Pros: Might be usable for target shooting

Cons: The so-called "Migration Software" is a joke. It won't copy more than 3 partitions, so (if you have more) you will have to use other means to "migrate". With three partitions, it takes forever, and then times out without further explanation. So, after wasting an hour doing nothing, you will have to use other means to "migrate". (I found that the disk copy feature of AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition 5.5 (free) will align partitions and copy an entire 120GB disk accurately in about five minutes.)

The Samsung Magician has an "OS optimization" feature that creates an unneeded and undesired "hibernation file", destroys vital system settings, and results in significantly SLOWER performance. If you use it, be sure and backup your registry first, so you can restore your previous settings after the Magician messes them up.

With two different Asus AMD motherboards: When the ports are set to IDE, everything works fine, and the Samsung Magician detects the SSD drive, but warns that AHCI mode is not set. When the ports are set to AHCI, the Samsung Magician does NOT detect the SSD drive!

After less than one month of ~satisfactory performance, one SSD drive suddenly slowed down exponentially, and read/write speeds were too slow to benchmark, or use. Another failed with the identical problem in less than five months.

Pros: Quite a few nice features

Cons: Won't boot with a CD in a CD-Rom drive. Poor documentation. Confusing and undocumented BIOS. Inaudible on-board speaker. ALL SATA ports failed after less than 6 months (on one of the two boards I bought). Deplorable, time-wasting, RMA service.

Other Thoughts: I was very impressed by the specifications and review of this board, but after almost a year of constant problems, this will be the last Asus board I ever purchase.