Package and Accessories

Asus Commando mainboard is shipped in a not very big vertical box with a carrying handle:

Abit used to be the only one to pack all the mainboard accessories in individual boxes. In one of our recent reviews we have also mentioned that EPoX started doing the same thing, and now Asus seems to have joined them, too. Very nice:

The accessories bundle includes the following items:

• UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable;
• FDD cable;
• SATA cables;
• SATA power supply cables;
• I/O Shield for the back panel;
• User’s manual;
• A bracket with two USB 2.0 ports;
• Q-Connector set for the case front panel connection;
• A set of plastic ties for convenient cable arrangement in the system case;
• IEEE1394 bracket;
• Heatsink cooling fan.

The mainboard also comes with a DVD disk (not a CD disk) with the drivers, brand name utilities, a licensed version of Futuremark 3DMark06 Advanced Edition, and Kaspersky antivirus software. The funny thing is that the disk is marked with the following” Commando motherboard – NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Support DVD”. It is either a typo, or looks like Asus Striker Extreme mainboards was initially intended to have a different name :)

Asus Commando mainboard is packed into a hard transparent plastic casing that protects it against physical damage and at the same time allows enjoying a nice view of the board fragments through the cut spots in the box.