Asus Commando
8. Overclocking
Asus advertises the Commando as the ultimate platform for overclocking, and to be honest, we weren't surprised. The BIOS includes all the settings to boost the CPU's overall speed, either by increasing the FSB or RAM frequency, synced or not. Ok, so this motherboard can overclock, but the real question is by how much. Without making any special preparations and leaving all voltages in auto mode, we managed to get a 100% stable 480FSB system with memory running at 1:1. We had read reports from other reviewers who could get even higher results. We tried to pump up the voltages but we didn't have much luck. We suspect the "problem" here is our CPU (Intel E6600). With a different CPU, like an Intel E6300, you can get more FSB "juice" from this motherboard.