Hey Rodriguez

About the CPUs, well is all about the CPU batch and motherboard batch too. If they are good ones, they will OC fine. However, keep in mind you guys are trying to run Quads at high FSB speeds as well as high speed RAM (4gbs or more) which makes it more complicated.
Good luck with that E8600, hopefully you will get to achieve that speed you looking for.

I also heard about the batches from CSX coming a little more sucky than the first ones. Im sad to hear that as I really wanted to get a pair of Diablo because of that reason, but with prices up in the sky (I still cant say "worth"), things not doing so good in US plus CSX located in Europe only and hard to acquire a kit in north america, it made it difficult for me to get one when I really wanted to. Now, hearing this makes me think about it once again as a RMA would take me weeks.

I really hope ASUS doesnt stop giving BIOS releases for the Striker at least for a good time. It would be good if they could provide us with a little more stable board at high speeds.