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Well I dont want to be a party pooper but most people in the reviews from newegg wrote really (but I mean really) bad reviews about that board.
Also, there is something very weird and strange, the board is not listed anymore in the ASUS webpage (only in the BIOS update section)

Im not saying your board will come defective, just that you gotta keep an eye on it and test it once you get it so you can be able to return it in case you find it defective.

Just to let you know 😱
 
I just built my system with the EVGA 680iSLI motherboard, and it ROCKS, stable and fast. I read too many complaints about the asus 680i board to want to spend the extra $50 on it.
 
Well I dont want to be a party pooper but most people in the reviews from newegg wrote really (but I mean really) bad reviews about that board.
Also, there is something very weird and strange, the board is not listed anymore in the ASUS webpage (only in the BIOS update section)

Im not saying your board will come defective, just that you gotta keep an eye on it and test it once you get it so you can be able to return it in case you find it defective.

Just to let you know 😱
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I still see it on their site, if Asus got a hardware problem with them they better take it back or replace it with something else that works.
 
I just built my system with the EVGA 680iSLI motherboard, and it ROCKS, stable and fast. I read too many complaints about the asus 680i board to want to spend the extra $50 on it.
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The eVGA is a good board. Good price and everything. The problem was when there was no solution for the SATA problems and the Creative X-Fi but now everything is fixed and is a worthy board.

Normysan, 2 days ago the P5N32-E wasnt listed anymore in the US site. Maybe you are looking on the Iinternational Site or Europe 😛
Hope that you get a good board and ejoy it :)
 
Weird, Newegg no longer has the Striker Extreme in their page. I wonder why?, I even searched for it but no results only the P5N32-E SLI.
Anybody knows anything?
 
Very pissed-off with my striker extreme. It won't even boot if I set it up to run my corsair dominator 1111Mhz ram at full speed. It fails boot even if I allow it to set itself up with the SLI memory settings.
 
Did you check if your ram is in the QLV on Corsair.com for the Striker-Extreme? What about using only 1 stick? Did you tried downclocking it? maybe 1066mhz...
 
No, I'm not dead! I've just had some issues with my harddrive and getting all my software and drivers up to date. Although I still need 3DMark06.. Finally though, I managed to OC my e6600 from 2.4ghz to 3.42 where I stopped because it was getting late. I'm going to try upping the fsb some more and try and get 3.6ghz+. Getting the 3.42 was very easy once I figured out what to do. I left the multiplier at 9x (after trying 6x and 8x) and upped the voltages to "safe maximums" by nvidia standards. I think I was using 380 fsb. At 6x, the highest fsb I could get was 415. So if I'm able to reach the same fsb maximum, that would mean 3.735ghz! 8O I haven't figured out much on OCing the ram yet, so I upped the mhz to 900 (898.2 in actuality) and it ran no problems. So I don't know.. I guess I could keep trying that out and see if I can get 1000mhz or higher. I also went ahead and put in the other 8800gts I had. So I'm pretty excited to see what score I can get now. Otherwise, the comp is running fine and I also went ahead and replaced all the case fans with aerocool fans (the 120mm with over 89 cfm). I even cut a hole in my side panel to place one there and blow cool air on the video cards. My next project is cutting a blowhole in the case and I also got the idea of putting window tint on the side panel. I think it'll look cool and go well with my black case.


As an end note, and if you read anything, read this: DO NOT USE NTUNE OR THE NMONITOR!!!! They don't display correct settings and temps. My ntune would say my comp is at 2.6ghz and the monitor would say something like 2.9ghz. I also left ntune to OC my system over night and the dumb thing corrupted XP somehow, so I had to take my drive to work and reformat and partition the whole thing. So, just use BIOS and save yourself the headache.
 
Well yes, thats true....... but for 3 days only 😛

The Striker is back and In Stock (As yesterday) to order :) I really dont know what issues people is talking about. eVGA workers maybe 8)
 
Weeeeeeeeee finish building my system! yay! 😀 Only need my WD Raptor X to start with Windows Installation! and play of course 8)

Some Pics of my Rig

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I know, my case is full of ports 😀 I guess I will never have to buy a USB or Firewire PCI card 😛
Also, I really love that Zalman! keeps my E6600 at 25c with stock speeds 😀 so coooooooooooooL

By the way, I know that Samsung drive mess up the front side, but I will soon change it 😉

EDIT: Some trouble I had was that I wouldnt boot, then I went to Dear Google and found out that when the LCD poster posts CPU INIT and then doesnt boot, is because your RAM is not getting its regular voltage, so I had to put only 1 stick on RAM and on the last slot, then it would boot and from there I had to change the memory voltage to 2.1 which is the normal voltage for my Corsair. Now everything is cool and running normally.
 
Thanks 8)

BTW, I dont know if you guys have noticed but ZZF has remove the P5N32-E from their website. Whats going on with the ASUS boards? Newegg increased the price for the Striker to $420, demand for this board is so high, I cant believe people still pay more and more for them.
 
I Officially Announce This Thread As Over

It Was Great To Share With All Of You Since End-August About The 590, 680i, And Everything That Was Discussed. Thank You Everyone For Making This The Biggest Thread Of The General Motherboard Section And One Of The Most Biggest Thread In The THG Forums. Without You People, This Thread Wouldnt Be In 70-Pages Now, And Without You, This Thread Wouldnt Have Been As Interesting As It Has Always Been With The Info That You Kept Posting Everyday. Hopefully Everyone Of You Is Now Enjoyning This Boards That We Discussed All This Time. Best Wishes To All Of You.

Sincerely
Slim142
 
It looks like a pretty nice deal, even though I have one already, I would like to ask you, How was your experience with them? (if you ever bought something from there)
 
I've bought a few things from them in the past! I like trying different places, I start small and work my way up (price wise). I never had a problem, always on time always worked. I have never had to return anything so I can not give you an idea of what would happen in that case! LOL
 
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