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Asus Striker Extreme or Abit IN9 32x MAX
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27. May 2007 @ 22:53 |
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Hi all,
I am looking at getting a new computer very soon, and I have heard some excellent things about both of these mobos. Now comes the part where I have to choose between them. I currently have an Abit AN8 and it's been pretty good to me for 2 years now, but that alone won't make me pick the IN9 over the Striker.
To make it easy, I'll categorize my pros and cons.
Abit IN9
Pros:
Good overclocking support
Abit have been good to me before
Cooling setup
Flash looking boot screen (LOL)
Wi-Fi
Cons:
Immature BIOS
Various bugs become apparent when tweaking FSB at certain multiples (memory bandwidth decrease etc.)
680i chipset on NB only, 590(i think) on SB
Asus Striker Extreme
Pros:
Has lots more BIOS revisions than the Abit
User friendly POST error indicator
680i chipset on NB and SB
Good cooling setup too
Cons:
Extremely picky with RAM!!!!!!!
Which brings me to my big problem. The RAM I want is
G.SKILL 2x1gig CL4 DDR2 800Mhz (PC2-6400) Model: F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK
Good latency 4-4-3-5 when compared to say, some Corsair (same price) with 5-5-5-12. Anyway, the G.Skill is NOT on the Striker Extreme qualified vendor list that Asus engineers have released :( Does this mean that I will CERTAINLY have problems, or that it is just not recommended for me to use such RAM? I'm fine with un-recommended stuff, hey, what's overclocking for?
If ANYONE can find a review comparing these two boards (I've read HEAPS of reviews but NONE have these boards together), PLEASE post the link here :)
My decision won't be based on the RAM alone, because I can always just get different stuff I guess, but I'm looking for anything that could swing me one way or the other instead of just being stuck in the middle.
Thanks heaps,
Rubix
Gigabyte 3d Aurora 570 | Coolermaster Real Power M1000 | Core i7 920 @ 4.0ghz w/ Coolermaster V10 | DFI LanParty DK-X58-T3EH6 | Evga GTX275 SLI @ FTW clocks | 3x2GB Patriot 1600mhz | Seagate 500GB x2, 1.5TB, FreeAgentPro 500GB | Dell 2408WFP | Windows 7 Professional x64
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28. May 2007 @ 03:34 |
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I have aw9d-max and its amazing i was reading allot reviews of these 2 mobos and these are great mobos i suggest abit becose that digital pwm and uguru chip allot users say that is better for overclocking but asus is really buggy and crashes allot whn overclocking read some reviews and test between them and good luck with chosing i will wait for dd3 before new mobo :)
rig 1-Termaltake Armor+(VH6000BWS),Thermalright ultra 120 extreme(sharkoon silent eagle 2000)Core duo E6850,Evga 680i sli T1 (p31),Silverstone Zeus ST85ZF 850w,4x1gb Ocz sli ready 1066mhz,2x Xfx 8800 Ultras in sli,Samsung SM 2232BW 22" 2ms,Raptor 150gb-00NLR5,barakuda 7200.10 320gb,G9,G25,G15 logitec,creative 4.1 speaker
rig 2-Thermaltake Tsunami dream casa,Aquarius 3 water cooling for proc,Core duo E6600,Abit aw9d max ,4gb ddr2 800mhz,Sapphire x1950xtx Toxic water cooled,coolermaster 550w psu,Hitachi A7K1000 1TB
Samsung SM 913N 8ms 19",Logitech G7
PSP 4.02 M33-2 and 4gb sony ms,Sony PS3 60gb,Sony hdtv 32inch Kdl-32P2530,Sony dvp-ns76h upscale dvd player,Xbox 360 premium xtreme what can i say i am a tech junkie ;)
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funky22
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28. May 2007 @ 03:38 |
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go on anadtech,tomshardware,firingsquad,hexus net for reviews or just google model name and review
rig 1-Termaltake Armor+(VH6000BWS),Thermalright ultra 120 extreme(sharkoon silent eagle 2000)Core duo E6850,Evga 680i sli T1 (p31),Silverstone Zeus ST85ZF 850w,4x1gb Ocz sli ready 1066mhz,2x Xfx 8800 Ultras in sli,Samsung SM 2232BW 22" 2ms,Raptor 150gb-00NLR5,barakuda 7200.10 320gb,G9,G25,G15 logitec,creative 4.1 speaker
rig 2-Thermaltake Tsunami dream casa,Aquarius 3 water cooling for proc,Core duo E6600,Abit aw9d max ,4gb ddr2 800mhz,Sapphire x1950xtx Toxic water cooled,coolermaster 550w psu,Hitachi A7K1000 1TB
Samsung SM 913N 8ms 19",Logitech G7
PSP 4.02 M33-2 and 4gb sony ms,Sony PS3 60gb,Sony hdtv 32inch Kdl-32P2530,Sony dvp-ns76h upscale dvd player,Xbox 360 premium xtreme what can i say i am a tech junkie ;)
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29. May 2007 @ 00:28 |
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yeah i've googled them both and read every review on the first two pages, but nothing is helping me swing one way or the other. PLease help!
Gigabyte 3d Aurora 570 | Coolermaster Real Power M1000 | Core i7 920 @ 4.0ghz w/ Coolermaster V10 | DFI LanParty DK-X58-T3EH6 | Evga GTX275 SLI @ FTW clocks | 3x2GB Patriot 1600mhz | Seagate 500GB x2, 1.5TB, FreeAgentPro 500GB | Dell 2408WFP | Windows 7 Professional x64
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