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Well, I have been beating on a ASUS Striker II Formula now for about 3 weeks, and I am not feeling really good about it. Every nForce 780i (out of 4 total) that I have used has had some sort of our issue or oddity. The EVGA and XFX boards have shown to be much easier to work with over the ASUS boards we have had in hand.
The issue with the Striker II Formula is a simple one. It will NOT run a QX9770 stable at stock 3.2GHz with 1600MHz FSB. It will run a QX9650 stable at 3GHz/1333. It will not run a proven overclockable QX9650 at 3.2/1600.
I know the QX9770 has still not been released by Intel, but we are using it as our base testing processors now on motherboards. We know it is coming, and there is not a reason in my book to ignore it. You may have other thoughts.
Still, at 3.2GHz with a multitude to voltage settings and tweaks, I cannot get the board stable enough to even not lock up sitting idle at the desktop sooner or later. I hope other folks have better results. This is the first time I have thrown in the towel on a ASUS board in a long time, but this one just is not worthy of fighting with any longer.
The issue with the Striker II Formula is a simple one. It will NOT run a QX9770 stable at stock 3.2GHz with 1600MHz FSB. It will run a QX9650 stable at 3GHz/1333. It will not run a proven overclockable QX9650 at 3.2/1600.
I know the QX9770 has still not been released by Intel, but we are using it as our base testing processors now on motherboards. We know it is coming, and there is not a reason in my book to ignore it. You may have other thoughts.
Still, at 3.2GHz with a multitude to voltage settings and tweaks, I cannot get the board stable enough to even not lock up sitting idle at the desktop sooner or later. I hope other folks have better results. This is the first time I have thrown in the towel on a ASUS board in a long time, but this one just is not worthy of fighting with any longer.