ASUS nVidia 790i Ultra SLI Ready ,StrikerII Extreme!!

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=ASUS ... YEA OK

I wanted this Striker II Extreme bad, but I can wait about 1-2 weeks longer for the price to come down a bit here in CALI...

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i heard that reference boards are coming into stock and will sell in AUD$300-$400 range somewhere

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Tell me about it. auspcmarket have them in stock, I couldnt believe my eyes.

xfx reference is available in staticice, but I really like my evga 680i so I think I'll just grab an evga 790i. Under $400 and I'm there in an instant.

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Originally Posted by webwilli

my striker ii extreme arrived today :D

but with bios 0402.

if anyone find bios 0507 or 0504 please contact me.

thanks.

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Did you find the 0507 bios anywhere?

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Originally Posted by Fusion2002

Did you find the 0507 bios anywhere?

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yeah, i did.. here ya go :up:
http://www.awardfabrik.de/images/pic...ds/s2e0507.rar

Thanks a bunch. I'm running on 0507 now about to start some testing. Thanks for the quick reply

No worries, playing with the xfx ref atm myself :D

Currently building a S2E based rig for a customer... HW specs are quite convincing :D

- QX9770@4Ghz min. (he insisted on that)
- 3x Asus 8800 Ultra for Tri-SLI
- 2x1TB Samsung F1 drives
- 2x2GB OCZ Reaper 1333 CL6 (hoping they will rune fine at 1600+ but doubt it, considering they were dirt cheap)
- Asus Xonar 2 fancy PCIe sound
- 2x Corsair TX750 PSU modded (2800RPM max 140mm out - 1000RPM max 140mm Yate Loon in)

Will be a dual-loop WC setup, all internal in a Silverstone TJ07.
System should be able to handle every game on a 30" while being very quiet (my specialty is building highly overpowered rigs that you guys would call inaudible :p: )

I just hope everything will go smoothly, I always had trouble with Asus boards, tbh I don't like them at all (now less than ever, thanks to their lack of supporting my 450$ Dual S771 mobo). Also heard rumours about the fuzion block being crappy on this one, but we'll see.

If you guys have any hints regarding the mobo and/or DDR3 I'd be happy to hear them, since this will be my 1st 790i/DDR3 rig.
Should I even try to run the mem at 1600 CL7 or is 1333 CL6 just as fine?
1T still having that big an impact on NV mobos?
I built lots of 680i based setups, even a triple-SLI before but no clue so far about the 790i. That's what makes it exciting though :up:

You know what seems that is the only thing that makes this board exspensive, the LEDS. For :banana::banana::banana::banana:s sake every manufacturer that makes something with LEDS jacks up the price x100. this is a cry out, listen you idiotic companies LED LIGHTS DO NOT FREAKING COST $50 a piece, im getting tired of manufacturers in general jacking up prices by 200% because it has some lights on it.

maybe they are using super high quality LED to ensure that it will last longer than the motherboard's lifetime. lol