From less restrictive CPU multiplier locks, higher granularity motherboard controls and built-in overclocking software in product drivers/tools to factory-overclocked GPUs and memory, PC components have become more overclocking friendly. Some companies like memory manufacturer OCZ even extend their warranties to cover out-of-spec frequencies and voltages associated with overclocking their products. Of course, any overclocker will tell you, the most important piece to the overclocking puzzle is a stable platform and that is the PC motherboard. Chipset, build quality, voltage regulation, component compatibility, tolerance, BIOS options; all these features are crucial to a good overclocking motherboard. Now, last year gave us some great options and cult favorites like the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, but ASUS has a new board that is supposed to claim the overclocking crown pushing an absurd 570+MHz FSB: the ASUS Commando.



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