Asus Striker Extreme

[darkrisen2003]

Whats the best CPU and ram combination for this board? I keep hearing that even with the new bios 1504 there still isn't 45nm quad support and I would like to max out this board. Would it be better to get ddr 800 or 1066 etc. Looking for the best performance before overclocking.

 

[darkrisen2003]

To add to the details. I plan on getting at least 4 gigs and throwing on vista 64 bit. When the next gen video cards come out I am thinking I will be getting one. Have a strong feeling they will start out at 600 a pop though so I may be waiting a while before I get one.

 

[darkrisen2003]

Wow not that many people with this board I take it.

 

[GrumpyMan]

I know how you feel. I have an Asus P5E3 Premium Wi/fi@n X48, and have no one to talk to about the board. Well there is one other guy I talked to that has one.

 

[darkrisen2003]

what sucks is I bought this board when it first came out for over 400 bucks cause it was reviewed as one of the best performing boards at the time and none of the issues they have had were mentioned and once I got the board thats when I started reading about all of the issues. Now im stuck with it and really dont want to change out the board just yet due to the cost of the better boards. DDR3 is freaking outragous right now so thats another reason I would rather wait. Also I keep hearing about a new socket thats supposed to be coming out to replace 775 but cant find any solid details on it which is also making me want to just max out what I have and keep it for another year or 2. Im a gamer so thats my top priority but there is a huge debate that everyone keeps having about quad core. My 2 cents are that being a gamer I know that there are games that can benefit from having 4 cores and the ones that dont if you set the cpu affinaty to just using 2 you can still benefit from having 4 so I see the reason to upgrade to a quad but I don't think the q6600 is for me though cause I would rather have a decently clocked 1333 FSB 45nm one and just overclock it from there to like 3.4 or 3.6 and be happy with a mild overclock. Since im a gamer and the market is shifting to 64 bit I would like to nab either 4 or 8 gigs of ddr2 but im not sure whats going to be my best bet. I prefer corsair since ive had great success with them but due to the board and the chipset im not sure what the best speed will be for overclocking and stability verses price. I have heard that a good set of ddr2 800 can get you great results but I thought that 1066 would be better but I hear the debates go back and forth all day long.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Well I do think that reviewers get cherry picked mobos for their reviews, but that being said, they are also more expierienced at setting up the boards. A lot of the issues people have is through inexpierience. For example I learned a long time ago with VIA chipsets on some old Athlons I used to have, that it was very important in what order the drivers for the mobo chipset, audio cards and for the video card, etc. were installed. I have used that method for years and don't seem to have as many problems as others.
I don't worry about new sockets coming out because there is always something new around the corner in computers. I just hand pick the best components I have available at the time and go with it. Yes DDR3 is expensive but so was DDR2 when it came out. It is starting to go down now. But price is not as big an issue for me as it is for others, so I just get the best I can afford at that particular time.
I have read in the Asus forums a lot of problems that some people have with my board. I have not come across any of those problems in my setup, but again I may have a different way of setting up a board than others. There was one young fellow who decided to power up his mobo without a heatsink or fan on his cpu and was wondering why his computer would instantly shut down. He said he wanted to test the other components first before he put it together. Man, did he take a beating on that one, LOL.
Anyway I'm a mild gamer so I will be happy with a 3.8 to 4.0 o/c on my E8500 for the present time which is very easy on my mobo. And in the future when the prices for the QX chips and DDR 3 ram continues to drop, I will be able to upgrade for a couple of years to come and be happy with it. Good luck with your rig.

 

[darkrisen2003]

Well about a month and a half ago I bought 8 gigs of ram and that made a huge differance but now im still looking to upgrade and im not sure what the best cpu this board can handle is. I would like a quad but some people say they work on this board and some dont. Nearly everyone recommends the q6600 but that is an old chip and is much slower than the q9550 and q9650 which is what I would like to get. Would the Q9550 work with my board?

 

[PCTC2]

The Striker Extreme is a 680i board. There was a whole controversy over the promise of 45nm support with 680i boards. It supports 45nm dual-cores but the 45nm Core2Quads are NOT supported.The Q6600 and Q6700 and the QX6800/QX6850 are the only quads you can put in that board. If you want a Q9550, just pick up a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P and call it a day.