Never mind the Striker, Here's the Commando

[sladesurfer]

:D http://www.thetechrepository.com/showpost.php?p=137&postcount=5

All the excitement about DFI had me forgetting another board which i will be testing over the next few weeks. Asus have released what could possibly be the finest i965 board we will see. Codenamed commando the board is part of the ROG line of boards which also have crosshair and Strker extreme as members.

I have the board and can say I have not yet tested a board that overclocks DDR2 better than this one, if you want to run 1300+DDR this is the board for you

Voltage options are nothing short of stunning, i will post screen shots in the next 24hrs so sit tight. Tests to come in the nex week or so.

1 pic for your enjoyment, you may see others posted as Asus gave a sneek peek of the board here in taiwan at the 1st OCZ Overclocking summit.

I have a feeling this may be the ultimate i965...check the link for a pic, as i quoted for RD600 i will be testing over the next few days, if Asus allow benches to be posted you will have more info soon.

You are going to see a respin of many i965 boards real soon, i even saw Gigabyte have new i965 which is also an awesome overclocker

Good times ahead thats for sure.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1979/commandoiu1zr8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5029/commandobios003aq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9283/commandobios005tn8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5392/commandobios007uo6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8317/commandobios008pu7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2738/commandobios010pb8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5294/commandobios011sj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4386/commandobios013ag4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7426/commandobios014wv6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3301/commandobios015lc8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[LordofDoom]

Looks nice, but kinda boring-ish for what it's supposed to do.

[Revv23]

i like that design. alot

[boblemagnifique]

and (Link French) http://www.overclocking-masters.com/Carte-mere-extreme-Asus-Commando,ns188.htm

[exhausted mule]

3.3 volts on the ram.

wholly

doesn't show vcore though.


EDIT: what's with the notches beside the socket?

[[XC] leviathan18]

i like that design. alot

QFT its pretty clean, a nice layout you can use several of the pci

[lowfat]

4 PCI slots :)

[OCFX]

would be nice to see LanParty 965P too :p:

[Pipi]

MOBO makers finally realised PCIe devices that are not x16 are as rare as flying pigs. More PCI slots FTW!! And nice layout, yes.

[realsmasher]

any infos on the new gigabytes until now ?

@ topic : nice and clear design. i really like those cheap boards, that are good at overclocking.

but let's see if it will be cheap...

[JoeBar]

Apart from the heatpipe, this is one very nice m/b! Maybe it'll replace my P5B Del... :D

However do i only se 1.6v in nb or are there more options not shown?

[M.Beier]

The settings are awesome, I'd really like a close up picture around socket area, the "thingy" in the lower right corner looks like hell on earth for us phasechangers... Looks as a area that will prevent airtight enclosure with mach II mountin' gear, don' it?

[en4cer]

This has the best layout of any board I've seen in quite a while :D

[syne_24]

It's funny how their runner up board have a better layout than their top of the line board. Sometimes I think asus is doing it just to piss people off. :rolleyes:

[Senater_Cache]

whats with the two cuts by the mosfets without sink? dont tell me its for a backside-reaching heatpipe a la Gigabyte.

[Babsy]

i bet this gonna be in the 500's if the striker is 400

[Frodin]

It has already been listed by a few Norwegian webshops, for about the same price as the P5W DH Deluxe. Preliminary ETA is December 23rd

[sladesurfer]

updated

[The Stilt]

Commando is actually quite cheap, in Europe ~ 220€ (incl. tax).
ETA from the end of december to early january

[lowfat]

i bet this gonna be in the 500's if the striker is 400


why would a 965 be more than a 680i? There is no reason for it to be more expensive.

[mrlobber]

Commando is actually quite cheap, in Europe ~ 220€ (incl. tax).
ETA from the end of december to early january

Wow, if that's the case and if Tony knows what he is saying about the board (and I firmly believe he does :) ), time to start thinking where to sell my P5B Deluxe :D

[Tony]

Hey

I see you quoted me but I must ask why my pics are now on image shack?

[Tony]

loads fast for me, try changing your proxy