Pros: I plan to update this review over time but so far I'm extremely happy. Setup: CPU: 5900X Crucial Ballestix 64GB 16L Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 4 PSU: Seasonic Titanium 1000 GPU: RTX 3090 Founders Edition Case: Meshify 2 Compact The closest competition to this board is Gigabytes Vision D-P.. Which is also a great board. Both have their Pro's and Cons but I think the ASUS wins out overall. And this is coming from a Gigabyte fanboy. First off, the VRM Heatsinks are nice and big on the ProArt whereas the Vision D-P sort of has this halfpipe surface thing and you can just see by comparing these two that the heat dissipation on the ProArt is just superior. I have not used the Vision D-P so I can't compare actual results but if you're concerned this board can't handle the hot 5K AMDs, I don't think there's any need to worry. I'll do some heavy stress tests to see but so far after 3 sequential Cinema 4D r23 runs these things remained nice and cool. That's 30 minutes of rendering BTW. Thunderbolt 4 works great. I only have one drive to test it with, but I'm going hook up an egpu when for more Octane/redshift rendering power. Set up was super fast and easy, booted up first time without issue and XMP'ed the ram without issue.. I know ASUS calls it something else. D.O... something. But so far I have a great feeling on this one. Really feels premium out of the box too.. just screams workstation board and clearly it should be a winner for gamers too. Here's what you get with the ProArt that the Vision D-P lacks: Thunderbolt 4 instead of 3 Two intel 2.5 LAN whereas the Vision D has one intel and one Realtek Far better VRM heatsinks.

Cons: Cons in comparisons to the Vision D-P: No post code Boring BIOS...The Vision D-P has a nice looking BIOS that's tailored for the Vision Series. No Wifi / Bluetooth. - I honestly can care less about this, Wifi on a desktop workstation? Why? Less USB ports: Two extra USB ports on Vision D-P I/O. I wish ASUS would have least given us the same amount of USB ports.

Overall Review: I'm extremely pleased so far... but I'll update this review over time if things change but man, 21000 in Cinebench on default settings while staying below 64 Degress? Really? Looks like voodoo to me!

Pros: I have been using ASUS hardware for many years, particularly motherboards, laptops, and optical drives. I have always found them to be solid, reliable components/products. This mobo seems to be no exception. High quality construcition, decent documentation. I bought this mobo because of its Thunderbolt3/4 support.

Cons: Sadly, after booting successfully once, the first time, my mobo failed and would no longer boot. Newegg processed my RMA request in their usual efficient and professional manner. I received a replacement board last week, and will be re-installing my components and having another go at it shortly. It's planting season where I live, and that takes priority.

Overall Review: Still building my machine. I'll update this review after my first successful boot. Original purchase: mobo failure immediately after first boot. It happens. 2021-06-06 update: I installed components on the RMA replacement motherboard: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x CPU G.SKILL Ripjaws-V Series DDR4 6400 (64GB) memory CORSAIR RMx Series RM850x power supply (2x500GB) SAMSUNG 980 PRO Series NVMe storage (1xTB) SAMSUNG 870 EVO Series SSD storage Fractal Design Define 7 XL Case (full tower) (2) Noctua NF-12 PWM, Premium fans (2) Noctua NF-12A PWM, Premium fans (2) Noctua NF-A14 PWM, Premium fans On first boot attempt, the machine presented a VGA error: one long, then three short beeps, white QLED; wouldn't boot. Checked the memory, monitor, PSU, no luck. On hunch, I installed a brand new GeFORCE 1650 graphics card I had never used. Successful boot. Who knew? Getting better; fingers crossed, more later. 2021-06-22 I updated from the original BIOS delivered on the board (0403) to the latest non-beta version (2201). I used the flash drive method, everything went smoothly, with one glitch: I had to enable CSM in BIOS settings, when had been disabled from the BIOS update. (The symptom is that the machine can't find any boot devices). I'm loving this board.

Pros: Don't know yet maybe it'll run well....

Cons: Assembly sucks, plugs don't line up with common cases well, not sure I can even use the USB3 plug without an adapter in the P82 case, tried another older case with the same issues. Plugging the 12+4 power in was awful. I should have known when I looked the pictures over and they removed the heatsink to show those plugs that it wasn't going to be fun....

Overall Review: I probably won't get another one, going back to the older but tried and true X570 ACE for my next build...

Pros: Thunderbolt, 2.5g lan, post on first boot, docp was stable.

Cons: Pcie slot is shared with thunderbolt, not really a con just make sure you are aware. Lack of usb3.

Overall Review: You are here because this board has something most do not offer but if it fits your needs don't hesitate to buy it.

Pros: Easy to install Remarkable build quality Good product support and driver/BIOS updates availability

Cons: Lacks wireless connectivity (Wi-Fi/Bluetooth)

Overall Review: I would recommend this motherboard for anyone looking for a great, affordable workstation.