ASUS has officially launched Rampage II Gene, a microATX motherboard based on Intel X58 chipset. This board supports Intel Core i7 processors, has six DDR3 sockets supporting triple-channel configuration, two PCI Express x16 slots supporting to SLI or CrossFire modes, one PCI Express x4 slot, one PCI slot, seven SATA-300 ports, one eSATA port, one ATA-133 port, Gigabit Ethernet and 8-channel audio. Rampage II Gene comes with several overclocking options that can be adjusted on-the-fly through a joystick-like control without entering the BIOS Setup. This board also has a neat feature called MemOK! that works as following: in the event of a boot failure after installing new RAM, the user can press an easily accessible button on the motherboard and MemOK! will automatically load the failsafe settings needed to ensure a successful system boot. ASUS didn’t disclose the price of this motherboard.

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