
Good price for the package Thick, solid motherboard 5 fan headers Doesn't run very hot (Mine is around 45 degrees C with the terrible fan setup I temporarily have on it.)

- CPU comes preinstalled - Plenty of PCI slots - Stable under load - Remote management interface

- Tons of expansion - 6 x16 PCIe 5.0 slots and 2 x8 MCIO ports. - 8 PWM fan headers allow for complete customization of cooling configuration without needing to use splitters. - BMC allows for remote monitoring and diagnostics. The AST2600 is a big upgrade over the AST2500 from previous boards. - IPMI Serial Over LAN provides logging of everything from when the power button is pressed. - Socketed CPU means you can easily swap processors to for example swap to a CPU with fewer cores but higher per-core speeds.