Quote Originally Posted by aussie-revhead View Post
Daark - can you tell me why ? What made it a pos ?
After 3 bad Striker II's
Was able to crank one up;
475 FSB @ 11.5 for 4.987 Ghz.
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I went to the EVGA 790i Ultra.
The first one had a broken ceramic resistor so I did not even get a chance to turn it on.
The second was OK.
Was able to do a little with it, but nothing like the Striker II.
It had some electrical problems with the board and sent it back.
The third board I got was DOA, would not even boot.

So now I am back with the Striker II Extreme

In my opinion the EVGA 790i Ultra has the following problems:
  1. Bad position of south bridge - with the EVGA it was right under the main PCIE-16 slot, Striker II is under the Third PCIE-16
  2. EVGA has a non standard case plug so you have to change a case plug.
  3. EVGA uses a jumper to reset the BIOS. Much harder than the push botton with Striker.
  4. EVGA has a non standard mounting configuration. 10 instead of the standard 9 screws.
  5. EVGA board base material seemed thinner than the Striker II
  6. EVGA heat sinks did not seem to cool adequately at higher FSB speeds. Striker II much better.


This is what I can think of just off the top of my head.