You'll notice this board has not 1, not 2, but 3 PCI-e slots! This will enable you to run a full dual 16x SLI graphics configuration along with an 8x Physics card or another graphics card for more monitors, etc.

   There are 4 DDR2 slots capable of carrying a total of 8GB of DDR2. Close to the DDR2 slots you'll find the single IDE slot along with the 24-pin main ATX power connection. I know it looks tight, and it kinda is, but I didn't have an issue at all.

   One nice feature for your hard drive junkies out there is the 6 native SATA ports all located together and horizontally mounted. No more a few ports here and a few ports there.

  The Striker Extreme is loaded with hardwired buttons and switches on the motherboard itself which makes it an absolute breeze to setup for a reviewers or an overclockers test bench. On the back panel there is a main LED switch that turns the LED's on or off (though it's not as straight forward and I thought). It's not a simple on/off, it turns the blue LED's off and turns on the power buttons, then vice versa o_0. It's still nice to have something there though.

   The real plus is the addition of the 3 buttons on the other end of the motherboard near the front panel connections. These are permanent buttons for Power/Reset/Clear CMOS. I think ALL high end motherboards should have these buttons to make life a lot easier for the enthusiast out there. They also light up very nicely (as you see in the main picture on page 1).