Based around the nForce 680i chipset, ASUS' Striker Extreme motherboard is loaded with features. Its got heat pipe cooling, 3 PCI Express graphics slots, a built-in diagnostic LED panel on the back of the motherboard, and offers bus speed options up to 3.0GHz. Read our first impressions of this motherboard inside this article! As we mentioned earlier, ASUS uses an 8-phase power design on the Striker Extreme, much like they?ve done on their previous Core 2-ready motherboards like the P5W DH Deluxe and P5B Deluxe. This ensures that the Striker Extreme is ready for the most power hungry Intel CPUs out there, including Intel?s recently released quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6700. ASUS goes one step further though by using all-solid capacitors throughout the rest of the motherboard. Typically motherboard manufacturers use a combination of solid capacitors and electrolytic capactiors

FiringSquad