Oh my GOD what a pain in the ass this motherboard was. This is the first full content article I have posted through wordpress, but I really need to find the discipline to do it more often. For those of you who have gone through this same ASUS headache, I wish you good luck!
GO HERE for my writeup on ASUS Striker Extreme Version 1, Bios 1901 BIOS recommendations for system stabiilty.
–chitlenz