Pros: I did not but this M/B at newegg, but at a local dealer for a new build for a famaliy member. 5930K, EVGA970, 32 gigs G.SKILL ripjaws 4 3000 mem, 2 samsung 1 TERABYTE SSD, 1 WD 1TERABYTE RAPTOR, 1 4 TERABYTE WD HD. Setup went well and after mild stress testing all looked good the MB does OC easy and and it was stable with a 4.5 OC all connectors were easy to get to. It was a very good MB

Cons: It just died after 32 days at stock speed, put ALL componts in a different MB ran them 24/7 for 4 days all was good RMA this M/B and that is when the nightmare started, asus sent back same dead M/b after 2 more RMA's they offered to send me a RAMPAGE EXTREME V after some hiccups I did get it. Also I paid for the return becuase I wanted to get this done. Asus use to be my go to company not anymore not for this kind of money.

Other Thoughts: I understand that things happen BUT at this level NO, did they do the right thing with the RE5 yes AFTER I had to scream at them

Pros: for a 2011-v3 this is a very good cooler it keeps a 5930K at idle at 34C at load it has not gone over 57C overclock to 4.6 if you do not want to water cool this is the next best thing

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: rampage extremeV, g.skill ripjaws 4, evga 970. it will cover the first pcie slot so keep in mind but other then that, there was no problems installing this cooler