Superb sli enthusiast board

Advantages: easy instal, x16 bandwidth on both slots, 2x gigabit lan, easy overclock
Disadvantages: fan loud on nb

...Bought this board to replace the Asus P5N32-e SLI Plus board that wldnt overclock my processor at all. Really impressed so far as the board has lived up to all the hype that surrounds it on the internet. Packaging: This board was packed a liuttle differently to any motherboard that i have bought in the past. Instead of an anti-static bag it came in plastic mould that seated the board very well and prevented any damage occuring during transit. The board also had a multitude of accesories with it. This included the manual, quick start guide, sli bridge connector, driveers disk, sata floppy disk, black sata cables and black ide cables. Specs:Performance Based on NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Chipset chipset Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors 1066/1333 Mhz Front Side...

smivs953 06.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of eVGA nForce 680i SLI - motherboard - ATX

Extreme Performance For Gamers

Advantages: Array of Features, Overclocking and many more.
Disadvantages: Price

.... INTRODUCTION: Yet again ASUS has produced a brilliant motherboard. ASUS Striker Extreme lives up to the quality standards set by ASUS. This motherboard has a host of features to talk about. The layout of the motherboard is very good. It is based on the highest end Nvidia nForce 680i SLI chipset. It is a full ATX Form Factor(24x30cm) motherboard. It features LGA 775 Socket for Intel processors to be installed. FEATURES: * It support old Intel processor like Pentium 4 and Pentium D. * It also support all Core 2 Duo family processors. * It support 1333 FSB, which mean we can use the upcoming Intel processors having 1333 FSB with a BIOS update. * It support a maximum of 8 GB of DDR2 RAM in Dual Channel. * This motherboard has three PCI Express x16 slots, two of which you can use for SLI mode. * It also has two gigabit...

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Review of ASUS Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

The extra ordinary Asus Striker Extreme

Advantages: overclocking, very easy to install etc...
Disadvantages: only garantees QVL memory

...the Asus Striker Extreme the best motherboard for gamers with the technology SLI, the best motherboard I ever had, its a bit pricy but is worth every penny that you spend on that motherboard. Excelent on overclocking, very good features, supports all intel processors from pentium 4 to core 2 quad, even my internet connection is faster now with this motherboard, the only problem that I have with it is the memory because it requires QVL memory and my one isn't. Very easy instalation mainly with the q-connector, its real good, I highly recommend people to buy this motherboard. a few number of features to help people know what this motherboard have. back panel: 2 x 10/100/1000 (LAN) 1 x 7.1 Audio I/O 2 x eSATA II 1 x Firewire (6pin) 1 x LCD Poster 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x SPDIF-Out 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 internal: 1 x...

darkness120 11.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

The best - bugs can be worked around

Advantages: features and accessories rich; great overclocking potential; fastest mobo out there
Disadvantages: some bugs, but nothing that can't be dealt with if you're prepared

...what I expected it to. I was looking for the best motherboard, and I got it; I run Crysis with an E6850 and an 8800GTX compltely smoothly at the highest settings. I had to sacrifice half an hour to sort out startup issues, yes, but I was prepared and so it was really no problem. Added to this, this is also one of the best motherboards for overclocking in existance - the bios is incredibly settings-rich, and I intend to explore all its possibilities when the time comes that there's a game I can't play with standard clocks; and it has full 16x SLI, so I can buy a second 8800GTX any time and upgrade my performance in games by as much as 70%. If you want the best, the Striker Extreme is it....

ClockworkUniverse42 04.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of ASUS Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

Cruddy motherboard that should be scrapped

Advantages: Supposed to be the bees knees
Disadvantages: more like a knacked nag - only fit for the glue factory

...sort out the BIOS problems etc. It is Nvidia\'s fault too, because their new 680i chipset isn\'t so much Rockstar but Diva Queen - it throws wobblies if it doesn\'t get what it wants (while at the same time NOT telling you what it wants) I\'ve had mine for three months, and in that time I\'ve had 3 of them - because they have been faulty. My latest one has just died on me, after a couple of months - the BIOS is GONE - totally, utterly GONE - there is nothing there in BIOS - the machine just keeps going round and round. Because of all the RMA\'s I\'ve had with RAM as well, the company I bought it from can\'t work out when I got it or which one it is, because they are useless too! I now have to pay ASUS to fix it for me. Oh yes, ASUS has NO UK support for anything other than their laptops. Don\'t buy it - wait until Intel sort out...

Dark_Storm_01 11.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

ASUS P5N-E SLI - motherboard - nForce 650i SLI

Advantages: cheap overclocking abilities gd looking build quality highly upgradable
Disadvantages: asus wbsite very slow when wanting to dl updates

...if you are looking to upgrade your pc for gaming on a tight budget this is the best place to start for £70 you deffinatley get your moneys worth with all the features included i bought mine when they was first released it was buggy but once the bios was updated all was fine this board is the heart of one of my kick ass machines and that is exactly what it will do This Motherboard is certified for SLI use my only bad point asus website very slow when wanting to download updates why pay £150 for a striker extreme when this is half that p.s my freind has the striker and i dont feel a diference at all apart from the striker boots up slower too much junk in its bios the p5n is stripped to the core for performance all unneeded removed it is easy to install and set up with good istructions to do so and will even fit...

jontiff 19.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5N-E SLI - motherboard - ATX - nForce 650i SLI

Asus Beta

Advantages: Advnced.
Disadvantages: Not Finshed.

...Asus as a company make some of the best motherboards. They provide quality products at reasonable prices. There boards are some of the most reliable and are manufactured to perfection. So does this board live up to there name? To start with I would like to list the board's specs. P5N32-E SLI CPU Socket Type LGA 775 CPU Supports Intel processors up to Quad Core FSB (Front Side Bus) 1333/1066/800MHz Chipsets North Bridge NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Memory Number of Memory Slots 4×240pin Memory Standard DDR2 800 Maximum Memory Supported 8GB Dual Channel Supported Yes Expansion Slots PCI Express x16 2 x PCI Express x16 slot, support NVIDIA SLI technology, at full x16, x16 speed 1 x PCI Express x16, at x8 speed (Yes That's 3 PCI-E Slots) PCI Slots 2 Storage Devices PATA 1 x ATA100 up to 2 Devices...

me.net 06.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5N32-E SLI AiLifestyle Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

Quad amazement

Advantages: Great performance, Impressive list of features, stable
Disadvantages: High price, a little high power consumption

...Did the wolf got mad !?,quad processor support,quad Gigabit lan ,quad triple phase power, quad..... There are so many quads on this motherboards that I really decided to take it from a hardware store and make a a little test about Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 infinite quad characteristics... * The performance. The performance is great but in generally you wont see a difference greater than 1-3% between the same chipsets. compared with Intel 975, loses in some apps and wins in others but by a small difference.there are the features that makes the big difference. * The features are just interminable so I'll just note the ones that really are important for me personally and that really worth the payed price: - dual pci-e 16x slots for SLI and CrossFIre support and a third 8x one for standalone games physics processing card. -4...

neo1983 21.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

It's the SLI of the tiger

Advantages: SLI. AMD64 bit goodness, DDR memory still used, Hypertransport, Hardware Firewall, Cable testing ports
Disadvantages: New PSU needed for 24 pin ATX and PCI-E power, BIOS updates required

...oops, I did it again with such a SAD title that half the readers of this small review on the newest Nvidia chipset based motherboard for the AMD64 socket 939 platform, have probably closed their browsers in disbelief. It was Just around the Christmas/New Year I decided that frankly my old XP3200+ based system could no longer cut the mustard so to speak, so off I went ( once I had been paid ) and bought nearly a complete system based around the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. As far as motherboards go, I only really like to use 2 of the well-known brands which are Abit and Asus. According to our Abit contact we have at work, would not have an SLI motherboard out for "quite a few months" I had only the Asus range to choose from. Now I was torn between a new PCI-E based platform or an older based AGP system - and I thought seeing as SLI was...

dfjericho 06.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe - motherboard - ATX - nForce4 SLI

brilliant mainboard and its abit

Advantages: its very reliable and its got a 1333fsb
Disadvantages: i have had not one problem

...perfect for a futuristic gaming rig, this is one of the small amount of mainboards with a 1333fsb which means its ready for what intel is bringing out over the next year or so . this mainboard has a amazing bios and chipset which is narurally the 680i, the mainboard its self has some very handy features such as 3 pci slots and a cmos reset SWITCH no more messing with jumpers. his mainboard is a ultimate overclocker and it comes at a good price i have ad mind for 3 months or so and its a brilliant mobo and it runs ver smoothly also the bios is brilliant for overcloking with the uguru utility i really do reccomend this becasue or its relability and well its abit isnt it tthey always exel them selves beyone what is required hence the mainboards abilirty to work under tempretures in exess of 350 degrees not that that will ever happen when im...

sam103329 04.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of ABIT IN9 32X-MAX - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI