wellll you know that leaving it all on aut means the voltages and settings are NOT at default, but increased to whatever asus programmed the bios to set, right?

setting ddr3 timings to auto means the timings get adjusted depending on strap, fsb and speed. setting ddr3 voltage to auto means it gets adjusted according to speed and timings. setting chipset voltage or cpu vcore to auto does the same... i can get 500fsb with everything on auto on my p5e3 as well, but its good to hear that the striker 2 extreme isnt worse in that regard

but im really not sure what to think of the striker 2 xtreme...
several people are now saying its not all that bad or that its a great board, but at the same time, thats what many people said about the striker 1 as well and i had 3 boards of it and it was a nightmare... and most people i know made the same experience while all review sites and many guys here praised it as the greatest board... so i guess ill get one to know what its all about and to have my own opinion