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...;c�e�s�s�o�rs� * Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for Intel CPU support list Striker II Extreme: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Striker II NSE: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i SLI™ 1600/1333... 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbuffered non-ECC DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800MHz memory modules (Striker II NSE) - ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Striker II Extreme / S��t�r�ik��e�r�I��I�N��S�E�...
...;c�e�s�s�o�rs� * Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for Intel CPU support list Striker II Extreme: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Striker II NSE: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i SLI™ 1600/1333... 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbuffered non-ECC DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800MHz memory modules (Striker II NSE) - ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Striker II Extreme / S��t�r�ik��e�r�I��I�N��S�E�...
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... DVD The hottest game: Company of Heroes-Opposing Fronts Documentation User guide If any of ASUS quality motherboards! Before you for the following items. Motherboard ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE I/O module USB 2.0 + IEEE 1394a module Cables Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable Floppy disk drive cable Serial ATA cables Serial ATA power cables Th�er�...
... DVD The hottest game: Company of Heroes-Opposing Fronts Documentation User guide If any of ASUS quality motherboards! Before you for the following items. Motherboard ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE I/O module USB 2.0 + IEEE 1394a module Cables Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable Floppy disk drive cable Serial ATA cables Serial ATA power cables Th�er�...
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...in competitions. We believe in making statements and we welcome the best gamers to deliver earthshattering, scalable performance. See page 2‑9 for details. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb...™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Quad-core/Core™2 processor in the Republic of the best. NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset supports the...
...in competitions. We believe in making statements and we welcome the best gamers to deliver earthshattering, scalable performance. See page 2‑9 for details. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb...™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Quad-core/Core™2 processor in the Republic of the best. NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset supports the...
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... CMOS Power OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 STRIKER II EXTREME* PCI1 VIA VT6308P PCIEX16_2 NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 SATA6 Super I/O IE1394_2 OPT_TEMP3 PCI2 OPT_FAN3 USB78 USB910 CHASSIS ADH CLRTC_SW CHA_FAN3 RESET HD_LED PANEL • *The model name shows Striker II NSE if you purchase a Striker II NSE motherboard. • Refer to 2.8 Connectors...
... CMOS Power OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 STRIKER II EXTREME* PCI1 VIA VT6308P PCIEX16_2 NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 SATA6 Super I/O IE1394_2 OPT_TEMP3 PCI2 OPT_FAN3 USB78 USB910 CHASSIS ADH CLRTC_SW CHA_FAN3 RESET HD_LED PANEL • *The model name shows Striker II NSE if you purchase a Striker II NSE motherboard. • Refer to 2.8 Connectors...
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... Master Slave Mode of the following modes to the motherboard's IDE connector, then select one of device(s) Master Slave Master Slave Cable connector Black Black Gray Black or gray • Pin 20 on the Ultra DMA cable connector. This prevents incorrect insertion when you... device jumper is removed to PIN 1. IDE connector (40-1 pin PRI_IDE) The onboard IDE connector is for Ultra DMA 133/100/66 IDE devices. STRIKER II EXTREME PIN1 STRIKER II EXTREME/ STRIKER II NSE IDE connector 2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware information There are three connectors on the IDE ribbon cable to match the...
... Master Slave Mode of the following modes to the motherboard's IDE connector, then select one of device(s) Master Slave Master Slave Cable connector Black Black Gray Black or gray • Pin 20 on the Ultra DMA cable connector. This prevents incorrect insertion when you... device jumper is removed to PIN 1. IDE connector (40-1 pin PRI_IDE) The onboard IDE connector is for Ultra DMA 133/100/66 IDE devices. STRIKER II EXTREME PIN1 STRIKER II EXTREME/ STRIKER II NSE IDE connector 2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware information There are three connectors on the IDE ribbon cable to match the...
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Power supply requirements Heavy Loading CPU SMF 3.2XE Memory DDR3-1800*2 VGA 8800 Ultra*3 SATA-HDD 6 eSATA-HDD 1 IDE-CDROM 1 IDE-HDD 1 USB 4 +12V_8Pin +12V_24pin +5V_24pin +3V_24pin +12V_VGA1... (W) 62.7 10.45 10 12.68 2.5 12.68 10 719.9986 Normal Loading CPU KFD 2.93G Memory DDR3-1333*2 VGA PCIEX16-ASUS EN8800GT-512MX16-0004*1 SATA-HDD 4 eSATA-HDD 1 IDE-CDROM 1 IDE-HDD 0 USB 4 +12V_8Pin +12V_24pin +5V_24pin +3V_24pin +12V_VGA1... Current (A) 10.45 10.45 10 Power (W) 41.8 10.45 10 12.68 2.5 0 10 318.2982 ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-39
Power supply requirements Heavy Loading CPU SMF 3.2XE Memory DDR3-1800*2 VGA 8800 Ultra*3 SATA-HDD 6 eSATA-HDD 1 IDE-CDROM 1 IDE-HDD 1 USB 4 +12V_8Pin +12V_24pin +5V_24pin +3V_24pin +12V_VGA1... (W) 62.7 10.45 10 12.68 2.5 12.68 10 719.9986 Normal Loading CPU KFD 2.93G Memory DDR3-1333*2 VGA PCIEX16-ASUS EN8800GT-512MX16-0004*1 SATA-HDD 4 eSATA-HDD 1 IDE-CDROM 1 IDE-HDD 0 USB 4 +12V_8Pin +12V_24pin +5V_24pin +3V_24pin +12V_VGA1... Current (A) 10.45 10.45 10 Power (W) 41.8 10.45 10 12.68 2.5 0 10 318.2982 ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-39
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... The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility before installing ASUS AI Suite. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ chipset. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Nvidia...
... The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility before installing ASUS AI Suite. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ chipset. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Nvidia...
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5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a JMicron® JMB363 32/64 bit SATA/RAID driver disk. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-5 JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit SATA/RAID Driver Allows you to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA RAID driver disk. NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk.
5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a JMicron® JMB363 32/64 bit SATA/RAID driver disk. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-5 JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit SATA/RAID Driver Allows you to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA RAID driver disk. NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk.
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...processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other RAID performance benefits. RAID 0+1 is required for this setup. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-35 If one drive to a second drive. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive..., thus improving data access and storage. JBOD (Spanning) stands for this setup. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as...
...processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other RAID performance benefits. RAID 0+1 is required for this setup. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-35 If one drive to a second drive. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive..., thus improving data access and storage. JBOD (Spanning) stands for this setup. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as...
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...SATA 1/2/3 Primary/Secondary RAID drive(s) that you want to the power connector on RAID configurations. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks The motherboard supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to ...set the BIOS RAID items: 1. 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in the BIOS before setting ...
...SATA 1/2/3 Primary/Secondary RAID drive(s) that you want to the power connector on RAID configurations. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks The motherboard supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to ...set the BIOS RAID items: 1. 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in the BIOS before setting ...
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... slots (support �N�V�I /O (continued on the next page) xii Supports up to 8 GB system memory *Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the �M��e�m�o�r�y �QV�L Q�u�a��li�...System Bus Memory Expansion Slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Storage LGA775 socket for Intel CPU support list Striker II Extreme: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Striker II NSE: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i SLI™ 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz Dual-channel memory architecture...
... slots (support �N�V�I /O (continued on the next page) xii Supports up to 8 GB system memory *Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the �M��e�m�o�r�y �QV�L Q�u�a��li�...System Bus Memory Expansion Slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Storage LGA775 socket for Intel CPU support list Striker II Extreme: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Striker II NSE: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i SLI™ 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz Dual-channel memory architecture...
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... items in the long line of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for buying an ASUS® Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE motherboard! Before you for the following items. Motherboard ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE I/O module USB 2.0 + IEEE 1394a module Cables Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable Floppy disk drive cable Serial ATA cables Serial ATA power...
... items in the long line of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for buying an ASUS® Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE motherboard! Before you for the following items. Motherboard ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE I/O module USB 2.0 + IEEE 1394a module Cables Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable Floppy disk drive cable Serial ATA cables Serial ATA power...
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... allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to 10 USB 2.0 ports. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of Gamers. The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, three PCI Express™... mode, and up to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Quad-core/Core™2 processor in the Republic of the best.
... allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to 10 USB 2.0 ports. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of Gamers. The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, three PCI Express™... mode, and up to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Quad-core/Core™2 processor in the Republic of the best.
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... DIMM_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR3 DIMM_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module) PRI_IDE 30.5cm (12.0in) 2.2.3 Motherboard layout CHA_FAN1 EL_CON LCD_CON KB_USB56 EATX12V 24.5cm (9.6in) SPDIF_O12 CLR_CMOS E1394 LGA775 CPU_FAN FREQUENCY CPU_CRAZY CPU_HIGH CPU_NORMAL BIOS EATXPWR ...® nForce® 790i(Ultra) SLI™ CHA_FAN2 SPDIF_OUT ROG PCIEX1_1 NB_CRAZY NB_HIGH NB_NORMAL PCIEX16_1 DDR_CRAZY DDR_HIGH DDR_NORMAL OPT_FAN1 OPT_TEMP1 SATA1 SATA2 88E1116 OPT_TEMP2 88E1116 PCIEX1_2 Lithium Cell CMOS Power OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 STRIKER II EXTREME PCI1 VIA VT6308P PCIEX16_2 NVIDIA...
... DIMM_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR3 DIMM_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module) PRI_IDE 30.5cm (12.0in) 2.2.3 Motherboard layout CHA_FAN1 EL_CON LCD_CON KB_USB56 EATX12V 24.5cm (9.6in) SPDIF_O12 CLR_CMOS E1394 LGA775 CPU_FAN FREQUENCY CPU_CRAZY CPU_HIGH CPU_NORMAL BIOS EATXPWR ...® nForce® 790i(Ultra) SLI™ CHA_FAN2 SPDIF_OUT ROG PCIEX1_1 NB_CRAZY NB_HIGH NB_NORMAL PCIEX16_1 DDR_CRAZY DDR_HIGH DDR_NORMAL OPT_FAN1 OPT_TEMP1 SATA1 SATA2 88E1116 OPT_TEMP2 88E1116 PCIEX1_2 Lithium Cell CMOS Power OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 STRIKER II EXTREME PCI1 VIA VT6308P PCIEX16_2 NVIDIA...
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...the universal (white) PCI Express x16 slot. • Currently, only NVIDIA® SLI™-Ready GeForce® 8800 Ultra and GeForce® 8800 GTX graphics cards support 3-Way SLI™ mode. • Connect a rear chassis fan ...In SLI™ mode, use the PCIe 2.0 slots (blue slots) for PCI Express x16 graphics cards to the motherboard connector labeled CHA_FAN2 or OPT_FAN1/2/3 when using multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment. See page 2-37 for details... provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA® SLI™ mode. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-25
...the universal (white) PCI Express x16 slot. • Currently, only NVIDIA® SLI™-Ready GeForce® 8800 Ultra and GeForce® 8800 GTX graphics cards support 3-Way SLI™ mode. • Connect a rear chassis fan ...In SLI™ mode, use the PCIe 2.0 slots (blue slots) for PCI Express x16 graphics cards to the motherboard connector labeled CHA_FAN2 or OPT_FAN1/2/3 when using multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment. See page 2-37 for details... provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA® SLI™ mode. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-25
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.... There are three connectors on the Ultra DMA cable connector. PRI_IDE NOTE:Orient the red markings on the IDE ribbon cable to configure your device. STRIKER II EXTREME PIN1 STRIKER II EXTREME/ STRIKER II NSE IDE connector 2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware... information This prevents incorrect insertion when you connect the IDE cable. • Use the 80-conductor IDE cable for the Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal cable. 2.8.2 Internal connectors 1. Connect the blue connector to the motherboard...
.... There are three connectors on the Ultra DMA cable connector. PRI_IDE NOTE:Orient the red markings on the IDE ribbon cable to configure your device. STRIKER II EXTREME PIN1 STRIKER II EXTREME/ STRIKER II NSE IDE connector 2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware... information This prevents incorrect insertion when you connect the IDE cable. • Use the 80-conductor IDE cable for the Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal cable. 2.8.2 Internal connectors 1. Connect the blue connector to the motherboard...
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Power supply requirements Heavy Loading CPU SMF 3.2XE Memory DDR3-1800*2 VGA 8800 Ultra*3 SATA-HDD 6 eSATA-HDD 1 IDE-CDROM 1 IDE-HDD 1 USB 4 +12V_8Pin +12V_24pin +5V_24pin +3V_24pin +12V_VGA1... (W) 62.7 10.45 10 12.68 2.5 12.68 10 719.9986 Normal Loading CPU KFD 2.93G Memory DDR3-1333*2 VGA PCIEX16-ASUS EN8800GT-512MX16-0004*1 SATA-HDD 4 eSATA-HDD 1 IDE-CDROM 1 IDE-HDD 0 USB 4 +12V_8Pin +12V_24pin +5V_24pin +3V_24pin +12V_VGA1... Current (A) 10.45 10.45 10 Power (W) 41.8 10.45 10 12.68 2.5 0 10 318.2982 ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-39
Power supply requirements Heavy Loading CPU SMF 3.2XE Memory DDR3-1800*2 VGA 8800 Ultra*3 SATA-HDD 6 eSATA-HDD 1 IDE-CDROM 1 IDE-HDD 1 USB 4 +12V_8Pin +12V_24pin +5V_24pin +3V_24pin +12V_VGA1... (W) 62.7 10.45 10 12.68 2.5 12.68 10 719.9986 Normal Loading CPU KFD 2.93G Memory DDR3-1333*2 VGA PCIEX16-ASUS EN8800GT-512MX16-0004*1 SATA-HDD 4 eSATA-HDD 1 IDE-CDROM 1 IDE-HDD 0 USB 4 +12V_8Pin +12V_24pin +5V_24pin +3V_24pin +12V_VGA1... Current (A) 10.45 10.45 10 Power (W) 41.8 10.45 10 12.68 2.5 0 10 318.2982 ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-39
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... the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility before installing ASUS AI Suite. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ chipset. ASUS InstAll ...- USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility Installs the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility.
... the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility before installing ASUS AI Suite. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ chipset. ASUS InstAll ...- USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility Installs the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility.
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NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB363 32/64 bit SATA/RAID driver disk. JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit SATA/RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-5 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA RAID driver disk.
NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB363 32/64 bit SATA/RAID driver disk. JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit SATA/RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-5 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA RAID driver disk.
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... from a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. Use of the same size or larger than the existing drive. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-35 RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of both data and parity information across three or more ...and higher storage capacity. Among the advantages of Disks and refers to the entire system. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID...
... from a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. Use of the same size or larger than the existing drive. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-35 RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of both data and parity information across three or more ...and higher storage capacity. Among the advantages of Disks and refers to the entire system. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID...