Which will be better? ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA or the Asus Striker Extreme 680i?

[Doctor_Death]

I have the X38 Maximus Formula ES installed in my second machine,and to be honest,temps suck.I had to add two more 120mm fans pushing air on the board to try to bring temps down.Without the extra fansthe mobo temps were52c and Northbridge 48c. I do testing for CoolIt and i have their new Elite chiller installed on a QX6800 thats OCed to 3.51GHz. Processor temps are great.30c-28c-24c-24c After i installed the two other 120mm fans bringing the total to 5/120mm intake and 3/120mm exhust Mobo temps dropped to 38c which is still to hot and NB temps to 36c.Here's the specs for that machine:
Asus Maximus Formula ES
Intel QX6800 3.51GHz/ Elite chiller
Sapphire Two HD2900 Pros 1Gb each
Corsair XMS2 Pro PC2-6400
Western Digital 1 / 150Gb Raptor - 1 WD/ 750 Gb AAKS
CoolerMaster 850W Real Power Pro
CoolerMaster Black 830 Stacker
Lite On two 20X DVD burners

I am going to install this setup into CoolIts new Boreas Build. They use thec silverstone TJ-07 case with their new 12 TEC Boreas chiller. I am hopeing to bring the boards temps down.The Boreas is made to cool the processor as well as two vidio cards, but i am having them remove the two vidio card heatsinks and set it up to cool just the processor and NB. Besides the heat issues tbhe Max Formula ES is a great overclocker.

[Buckeye]

Were your MB temps that hot while just running it a stock settings ?

Well after reading a bunch those temps seem a bit high on Air Cooled
Seeing readings 35c to 37c on the NB

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=124
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=160945&page=7

[conantheogar2]

Originally Posted by Blacklash

Let us know how it goes with the X38. I am sitting this one out until prices fall and I've received a lot of feedback from users like yourself, not reviewers.

I've used Maximus Formula X38 motherboard for couple of months and will tell you that its Absolutly Fantastic! Best Motherboard I have ever used
Rock Solid BIOS, 45nm Core 2 Quad ready, loads of Fan jumpers, Nice design, NB never passed 55c at very heavy Overclock,Easy installation,Overclocks RAM nicely. I had a quality 667Mhz RAM module and I OC it to 944Mhz for 24-7 use.

And I had 4 strikers and only 1 did work!
Maximus Demolishes the Striker 680i. with the striker 680i you cannot even get a NB temp readout..?