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Power Consumption And Heat
One of the fastest motherboards in benchmarks, the Rampage II Extreme also consumed the most power.
Latent heat normally reduces efficiency, but the most miserly of today’s boards has the hottest VRM while the most power hungry maintains the lowest temperatures.
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