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		For enthusiasts seeking the highest performance, most fully featured motherboards that any Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer is able to produce, one need look no further than ASUS' Republic of Gamers brand. The ASUS Striker II NSE motherboard continues in this tradition. 
		
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      The two blue PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots 
      and the middle PCI Express slot can be configured for two-way or three-way 
      SLI modes with selected NVIDIA graphics cards. There are also a pair of PCI 
      Express x1 slots, and a pair of PCI slots for legacy peripherals. 
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      The NVIDIA nForce 790i Media and 
      Communications processor powers the six SATA  II ports, and allows them to 
      be configured in RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configurations. It 
      also controls the IDE port.   
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      There are four DDR3 slots on the ASUS Striker 
      II NSE motherboard, with a maximum capacity of 8GB. Supported RAM 
      speeds are 800/1066/1333MHz, with unofficial support for 1600MHz memory 
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      The ASUS Striker II NSE motherboard can run at 
      800/1066/1333/1600MHz Front Side Bus speeds, and supports Pentium D, 4 and 
      Extreme processors, as well as Core 2 Duo, Quad and Extreme processors, 
      including the new 45nm Wolfdale and Yorkfield processors. 
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      ASUS' Stack Cool 2 adds a copper 
      layer in between the PCB layers that allows motherboard components to use 
      the entire underside of the motherboard as a surface area for cooling. 
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      The Striker II NSE motherboard has on-board 
      Power and Reset switches that allow the motherboard to be turned on and 
      off without installing it in a case. There's also a BIOS reset button 
      located on the I/O shield that restores default settings, should a bad 
      overclocking setup make the BIOS inaccessible. 
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