nForce 790i SLI/Ultra chipset mobos - Reviews/OC/Guides

[andymg350]

with the bios maturing it seems that the striker II is starting to get much better in terms of stability at stock speeds but i have noticed that the board doesnt appear to like 2gb sticks much because of the high density (or at least with my ocz 1600 EB 2x2gb 7-6-6-24 sticks) so it requires a little extra voltage on the NB chip.

i havent really used the board at stock much but before i went away for a couple weeks i had the board overclocked at 3.6ghz with no corruption and it appeared to be stable so i see no reason why running it at stock should cause any problems.

im not going to be biased towards asus since i like their boards but in the other thread about 790i corruption the poll indicates from XS Users:

View Poll Results: did you experience corruptions at very low overclocks or even stock?

Striker 2 XE - no corruption 39 23.64%
EVGA or XFX - no corruption 55 33.33%
Striker 2 XE - corruption problems 46 27.88%
EVGA or XFX - corruption problems 42 25.45%

so it would seem that the evga/xfx boards are more stable running stock than the asus boards but as i said with the latest bioses things are starting to get much better.

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 165. You have already voted on this poll