You will love the E6750... hopefully it will achieve some nice overclocks. As for the dud Striker... I'd just wait until you receive the new processor and see if you run into the same exact issue. If it's the case, then yes, it's probably a less than ideal board. I had the same problem recently with my Intel XBX2... it hasn't been able to reach the high FSB that others have achieved. Come to think of it.. I had the same problem with the eVGA 680i as well...