electronics tech school, a couple of colleges and graduated from a business college. Then went to a trade school and became a toolmaker, all the while working full time. Man, I sure wish I still had that kind of energy, I'm slowing down a little now. Since then I've replaced listening to the Beatles with Rammstien. Instead of driving a 40 hp car, I switched to a Jeep with a gas sucking Hemi. And the Honda 90 has been replaced with a 6 cylinder Fire Breathing machine on 2 wheels. I like to enjoy every day like its my last. Here's a pic of my dog, ready to protect my toys. The dog is trained to protect and I also trained her to track. If someone manages to steal something, I'll track them down!

You have a nice rig. It wasn't a pointless post for me. It took me down memory lane, way down. Here is a pic of my first device with a chip in it. It sure beat using my slide ruler. Notice the lit up led's, it still works! Sure did get my money's worth on that item.

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the Forum and this is my 1st build. I wanted to push my game graphics to higher levels and my Gateway FX couldn't do it. I didn't like my purchasing options, so I'm building one. I have purchased almost every item I need, here is the list so far: Intel Core i7 – 930 2.80 GHz Quad Core 6 GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 (1600) Asus Rampage III Extreme – Intel X58 – LGA 1366 USB 3.0 – SATA 6Gb/s EVGA GeForce GTX 480 – 1536MB GDDR5 Seagate Barracuda XT - 2TB - 7200 RPM - SATA 6Gb/s - 64MB cache – Boot Drive Seagate Barracuda – 1.5TB – 7200 RPM – SATA 3Gb/s – 32MB cache – Data Drive Lite-On 24X DVD Writer – iHAS424 Enermax Revolution85+ - 1050W – ERV1050EWT Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower – Black and an extra 200mm fan for the top of case and antistatic gloves When I was at Micro Center, the salesmen told me I should use a good thermal paste for my i7 CPU. After much discussion, I agreeded with them and bought Artic Silver 5. I don't know if that was the way to go, but that was the 1st suggestion I took. A salesman at CompUsa talked me into the Asus Rampage III Extreme and EVGA GTX 480. I wanted to go with an Nvidia GPU, down the road I will go SLI. The HAF X case looked cool, I was going to make my own, but hunting season is in 8 weeks and I need to practice with my arsenal. I have some computer parts replacement experience, have assembled electronic kits and made lots of stuff, being a toolmaker by trade. When the snow starts to fall, I plan to water cool, add a SSD and overclock the 930 to it's limits. Has anyone ever ruined a part by static discharge? I keep hearing it could be a problem. Any thoughts on this? Oh Yeah, I'm going to a computer building class at CompUsa tommorrow, I can't wait.

Hi Everyone, I'm new to this forum. I love this site and the review on the Big Bang XPOWER. I was going to build a system around this board, but had trouble with a salesman, so I went to CompUsa and ordered a Asus Rampage III Extreme Motherboard. I ordered everything I need except a version of Windows 7 and a DVD burner. I haven't decided on the last two items. Will post on build later.