Looking at the board shot, the memory clips are ever so slightly different on the white sockets, Is there a reason behind that, or just abit of extra clippyness ?
the board is awesome... the lights.... the functionality..... but it is really expensive, don't count on me to buy this at this price.
edit: the heat pipes should also be more flux to the board.... and the fins should be less high... so i can fit any cooler in there.... and that ATA socket has to move to another location or even rotate 90º.
Anyone looking to spend this sorta money on a systemboard, i doubt will be using IDE still.
Theres a few lovely SATA DVDRWs on the market now, which mean you can disable the IDE Controller, and freeup clock cycles on a decaying interface.
Originally Posted by Sim0n Anyone looking to spend this sorta money on a systemboard, i doubt will be using IDE still.
Theres a few lovely SATA DVDRWs on the market now, which mean you can disable the IDE Controller, and freeup clock cycles on a decaying interface.
Are there? When I buyilt my computer a year ago there was only the Plextor PX-716SA. I haven't seen any others available since. I really wish someone would release a SATA Lightscribe drive. And for that matter, why not SATA floppy drives?
SATA optical drives are available, but so far they're not anywhere near mainstream. until that changes, they do need at least one and preferably two IDE channels on mobos.
I have a question about the blue Pci-e slots operating @ 16x whilst the white is 8x and is in between the blues making a huge gap, even more than a dual slot card is needed.... My question is if the Sli connecter is long enough to reach the two cards and if so, are the Chaps at ASUS wanting people to go over their physics or X-fi cards?
Originally Posted by Sim0n Looking at the board shot, the memory clips are ever so slightly different on the white sockets, Is there a reason behind that, or just abit of extra clippyness ?
I photographed the first of the two Strikers I received (they're both early pre-production boards) since the second was running some tests at the time - the second one has all of the memory clips the same size as the clips on the white slots. I don't think there's a reason behind the different clip sizes. ;)
Originally Posted by Nature I have a question about the blue Pci-e slots operating @ 16x whilst the white is 8x and is in between the blues making a huge gap, even more than a dual slot card is needed.... My question is if the Sli connecter is long enough to reach the two cards and if so, are the Chaps at ASUS wanting people to go over their physics or X-fi cards?
"Ich viese nich"
The SLI connector is huge but still floppy (rofl, I can't believe I just said that) and is long enough not to get in the way of any cards you might install between two dual-slot video cards. Here's a size comparison - the smaller connector is what Asus ships with boards that have two slots between the two PCI-Express x16 slots.
Originally Posted by Tim S The SLI connector is huge but still floppy (rofl, I can't believe I just said that) and is long enough not to get in the way of any cards you might install between two dual-slot video cards. Here's a size comparison - the smaller connector is what Asus ships with boards that have two slots between the two PCI-Express x16 slots.
Im surprised there 'Floppy' SLI connections, my EVGA SLI bridge is 'Hard' (hum, that ok for this site? :D )
Sam
Edit: Will a Storm 4 Waterblock or any waterblock for that matter be ok to use on this board, i mean will the Heatpipes be cool enough, as i dont spot any fans to help cool it.
Originally Posted by evanbraakensiek no offence but i would never pay 250 for a motherboard unless it was multi processor socket no matter how good it was
Sorry to annoy, but its not £250 as you put it, as i discovered here Not to bad a price now :D
Originally Posted by Cthippo Are there? When I buyilt my computer a year ago there was only the Plextor PX-716SA. I haven't seen any others available since. I really wish someone would release a SATA Lightscribe drive. And for that matter, why not SATA floppy drives?
SATA optical drives are available, but so far they're not anywhere near mainstream. until that changes, they do need at least one and preferably two IDE channels on mobos.
There's not nearly as many sata as ide agreed, but they are readily available.
Originally Posted by BUFF the Samsung 183 doesn't have Lightscribe
Hmm, strange.. on the dabs.com spec sheet, it lists Lightscribe but on the Samsung site it says nothing about Lightscribe.. ah well, I would appear to be standing corrected :) Good job you mentioned it, tbh because I was thinking of buying that particular drive.
Originally Posted by greensabbath This mobo seems pretty interesting and i like those heatpipes but I really hope you asked the Asus people one question: "Can the board be used in an upside down ATX configuration?" Because i know the evga can.
I second this question - Is the heatpipe wicked (i.e. can be used inverted) or no?
Don't suppose anyone knows when this is actually going to start shipping in the UK? I've had it on order for over a month now and gone through something like six estimated delivery dates with no luck :(
Starting to get reall annoying as I've got all the other parts for my new machine sat under my desk waiting for it!
As far as I'm aware, the boards should be shipping ASAP. We got a "final" BIOS (i.e. non-beta) from Asus a few days ago and will be revisiting this board in the very near future.
Really? I noticed Scan were listing it in stock for a week or so over xmas but its back to pre-order there so I think that was a cock-up. Nowhere else I've been following has it listed in stock at all - although a few places are estimating the 19th now *crosses fingers*
It's really annoying though - I'm building a machine and have everything I need bar the motherboard and the graphics card (Asus 8800GTX) so I've got a huge pile of bits under my desk that I can't do anything with :/
its funny how noone here speaks of the instabilities and problems with this motherboard.
being the owner of one and what i considered the best memory (corsair), i must say i have gone through hell to get 4GB of memory to work on this motherboard.
and if you think this is a single case, just have a look at the asus forums or corsair forums and its not just memory...
there have definitly been people who got this motherboard working on their first attempt, but honestly they where the lucky few.
i have had to lower my memory specs way below the norm for 4 800 MHz DIMMS, (no, its not 667MHz) definitly not use the defaults the motherboard gives me, and hell, spend days running memtest V1.70 to find a stable configuration.
if i could go back in time, i would never have bought this motherboard.
this motherboard is "described" as the ultimate motherboard for gamers.
i cant even get it running at the expected specs, never mind even thinking of overclocking...
and it does have lots of overclocking option, thank god, but i use them to lower everything...
id describe it as the ultimate motherboard for anyone who doesnt want to have some decent sleep.
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Replyedit: nevermind.. Asus's website has it listed as an 8 phase board
http://content.imagesocket.com/images/memslots8ce.jpg
edit: the heat pipes should also be more flux to the board.... and the fins should be less high... so i can fit any cooler in there.... and that ATA socket has to move to another location or even rotate 90º.
Theres a few lovely SATA DVDRWs on the market now, which mean you can disable the IDE Controller, and freeup clock cycles on a decaying interface.
Are there? When I buyilt my computer a year ago there was only the Plextor PX-716SA. I haven't seen any others available since. I really wish someone would release a SATA Lightscribe drive. And for that matter, why not SATA floppy drives?
SATA optical drives are available, but so far they're not anywhere near mainstream. until that changes, they do need at least one and preferably two IDE channels on mobos.
"Ich viese nich"
http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/asus_striker_extreme_preview/sli-connectors.jpg
installed:
http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/asus_striker_extreme_preview/sli-connectors-installed.jpg
Sam
Edit: Will a Storm 4 Waterblock or any waterblock for that matter be ok to use on this board, i mean will the Heatpipes be cool enough, as i dont spot any fans to help cool it.
Sorry to annoy, but its not £250 as you put it, as i discovered here Not to bad a price now :D
Sam
There's not nearly as many sata as ide agreed, but they are readily available.
LiteOn DVDRW sata
Samsung with Lightscribe
I'm hoping to change my 3 pata optical drives for equivalent sata.
Hmm, strange.. on the dabs.com spec sheet, it lists Lightscribe but on the Samsung site it says nothing about Lightscribe.. ah well, I would appear to be standing corrected :) Good job you mentioned it, tbh because I was thinking of buying that particular drive.
This looks promising
In the absence of anything equivalent from DFI that's No.1 on my want list I think.
I second this question - Is the heatpipe wicked (i.e. can be used inverted) or no?
Starting to get reall annoying as I've got all the other parts for my new machine sat under my desk waiting for it!
Sam
It's really annoying though - I'm building a machine and have everything I need bar the motherboard and the graphics card (Asus 8800GTX) so I've got a huge pile of bits under my desk that I can't do anything with :/
being the owner of one and what i considered the best memory (corsair), i must say i have gone through hell to get 4GB of memory to work on this motherboard.
and if you think this is a single case, just have a look at the asus forums or corsair forums and its not just memory...
there have definitly been people who got this motherboard working on their first attempt, but honestly they where the lucky few.
i have had to lower my memory specs way below the norm for 4 800 MHz DIMMS, (no, its not 667MHz) definitly not use the defaults the motherboard gives me, and hell, spend days running memtest V1.70 to find a stable configuration.
if i could go back in time, i would never have bought this motherboard.
this motherboard is "described" as the ultimate motherboard for gamers.
i cant even get it running at the expected specs, never mind even thinking of overclocking...
and it does have lots of overclocking option, thank god, but i use them to lower everything...
id describe it as the ultimate motherboard for anyone who doesnt want to have some decent sleep.
i guess you could say "you have been warned"...
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