Abrasive my previous post may have been to you too; it may have given others the resolve to try for 500FSB to milk their systems before testing pmp's new bios. If you're content to sit and wait then thats up to you.

Don't argue with a fool, the spectators can't tell the difference [/QUOTE]

Unfortunately experience can be misinterpreted by some as narrow mindedness or not being seen to be willing to push the envelope. Xtreme Systems generally is about total system performance and not just extreme FSB. There are other threads which are dedicated solely to that topic. It is a known fact that complete system performance drops substantially on the Striker after 424 FSB. If a user is solely content with achieving the highest possible FSB speed at the expense of overall system performance then that is his or her prerogative.
Having built and tuned multiple machines utilizing Strikers with varied associated hardware using Air, Water and Phase cooling, none of those machines have benefited from FSB speeds over 424. All that is being said here is that if you want the best performance from this board, at this stage, with current BIOS revisions, it is more productive to tune it's memory performance rather than go for the big FSB numbers. I've had numerous Striker's all with late BIOS versions stable at 500 FSB but have always dropped back to lower than 425 and gained much improved system responsiveness.
I and a few others here, are simply stating what the limitations of this board are (currently) and trying to assist other inquiring Striker users into gaining the "highest level of performance" and not just "the highest FSB numbers".

The choice is of course, yours.

And you are correct, I will not argue with a fool. Some spectators can tell the difference