ASUS Striker Extreme 1301 BIOS 7/11 Update

[Ambro]

It is a known fact that complete system performance drops substantially on the Striker after 424 FSB.

Simple - are Faiakes results better @ a high FSB clock ( above your magic 424FSB figure)

YES

improved system responsiveness @ lower FSB's - I don't believe; especially when the 3X bench programs of Faiakes (and mine I should add) say otherwise

Who are all these others to back you up about your 424FSB ceiling that you refer to??

Well my point is and stays and it's not my point to start a flaming war here :

On air (let's say to run the board out of the box) it ain't guaranteed to keep those clocks, I've had numerous discussions about peeps ing mobo/ram manufacturers that the prodcts they got were crap , they ran their rigs up to full potential with dangerous volts on air, finally the mobo, ram or both died and then they start complaining it's a crap mobo...

I'm indeed a safe overclocker , only pushing the rig when having fun or testing some new ram and co , I just want to spare some users the headaches & sleepless nites that not all mobo's or other hardware can't be pushed so hard as some members here...

I envy your rig as my board has never released it's full potential ( CPU limited here, as the cpu's do exactly the same on the P5K DLX ) but I don't even see, feel a difference at my games between 3.4 or 3.8 GHz as my TFT supports...max 1280 x 1024...

Extremesystems has changed more into a general forum where overclocks still lead the pack but more and more users tune in for general help then asking help for pushing the envelope, me being an very active rage3d and Abxzone forum member I'm still trying to aid those that need help , based on my own experiences ofcourse and that of other users...

Kinda interested in ya cooling setup Ambro , do you have a link where I can see more piccies plz as I might order too the full EK setup and do a second loop with smaller tubing for NB and PWM and keep the P5K Dlx on air... and go flat out on the Striker...

Cya lads , glad to see some users are at least happy wiht our superexpensive Strikers

what can I say - your point had to be made and it is indeed true and correct

my volts are pretty mild with these clocks for MY system; stock boards may have issues.

Safe overclocking? Yes but as I said before this is XS
(see Attached Image )

(I should add this clause to all my future posts )

I am confident that a 500FSB is O.K - but only time will tell. 6 months we shall all know.

I run 1920X1200 - maybe it is the res but I do notice the difference when gaming on a good FSB clock. Lost Planets is especially responsive @ higher clocks which gives me hope when DX10 rules supreme.

My GTX runs 650gpu (I think normally 575) and 1070mem (I think normally 850) thanks to eddy's blocks.

I will post some picks soon in the liquid cooling area, thanks for the interest; other ppls machines inspired me initially - I only hope to do the same because this should be a fun hobby where users get something out of this forum