Pros: Cheap and usb 3.0

Cons: constantly loses communication with computer, needs total system shutdown to reestablish connection with pc.

Overall Review: I use this as a media storage drive and it works about 90% of the time, the other 10% requires multiple reboots to get the drive working again. Total PITA when you have to get up and reboot everything, unplug the drive completely and reconnect it all, often multiple times.

Pros: Cheap, good board for media center

Cons: 3 out of 5 sata ports have failed on my MOBO, after some research I have learned that there is a flaw with the silicon on these boards failing causing the ports to slowly die. This is exactly what happened to mine. Dont buy this board or you will likely regret it, especially if you plan to have more than 2 drives on your machine(ie hard drive, cd drive etc)