eeek *brain just melted* :P

thanks for the feedback guys. If I were to get the Striker II Extreme I probably wouldn't go for a sound card anyways (comes with it's own dealy). and I've been reading up on some problems whilst activating SLI on this chipset and using X-Fi soundcards.. evidently they use the same IRQ at times which can seriously mess up yer system ( crashes non stop for some ppl) I think It may also be why the Stiker II Extreme comes with a separate card rather than just onboard sound as it seems it (onboard) was also having similar issues :S on earlier models.

I'm tempted to steer clear of the Striker II as the list of reported problems is now longer then my arm :S (it may just be ASUS being muppets tho

Cooling block leaking
SLI problems
Sound card problems
overheating
cooling paste applied (some ghastly super glue like stuff)
BIOS problems
SATA issues
stability issues when overclocking

and every time i think I found out something that's causing it, I find another problem :cursing:

oh well :P might save me a £100 or so by not getting it anyway :P

gawd who knew thing's had got so complicated :S thought me to stay up to date with all the new developments :S