Asus Striker II Formula | High End Gaming Motherboard with Tripple SLI Support 780i Chipset
The Asus Striker II is one of the more expensive and feature packed motherboards on the market, primarily aimed at gamers it has the nVidia 780i Northbridge chipset, one of the better chipsets out there. Its simple and easy to overclock and has three PCI Express x16 slots using the nForce 200 chipset which means that its ready for triple SLI which you can use with the latest nVidia cards the Geforce9800.
There are a lot of cooling features on this motherboard which make it ideal for gaming systems that produce a lot of heat. The Northbridge is covered by a heatsink that uses pin fin technology which is better than the old stacked fin. The Striker II Formula also features quite a large heatpipe and heatsink that begins at the Southbridge , goes around the at the 780i chipset and ends at the heat circuits. Unfortunately there isn’t support for watercooling for the Northbridge, which is a shame since it’s the output for all three chipsets.
With the Asus Striker II you get SupremeFX II which is supposed to be “excellent high definition audio” but I wasn’t really impressed it’s just a slightly better version of standard onboard sound drivers and with you paying a good amount for the motherboard I’m sure you can invest in buying a better sound card.
Overall though the Asus Striker II Formula is good value for money for the features you get, this is considerably due to the massive customer support you get from ASUS as usual. If you’re a heavy gamer and like to have plenty of room to overclock then this Motherboard is likely to be right up your street.
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