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| ASUS Striker Extreme NVIDIA 680i SLI Motherboard Review | ||||||||
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ASUS Striker Extreme NVIDIA 680i-SLI Motherboard
Introduction:
Today I have for you the new ASUS Striker Extreme motherboard. It's based off the newest NVIDIA 680i SLI enthusiast chipset and features just about everything you could want in a chipset, and also on a high end motherboard. The Striker Extreme is currently ASUS` most feature rich (and expensive) desktop motherboard geared for the gaming and enthusiast crowd that absolutely wants and has to have all the bells and whistles!
I've recently reviewed two other great ASUS motherboards and I'm expecting good things from the Striker Extreme. Especially considering it's retailing for around $400! That's right, $400 for a desktop motherboard! It better be good right? Let's take a closer look.
Features:
- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI™
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- Extreme Tweaker
- SupremeFX / DTS Connect / Array Mic / Noise Filter
- LCD Poster
- EL I/O
- Onboard LED
- Onboard Switches
| NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI | NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI | NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra | |
| Segment | Enthusiast SLI | Performance SLI | Performance |
| Socket | Intel Socket 775 | Intel Socket 775 | Intel Socket 775 |
| CPU | Core 2 Extreme
(dual and quad core) Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Celeron D Pentium 4 Pentium D 9XX Pentium D 8XX |
Core 2 Extreme
(dual and quad core) Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Celeron D Pentium 4 Pentium D 9XX Pentium D 8XX |
Core 2 Extreme
(dual and quad core) Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Celeron D Pentium 4 Pentium D 9XX Pentium D 8XX |
| FSB (MHz) | 1333* MHz | 1066 MHz | 1066 MHz |
| Extreme FSB Overclocking | Best | Good | Good |
| NVIDIA SLI™ Technology | Yes 2 x16 |
Yes 2 x8 |
No |
| Third PCIe Graphics Expansion Slot | Yes | No | No |
| SLI-Ready Memory (MHz) with EPP | 1200 MHz | - | - |
| JEDEC DDR2 Memory (MHz) | 800 MHz | 800 MHz | 800 MHz |
| NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology | Yes | No | No |
| PCI Express | |||
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# Lanes
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46 lanes | 18 lanes | 18 lanes |
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# Links
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9 links | 4 links | 3 links |
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Configuration
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16, 16, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 | 8, 8, 1, 1 or 16, 1, 1 |
16, 1, 1 |
| SATA/PATA drives | 6/2 | 4/4 | 4/4 |
| SATA speed | 3Gb/s | 3Gb/s | 3Gb/s |
| RAID | 0,1,0+1,5 | 0,1,0+1,5 | 0,1,0+1,5 |
| NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage Technology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Native Gigabit Ethernet Connections | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NVIDIA DualNet® technology | Yes | No | No |
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Teaming
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Yes | No | No |
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TCP/IP Acceleration
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Yes | No | No |
| NVIDIA nTune™ Utility | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| USB ports | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| PCI Slots | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Audio | HDA (Azalia) | HDA (Azalia) | HDA (Azalia) |
* Available on CPUs supporting 1333MHz FSB
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