EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I stressed out a lot about my mobo selection before coming to this one. Even then, I heard so many horror stories about dead boards and video corruption and broken parts. So, when I got the board, I handled it like it could explode at the smallest bump. Lucky for me, this mobo did something I've never seen a new mobo do... it booted up successfully the first time I turned it on! With a bit of BIOS tinkering to get it to recognize my drives, I was up and installing windows shortly after assembly. I think it deserves extra mention that this motherboard is PRETTY! Typically, I've dealt with mobos that you want to hide under all your other parts, but expecially with the heatsinks and paint job, it just plain looks good while it works.

Cons: The supplied NB fan didn't seem to fit properly against the heatsink, nor did it have any place nearby on the board to plug it in. I couldn't find any documentation saying how to do it properly with the motherboard, but it seemed to be optional and it's running fine (not overclocked) without it. The only other problem I had was with the single ATA port, but since most people have SATA drives, I'm probably just behind the times, and setting up a master/slave hard drive and DVD drive works fine as long as I don't want any extras.

Overall Review: I heard a lot about a "video corruption error" with this board. However, I haven't noticed anything of the sort. It always seemed odd to me that the motherboard would have anything to do with video playback specifically. The first few times I used it, Windows Media Player did crash on me, but that seemed to be a software issue, especially because it did it without any video. Switching to winamp or other more reliable programs allows me to watch and listen to media as much as I want, no bios flashing necessary.
Mobo is running a 3.0GHz E8400 processor, GeForce 9600 GT 512MB video card, 550W SLI Rosewill PSU, and 2X2GB DDR2 800 memory from OCZ.

Pros: Low price SLI, 750i, CMOS button

Cons: only 4 SATA ports, NOT REAL RAID (software). Also, as of this post, you cannot mix non-raid and raid SATA drives - you have to have 2 arrays or none. You can't have one non-raid and one array - doesn't work. The NB gets HOTT - even with the LOUD fan on it.

Overall Review: Not well thought out if you ask me. If all you want is SLI, then this board is ok. There is better for a tad more money.