ASUS Unveils New ROG Crosshair III Formula Motherboard

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ASUS have just added to their amazing range of motherboards with the extremely powerful ROG (Republic of Gamers) Crosshair III Formula motherboard. Using the AMD AM3 socket platform, the new Crosshair III Formula is hailed as the most suited motherboard to unleash the full potential (overclocking potential that is) of the AMD Phenom II processors.

Together with CPU Level Up real-time overclocking (we’d love to tweak some things up) and boasting a SupremeFX X-Fi sound card, the ROG Crosshair III Formula motherboard features MemOK! — a memory rescue tool that easily detects and solves any memory issues by automatically loading failsafe settings in the event of a boot failure, and is ATI CrossFireX compatible.

Other than all these the board packs five SATA-II 3.0Gbps, one eSATA and one UltraDMA 133, gigabit LAN, four DDR3 1600 channels supporting up to 16GB, dual firewire and 12 USB 2.0 connections.

Although the new ROG Crosshair III Formula motherboard seems to deliver extreme levels of performance, word is that it’s meant for the budget-conscious gamer. Rumors have it that it should cost close 200 Euro (some $280 at today’s rate).

Full Specs

Model
ROG Crosshair III Formula

CPU
AMD socket AM3 Phenom II / Athlon X4 / Athlon X3 / Athlon X2 processors

Chipset
AMD 790FX Chipset

System Bus
Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport 3.0

Memory
4 x DIMM, Dual Channel, up to 16GB
DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz

Expansion slot
2 x PCIe2.0 x16 slot
3 x PCIe2.0 x1( the PCIEx1_1 (black) is compatible with audio slot)
1 x PCI 2.2
Multi-GPU
ATI CrossFireX

Storage
5 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s
1 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s
1 x UltraDMA 133
LAN
Gigabit LAN

Audio
SupremeFX X-Fi 8-Ch. Audio with EAX4.0 support

Other I/O ports
1*PS/2, 1*eSATA, 1*IEEE1394a, 1*Clr CMOS, 1*LAN, 6*USB
USB / IEEE1394a
12 x USB2.0 / 2 x 1394a ports

Fan connector
8 (1 x CPU / 1 x PWR / 3 x Chassis / 3 x Optional)

Software (Full version)
Kaspersky anti-virus, Futuremark, 3DMark 06 Advanced Edition

Features
MemOK!, SupremeFX X-Fi, CPU Level Up, Keyboard-TweakIt, Extreme Tweaker, iROG, Loadline Calibration, LCD Poster, Voltiminder LED

Form Factor
ATX, 12 x 9.6 (30.5cm x 24.4cm)