Pros: Good layout of the MB and the fact that it is a high end board that includes more then one IDE port. In addition, having 3 PCI slots instead of 2 is awsome.

Cons: Setup is awful. Instructions are seriously lacking. The 2nd IDE port is only mentioned in the manual as "optional". In addition, the system BIOS does NOT recognize the 2nd IDE port, only IDE 1. When installing Windows XP Pro, should you have anything plugged into this 2nd IDE port, you will blue screen during installation. Nothing is stated in the documentation about how to activate the port. Technical support has been awful. Only stating that no other customers have experianced such problems. This issue is corrected by only using IDE 1 with 2 devices, installing Windows and ALL drivers and then you can access this second port. Further, the USB ports came up as generic ports and not USB 2.0. So USB devices function at a slower rate then they should. No response from thechinical support on this issue other then reinstall windows.

Overall Review: Running, AMD 5400 2.8ghz, ATI 1600 512meg vid. 2gig mem 6400,