ASUS Striker Extreme

[CAD4466HK]

This review is a couple of weeks old, but they do a nice shootout vs. other top offerings:)

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/01/24/asus_striker_extreme/1.html

[PaulTa]

For over 400 USD, the thing better give me a blowjob. :p

[$cooter]

Do you think most of the bugs are getting worked out of these 680i boards yet? It seems to perform well in benchies and comparisons, but seem sto be high maintenance to get it tuned up and running right.

[jonnyGURU]

I haven't had any problems. :(

[$cooter]

Thats good news. I have an Abit IN9 32x-MAX on the way :D

[Bipidri]

Thats good news. I have an Abit IN9 32x-MAX on the way :D
keep me in post with any Digital PWM temps you'd encounter, some numbers I've seen on forums is insane :crazy:
Hope your IN9 goes flawless ;)

[burebista]

On X-Bit (http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/asus-striker-extreme.html) too.
Well, now that we have discussed everything none of you have any more doubts that ASUS managed to design the best Nvidia nForce 680i SLI based mainboard so far.
As a result, we can only recommend ASUS Striker Extreme to those users who have unlimited budget and need an SLI configuration on Core 2 Duo processor. As for mainstream enthusiasts and overclockers, this is hardly the best choice. In fact, it is too expensive and doesn’t offer much better overclocking potential, features or stability than the other solutions available in the market.

[Bipidri]

aside from the Msi P6N Diamond and the Gigabyte DA-N680SLI-DQ6 are there any other 680i Motherboards coming out or are they the last ?

[ianm2]

That's precisely the conclusions I am getting everywhere about the striker.

nice board, but no better, and worse value.

I think foxconn are doing one.

to summarise thus far

asus 2-3
abit

bfg/ecs/evga/biostar...the 'nvidia' ref. board

gig
msi

I think that's it so far...

the nividia chipsets now seem to get similar results no matter who implements them. They are all nice designs, I suppose its go for what appeals.

Which one would people go for...I am sitting around waiting, but itching to get something..

[Aielman]

I think foxconn are doing one.



Technically they already did one. Foxconn built the board for eVGA.

peace,
Aielman

[KorruptioN]

It really looks like one of the heatpipes runs directly over the EPS12V port.

[jonnyGURU]

It really looks like one of the heatpipes runs directly over the EPS12V port.

It does.

There's about 1/4" between that pipe and the top of that connector. Most connectors will have no problem plugging in there, single connector cable w/ no sleeving at the very end, but any kind of "fancy" cable that needs more than 1/4 clearance isn't going to fit. The cables that have both 8-pin and 4-pin fit, but they're a pain to get in.

[willawake]

is all the i680 using the digital pwm solution? its very sexy and an evolution for the consumer boards. the abit looks like a graphics card with those volterra pwm chips. one step towards digital vrm on the consumer boards.......