The Asus Striker Extreme is based on the Nvidia 680i SLI, which offers many options within the BIOS to optimize voltage, CPU multiplier and of course, FSB. This motherboard is advertised as an overclocking champion, so we had to find out if Asus' claim was true.

The most impressive feature of this board is the ability to raise the memory voltage up to 3.45V! Of course, such a high voltage will "fry" your memory modules, but in any case, it's a good option for serious overclockers. The memory settings from within the BIOS offer the chance to have both FSB and memory linked or unlinked, and don't forget that you can run 1T with this board. Great help for overclockers too. If something goes wrong (such as settings the memory/cpu cannot handle), the board resumes in about 90% of cases. So no need for CMOS reset and he like.

Let's now pass on to our results. The board could POST at a maximum of 470FSB, lowering of course the CPU multiplier to 6x. We didn't touch vcore voltages and only DRAM was set to 2.20V. It's possible that you need to adjust NBB and set Vcore voltages higher, to get a totally perfect, stable system.

Having read other users reports, this board can definitely go up to 500+FSB (with the proper voltage tweaks and the selected CPU/RAM combination). Overall, we are very satisfied with the overclocking capabilities of this board, and with a bit of work, you can have a fully stable system.

Below are our settings that reached 470MHZ FSB

AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Disabled

FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
x FSB - Memory Ratio: N/A
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1880 (means 470FSB)
Actual FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1700
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 800 (means 400mhz speeds)
Actual MEM (DDR), Mhz: 880.2

Vcore Voltage: AUTO
Memory Voltage: 2AUTO
1.2v HT Voltage: AUTO
NB Core Voltage: AUTO
SB Core Voltage: AUTO
CPU VTT Voltage: AUTO
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: AUTO
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: AUTO
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: AUTO

tCL (CAS Latency): 4
tRCD: 4
tRP: 4
tRAS: 8
Command Per Clock (CMD): 2 clock (2T)

Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 5x

PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz): 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: 200